Synonyms of faux

faux

adjective

ˈfō 

as in synthetic

being such in appearance only and made with or manufactured from usually cheaper materials

even the celebrity interior designer was fooled by the faux marble

Synonyms & Similar Words

• synthetic
• fake
• simulated
• artificial
• imitation
• dummy
• false
• mock
• ersatz
• imitative
• manufactured
• sham
• bogus
• mimic
• substitute
• factitious
• pretend
• counterfeit
• designer
• man-made
• process
• pseudo
• deceptive
• cultured
• engineered
• fabricated
• forged
• manipulated
• unauthentic
• phony
• fraudulent
• concocted
• misleading
• adulterated
• feigned
• doctored
• fudged
• spurious
• pinchbeck
• tampered (with)
• juggled
• affected
• brummagem

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• real
• genuine
• natural
• true
• legitimate
• authentic
• bona fide
• valuable
• quality
• pure
• premium
• unadulterated

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of faux

For starters, Wavytalk’s original thermal brush was always excellent in smoothing hair and creating rounded ends for a faux blowout—this round brush attachment is just as good. — Conçetta Ciarlo, Vogue, 1 July 2026

The team can point you toward one of their mocktails, including the faux fashion with nonalcoholic Lyre’s tequila, Angostura bitters and demerara syrup. — Blair Crosby, AJC.com, 5 July 2026

Thrasher and a team of Kansas City wedding vendors staged a faux Swift-Kelce wedding inside Melrose Abbey, a historic Westport church now a wedding and event venue. — Lisa Gutierrez july 6, Kansas City Star, 6 July 2026

And yet for God’s sake, just look at the man—at his dispiriting attempts at humor, his weirdly off-putting outfits, his incessant posting of banalities and faux profundities and extreme-right disinformation on social media. — Mark O’Connell, The New York Review of Books, 4 July 2026

Phrases Containing faux

• faux pas