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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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