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Another word for fake

fake Synonyms

fake

modif.

false, pretended, fraudulent, bogus; see artificial 1, false 3. See syn. study at false.

fake Synonyms

fake

n.

deception, counterfeit, sham, copy, cheat, imitation, charlatan, quack, impostor, fraud, make-believe, pretense, fabrication, forgery, imposition, humbug, sleight, trick, hoax, swindle, stratagem, dummy, phony*, faker*, gyp*, spoof*, plant*, put-on*, scam*, flimflam*, goldbrick*.

Antonyms fact*, original, reality. See syn. study at quack.quack.

fake Synonyms

fake

v.

feign, simulate, falsify, counterfeit; see forge 1, pretend 1, simulate.

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Another word for fake

adjective

Fraudulently or deceptively imitative:

bogus, counterfeit, false, fraudulent, phony, sham, spurious, suppositious, supposititious. See true

noun

One who fakes:
charlatan, faker, fraud, humbug, impostor, mountebank, phony, pretender, quack. See true
A fraudulent imitation:
counterfeit, forgery, phony, sham. See true

verb

To contrive and present as genuine:
counterfeit, feign, pretend, simulate. Idioms: make believe, put on an act. See true
To make a fraudulent copy of:
counterfeit, falsify, forge¹. See true
To impart a false character to (something) by alteration:
doctor, fabricate, falsify, fictionalize, fictionize. See true
To take on or give a false appearance of:
affect², assume, counterfeit, feign, pretend, put on, sham, simulate. Idiom: make believe. See true
To behave affectedly or insincerely or take on a false or misleading appearance of:
act, counterfeit, dissemble, feign, play-act, pose, pretend, put on, sham, simulate. See honest, true
To compose or recite without preparation:
ad-lib, extemporize, improvise, make up. Idiom: wing it. See planned, prepared

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I thought it was all fake, for the show.
I knew from the start he was a fake-a-roo!
I'm sure it's your Delaware-Alabama guy, the one who murdered the fake psychic Youngblood in California.
He couldn't pull off a fake like that!
Weren't you afraid Billy would know what he saw wasn't the fake bones Fitzgerald brought out of the mine?

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