Synonyms of faked

faked 1 of 2

adjective

as in fake

Synonyms & Similar Words

• fake
• feigned
• phoney
• claimed
• phony
• misleading
• alleged
• pseudo
• purported
• pretended
• specious
• put-on
• professed
• imaginary
• deceptive
• illusory
• obvious
• manifest
• delusive
• illusive
• probable
• possible
• plausible
• delusory
• distinct
• likely
• so-called
• plain
• conceivable
• demonstrable
• visible
• presumed
• seeming
• external
• superficial
• outward
• apparent
• assumed
• evident
• ostensible
• clear
• supposed
• putative
• prima facie
• supposable
• reputed
• ostensive

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• hidden
• impossible
• improbable
• unlikely
• actual
• real
• implausible
• confirmed
• inconceivable
• genuine
• valid
• inapparent
• sure
• established
• validated
• authenticated
• substantiated
• verified
• corroborated

faked

2 of 2

verb

past tense of fake

1

as in forged

to imitate or copy especially in order to deceive

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

Synonyms & Similar Words

• forged
• counterfeited
• simulated
• invented
• manipulated
• phonied
• reproduced
• duplicated
• replicated
• plagiarized
• fabricated
• concocted
• adulterated
• doctored
• cribbed
• juggled
• reduplicated
• tampered (with)
• cooked (up)
• fudged

2

as in pretended

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

• pretended
• simulated
• assumed
• feigned
• acted
• affected
• counterfeited
• passed (for)
• professed
• shammed
• bluffed
• forged
• dissembled
• made believe
• put on
• posed
• concealed
• masqueraded
• impersonated
• imitated
• played
• disguised
• camouflaged
• masked
• dissimulated
• let on
• feinted
• playacted
• malingered

3

as in concocted

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

• concocted
• improvised
• devised
• manufactured
• clapped (together or up)
• clapt (together or up)
• extemporized
• invented
• ad-libbed
• hatched
• thought (up)
• contrived
• fabricated
• cooked (up)
• dashed (off)
• made up
• cobbled (together or up)

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• prepared
• arranged
• laid
• considered
• studied
• contemplated
• readied
• practiced
• exercised
• pondered
• practised
• rehearsed

4

as in evaded

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

• evaded
• faked out
• dodged
• juked
• slipped
• deked
• sidestepped
• pump-faked
• stutter-stepped
• maneuvered (around)