Synonyms of faking

faking

verb

present participle of fake

1

as in forging

to imitate or copy especially in order to deceive

pranksters faked giant footprints and then claimed that they had seen Bigfoot

Synonyms & Similar Words

• forging
• counterfeiting
• simulating
• inventing
• manipulating
• phonying
• reproducing
• duplicating
• replicating
• plagiarizing
• fabricating
• adulterating
• juggling
• cribbing
• concocting
• doctoring
• tampering (with)
• cooking (up)
• fudging
• reduplicating

2

as in pretending

to present a false appearance of

while running for class president, Dan was not above faking friendship with people just to get their votes

Synonyms & Similar Words

• pretending
• simulating
• assuming
• feigning
• acting
• affecting
• passing (for)
• bluffing
• professing
• shamming
• counterfeiting
• dissembling
• concealing
• posing
• forging
• putting on
• playing
• imitating
• making believe
• masquerading
• impersonating
• disguising
• masking
• dissimulating
• playacting
• camouflaging
• malingering
• letting on
• feinting

3

as in concocting

to perform, make, or do without preparation

if you give me the gist of the plan, I can probably fake enough for the speech

Synonyms & Similar Words

• concocting
• devising
• improvising
• manufacturing
• extemporizing
• clapping (together or up)
• inventing
• ad-libbing
• hatching
• thinking (up)
• fabricating
• cooking (up)
• contriving
• making up
• dashing (off)
• cobbling (together or up)

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• preparing
• arranging
• laying
• studying
• considering
• contemplating
• practicing
• readying
• exercising
• pondering
• rehearsing

4

as in evading

to elude (an opponent in a sports contest) by making a deceptive or agile movement

the running back faked the defense by stepping to his left and then quickly cutting to the right

Synonyms & Similar Words

• evading
• dodging
• juking
• faking out
• slipping
• dekeing
• sidestepping
• pump-faking
• maneuvering (around)
• stutter-stepping

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of faking

Verity has somehow been faking a persistive vegetative state. — Bethy Squires, Vulture, 5 Oct. 2026

Fooling hapless web surfers into giving away their credentials by faking secure websites is easy, by comparison. — Neil J. Rubenking, PC Magazine, 30 Sep. 2026

Demand Deterministic Data AI bots are getting scary good at faking views, especially on CTV. — Expert Panel®, Forbes.com, 10 Sep. 2026

Kiffin modernized Alabama, then was accused of faking injuries to slow down Tennessee. — Matt Baker, New York Times, 4 Sep. 2026

Although Bianchi initially attempted to establish an insanity defense, he was found to have been faking a diagnosis. — Caroline Blair, PEOPLE, 4 Sep. 2026

Prosecutors said Clancy planned the murders before faking a suicide attempt that left her paralyzed and in a wheelchair. — Matt Schooley, CBS News, 18 Aug. 2026

On fourth-and-1, Miller kept it after faking a handoff inside and appeared to have space to pick up the first. — David Furones, Sun Sentinel, 18 Aug. 2026

But unlike Tyesha, who had been shot in the back of the head, Mosser’s dad purposely did not return home, and only reappeared after getting arrested for faking his death and stealing another man’s identity. — Denise Crosby, Chicago Tribune, 16 Aug. 2026