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Supposititious synonyms

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bogus
Counterfeit or fake; not genuine:
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  1. Counterfeit or fake; not genuine:
  2. (Slang) Not conforming with what one would hope to be the case; disappointing or unfair:
  3. Not genuine; spurious
counterfeit
Made in imitation of something genuine so as to deceive or defraud; forged
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  1. Made in imitation of something genuine so as to deceive or defraud; forged
  2. Made in imitation of what is genuine with the intent to defraud:
  3. False, especially of money; intended to deceive or carry appearance of being genuine.
fake
Artificial; not real; specif., made of synthetic fibers, to resemble animal fur
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  1. Artificial; not real; specif., made of synthetic fibers, to resemble animal fur
  2. Having a false or misleading appearance; fraudulent.
  3. Fraudulent; not genuine; sham; false
false
Resembling but not accurately or properly designated as such:
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  1. Resembling but not accurately or properly designated as such:
  2. Intentionally deceptive:
  3. Not genuine or real:
fraudulent
Acting with fraud; deceitful
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  1. Acting with fraud; deceitful
  2. Done or obtained by fraud
  3. Characterized by, constituting, or gained by fraud:
phony
Not genuine or real; sham or counterfeit:
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  1. Not genuine or real; sham or counterfeit:
  2. Fraudulent; fake; having a misleading appearance.
  3. Not genuine; false, counterfeit, spurious, pretentious, etc.
sham
Not genuine; fake:
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  1. Not genuine; fake:
  2. Not genuine or real; false, counterfeit, pretended, etc.
spurious
Lacking authenticity or validity in essence or origin; not genuine:
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  1. Lacking authenticity or validity in essence or origin; not genuine:
  2. Not trustworthy; dubious or fallacious:
  3. Not true or genuine; false; counterfeit
conjectural
Inclined to make conjectures
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  1. Inclined to make conjectures
  2. In the nature of a conjecture, or based on a conjecture.
hypothetical
Based upon a hypothesis; conjectural
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  1. Based upon a hypothesis; conjectural
  2. Given to the use of hypotheses
  3. Based on, involving, or having the nature of a hypothesis; assumed; supposed
inferential
Of, relating to, or involving inference.
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  1. Of, relating to, or involving inference.
  2. Derived or capable of being derived by inference.
  3. Of, pertaining to, or derived using inference
presumptive
Based on presumption, probability, conjecture, hypothesis or belief
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  1. Based on presumption, probability, conjecture, hypothesis or belief
  2. Giving reasonable ground for belief
  3. Making presumptions; behaving as one who presumes, who assumes that which they perhaps shouldn't.
supposed
Intended:
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  1. Intended:
  2. Presumed to be true or real without conclusive evidence:
  3. Permitted:
suppositional
Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster's Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
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  1. Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster's Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
  2. Resting on supposition; hypothetical; conjectural.
suppositive
Including or implying supposition, or hypothesis; supposed.
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  1. Including or implying supposition, or hypothesis; supposed.
  2. Having the nature of, based on, or involving supposition
Find another word for supposititious. In this page you can discover 20 synonyms, antonyms, idiomatic expressions, and related words for supposititious, like: bogus, counterfeit, fake, false, fraudulent, phony, sham, spurious, suppositious, conjectural and hypothetic.

Sentence Examples

  • Popular incredulity expressed itself in the assertion that, as James had attempted to gain his ends by means of a packed bench of judges and a packed House of Commons, he had now capped the series of falsifications by the production of a supposititious heir.

  • It is impossible to fix the date at which the supposititious relics were introduced into the church of the Sepulchre: it is certain, however, that in the 5th century the Cross was there preserved with scrupulous reverence, and accounted the highest treasure of the sanctuary.

  • Toland's next work of importance was his Life of Milton (1698), in which a reference to "the numerous supposititious pieces under the name of Christ and His apostles and other great persons," provoked the charge that he had called in question the genuineness of the New Testament writings.

  • Stories tell how on one occasion a merchant, who had bought several cases of sardines at Nijni-Novgorod, found that they contained forbidden print instead of fish, and at another time a supposititious copy of the Kolokol was printed for the emperor's special use, in which a telling attack upon a leading statesman, which had appeared in the genuine number, was omitted.

  • The legend that he was a supposititious child, really the son of an Italian police constable named Chiapponi, is dealt with elsewhere (see Maria Stella, countess of Newborough).

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