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man-made

adjective

Synonyms and Antonyms of man-made

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

  • man-made diamonds that were really just glass
Synonyms of man-made

artificial, bogus, dummy, ersatz, factitious, fake, false, faux, imitation, imitative, mimic, mock, pretend, sham, simulated, substitute, synthetic
Words Related to man-made

cultured, manufactured, process

unauthentic

adulterated, designer, doctored, engineered, fudged, juggled, manipulated, tampered (with)

concocted, fabricated

counterfeit, deceptive, forged, fraudulent, misleading, phony (also phoney)

affected, brummagem, feigned, pinchbeck, pseudo, spurious
Near Antonyms of man-made

authentic, bona fide, legitimate, true

premium, quality, valuable

pure, unadulterated
Antonyms of man-made

genuine, natural, real

2 produced by humans rather than natural processes

  • the houses in the new development are built around a man-made lake
Synonyms of man-made

artificial, nonnatural, synthetic
Words Related to man-made

fabricated, manufactured

cultivated, processed, refined

industrial, mechanical

ersatz, faux, imitation
Near Antonyms of man-made

crude, raw
Antonyms of man-made

natural

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