Synonyms for counterfeit
verb
To defraud by making copies of money, stamps, etc.
forge, print money, copy money, copy stamps, make counterfeit money, falsify, coin, circulate bad money; see also forge 1, mint 1.
To pretend
simulate, feign, fake, delude; see pretend 1, simulate.
See counterfeit in Webster's New World Roget's A-Z Thesaurus II
verb
To make a fraudulent copy of:
fake, falsify, forge1. See trueTo take on or give a false appearance of:
affect2, assume, fake, feign, pretend, put on, sham, simulate. Idiom: make believe. See trueTo behave affectedly or insincerely or take on a false or misleading appearance of:
act, dissemble, fake, feign, play-act, pose, pretend, put on, sham, simulate. See honest, trueTo contrive and present as genuine:
fake, feign, pretend, simulate. Idioms: make believe, put on an act. See true
adjective
Fraudulently or deceptively imitative:
bogus, fake, false, fraudulent, phony, sham, spurious, suppositious, supposititious. See true
noun
A fraudulent imitation:
fake, forgery, phony, sham. See true
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