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Another word for fake

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Adjective

  1. Fraudulently or deceptively imitative

Noun

  1. One who fakes

  2. A fraudulent imitation

      1. Something false or empty that is purported to be genuine:
      2. Deceitfulness or pretense:
      3. One who claims to be what he or she is not; an impostor or fraud:
      1. Not genuine or real; sham or counterfeit:
      2. Spurious, deceptive, or false:
      3. Fraudulent, deceitful, or dishonest:
      1. The act of forging something, especially the unlawful act of counterfeiting a document or object for the purposes of fraud or deception.
      2. Something that has been forged, especially a document that has been copied or remade to look like the original.
      1. To make an imitation or copy of (something), usually with the intent to defraud:
      2. To make a pretense of; feign:
      3. To carry on a deception; dissemble.
Verb

  1. To contrive and present as genuine

  2. To make a fraudulent copy of

      1. A furnace or hearth where metals are heated or wrought; a smithy.
      2. A workshop where pig iron is transformed into wrought iron.
      3. To form (metal, for example) by heating in a forge and beating or hammering into shape.
      1. To state untruthfully; misrepresent.
      2. To make false by altering or adding to:
      3. To counterfeit; forge:
      1. To make an imitation or copy of (something), usually with the intent to defraud:
      2. To make a pretense of; feign:
      3. To carry on a deception; dissemble.

  3. To impart a false character to (something) by alteration

  4. To take on or give a false appearance of

  5. To behave affectedly or insincerely or take on a false or misleading appearance of

      1. To have or take on the appearance, sound, or character of; imitate:
      2. To make in imitation of or as a substitute for:
      3. To make a pretense of; feign:
      1. Something false or empty that is purported to be genuine:
      2. Deceitfulness or pretense:
      3. One who claims to be what he or she is not; an impostor or fraud:
      1. Pretended; feigned.
      2. A deceptive outward appearance.
      3. The act of teasing or misleading someone, especially for amusement.
      1. To give a false appearance of; feign:
      2. To claim or allege insincerely or falsely:
      3. To represent fictitiously in play; make believe:
      1. To set forth in words for consideration; propound:
      2. To present or constitute:
      3. To place (a model, for example) in a specific position.
      1. To play a role in a dramatic performance.
      2. To play a pretended role; make believe.
      3. To behave in an overdramatic or artificial manner.
      1. To give a false appearance of:
      2. To represent falsely; pretend to:
      3. To imitate so as to deceive:
      1. To disguise or conceal one's real nature, motives, or feelings behind a false appearance.
      2. To disguise or conceal behind a false appearance.
      1. To make an imitation or copy of (something), usually with the intent to defraud:
      2. To make a pretense of; feign:
      3. To carry on a deception; dissemble.
      1. The process of doing or performing something:
      2. Something done or performed; a deed:
      3. Something done that has legal significance:

  6. To compose or recite without preparation

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Another word for fake

Modifier
Noun
      1. A person, especially a soldier, who avoids assigned duties or work; a shirker.
      2. To shirk one's assigned duties or responsibilities.
      3. To cheat; swindle.
      1. Nonsense; humbug.
      2. A deception; a swindle.
      3. To swindle; cheat.
      1. A fraudulent business scheme; a swindle.
      2. To defraud; swindle.
      1. Pretended; feigned.
      2. A deceptive outward appearance.
      3. The act of teasing or misleading someone, especially for amusement.
      1. Any of various photosynthetic, eukaryotic, multicellular organisms of the kingdom Plantae characteristically containing chloroplasts, having cell walls made of cellulose, producing embryos, and lacking the power of locomotion. Plants include trees, bushes, herbs, ferns, mosses, and certain green algae.
      2. A plant having no permanent woody stem; an herb.
      3. Any of various fungi, algae, or protists that resemble plants and were formerly classified in the plant kingdom. Not in scientific use.
      1. A satirical imitation; a parody or send-up.
      2. A deception or ruse.
      3. To do a spoof of; satirize.
      1. To deprive (another) of something by fraud; cheat or swindle.
      2. A fraud or swindle.
      3. One who defrauds; a swindler.
      1. Not genuine or real; sham or counterfeit:
      2. Spurious, deceptive, or false:
      3. Fraudulent, deceitful, or dishonest:
      1. An imitation of a real or original object, intended to be used as a practical substitute.
      2. A mannequin used in displaying clothes.
      3. A figure of a person or an animal manipulated by a ventriloquist.
      1. A scheme or maneuver designed to achieve an objective, as in surprising an enemy or deceiving someone.
      2. The devising or execution of such schemes or maneuvers:
      1. To cheat or defraud of money or property.
      2. To obtain by fraudulent means:
      3. To practice fraud as a means of obtaining money or property.
      1. An act intended to deceive or trick.
      2. Something that has been established or accepted by fraudulent means.
      3. To deceive or cheat by using a hoax.
      1. An act or procedure intended to achieve an end by deceptive or fraudulent means.
      2. A mischievous action; a prank:
      3. A stupid, disgraceful, or childish act:
      1. Deftness; dexterity.
      2. A clever or skillful trick or deception; an artifice or stratagem.
      1. Something intended to deceive; a hoax or fraud.
      2. A person who claims to be other than what he or she is; an impostor.
      3. Nonsense; rubbish.
      1. The act of imposing or the condition of being imposed.
      2. Something imposed, such as a tax, an undue burden, or a fraud.
      3. A burdensome or unfair demand, as upon someone's time:
      1. The act of forging something, especially the unlawful act of counterfeiting a document or object for the purposes of fraud or deception.
      2. Something that has been forged, especially a document that has been copied or remade to look like the original.
      1. a fabricating or being fabricated; construction; manufacture
      2. a fabricated thing; esp., a falsehood, false excuse, etc.
      1. A false appearance or action intended to deceive:
      2. A professed but feigned reason or excuse; a pretext:
      3. Something imagined or pretended:
      1. Playful or fanciful pretense.
      1. A deception practiced in order to induce another to give up possession of property or surrender a right.
      2. A piece of trickery; a trick.
      3. One that defrauds; a cheat.
      1. One who engages in deception under an assumed name or identity.
      1. The characteristic sound uttered by a duck.
      2. To utter the characteristic sound of a duck.
      1. A person who makes elaborate, fraudulent, and often voluble claims to skill or knowledge; a quack or fraud.
      1. The act or an instance of imitating:
      2. Something derived or copied from an original, often in an inferior way:
      3. Repetition of a phrase or melody often with variations in key, rhythm, and voice.
      1. To deceive by trickery; swindle:
      2. To deprive by trickery; defraud:
      3. To mislead; fool:
      1. An imitation or reproduction of an original; a duplicate:
      2. A file that has the same data as another file:
      3. One example of a printed text, picture, film, or recording:
      1. Something false or empty that is purported to be genuine:
      2. Deceitfulness or pretense:
      3. One who claims to be what he or she is not; an impostor or fraud:
      1. To make an imitation or copy of (something), usually with the intent to defraud:
      2. To make a pretense of; feign:
      3. To carry on a deception; dissemble.
      1. The use of deceit.
      2. The fact or state of being deceived.
      3. A ruse; a trick.
Verb
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Sentence Examples

  • I thought it was all fake, for the show.

  • I'm sure it's your Delaware-Alabama guy, the one who murdered the fake psychic Youngblood in California.

  • Watch your back and keep your fake papers handy, just in case.

  • He couldn't pull off a fake like that!

  • This wouldn't be fake now, would it?

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