Counterfeit

/ˈkaʊn.tɚˌfɪt/

Synonyms for "counterfeit" (386 found)

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Closest matches (78)

Noun(5 words)

forgery bogus bootleg copycatsdesign copying

actact a partact likeaffect affected agent alike alternate alternative analogy ape aped apocryphalappear likeapproach approximate artificial assume assumed backup

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bad checkbad moneybasebase coinbastardbe likebe redolent ofbear resemblancebluff bogusbogus moneyborrowbring to mindbrummagemcall to mindcall upcertified copychange changeling cheat chorus clinquant coin colorable coloredcome closecome nearcomparecompare withcomparison concoct consimilarcook upcopied copy correspondcounterfeit moneycounterfeitedcover upcrib deceit deceitful deception deceptive delusion delusive delusory deputy disguise

Adjective(1 words)

adulterine

Verb(3 words)

bastardized bootleggedcraft a poster

Strong matches (115)

dishonest dissemble dissimulate distorted ditto dodo a bitdo likedouble dramatizedressed upduff dummy echo ectype embellished embroidered equal equivalent erroneous

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ersatz evoke exchange fabricate facsimile factitiousfair copyfaithful copyfake faked fakement falsefalse moneyfalsified falsify fantasize favor favoring feign feigned feint fictitious fictive fill-in follow following forge forged forgeryfour flushfour-flushframe upframe-up fraud fraudulent fudge gammon garbled ghost ghostwriter gimmick glorified glossygo likego through the motionsgreen goodsgyp hatch histrionize hoax hokehoke uphokey hollow homogeneous humbug icon identical illegitimate image imitate imitated imitation impostor imposture insincere invent

Noun(21 words)

dupes ersatzes fabricate fabricating fakefake jewelryfaked fakery fakes faking falseness falsify foist forge forged forges forging fraudulent imitationimitation pattern

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impostors

Verb(2 words)

fake forge

Adjective(5 words)

fake jewelfalse cluefalse statementfalso imitative

Related words (193)

Noun(15 words)

invent a gamelookalike phoneys phonies phonying postiche replica ripoff ripoffs sham shamming shamssignature forgeryspanish fabricarspoofs

junk junky kitelay it on thicklet onlet on likelike likenesslocum tenenslook likemake a pretensemake a show ofmake as ifmake believemake likemake out likemake upmake-believe makeshiftman made

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man-made manufacture match meretricious metaphor metonymy mimic mimicked mint mirror misleading misrepresent mock nearnearly reproducenearly reproducednext best thingnot tell apartnot unlikeoveract parallelpartake ofpaste pasticcio pastiche personnel perverted phoney phony picture pinchpinch hitterpinchbeck plagiarize plagiarized plastic playplay a partplay a sceneplay possumplayact portrait presupposition pretend pretended profess provisional proxy pseudoput onput on airsput up jobput-onput-up jobquack quasi queer reecho reflect reliefremind one ofrepeat replacement representation representative reproduce reproduction resemblance resemble resembling reserve reserves ringerrip offrip-offrubber checksavor ofsecond stringsecondary seemseem likeself-styled sell semblance sham shoddyshove the queersign similar similitude simulacrum simulate simulatedsmack ofsmacking ofsnideso calledso-called soi-disantsomething likesound likespare spares spuriousstack upstack up withstand instand-in stopgap sub substituent substitute substitution succedaneum suggestsuggestive ofsuperseder supplanter supposititious surrogate swindle symbol synecdoche synthetictake aftertemporary tentativethird stringtin tinsel titivated tokentrump uptug the heartstringstwisted unauthentic understudy ungenuineuniform withunnatural unreal utilityutility playerutter vicar vicariousvice presidentvice-president vice-regent warped wearwhited sepulcher

Adjective(2 words)

phoneysynthetic material

Verb(4 words)

phoneyed phonied shammed spoofed

Related word relations

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7 relation types

More general

7 entries

deceive forgery imitation item misrepresent re-create recreate

More specific

13 entries

banknote coincounterfeit billscounterfeit coinscounterfeit currencycounterfeit documentscounterfeit goodscounterfeit notescurrency forgerydocumentdocument forgerypassportsignature forgery

Collocations

12 entries

counterfeit banknotecounterfeit coincounterfeit coinscounterfeit currencycounterfeit documentcounterfeit documentscounterfeit goodscounterfeit identificationcounterfeit moneycounterfeit passportcounterfeit signaturecounterfeit signatures

Inflections

7 entries

counterfeited counterfeiting counterfeitsleast counterfeitless counterfeitmore counterfeitmost counterfeit

Derivations

4 entries

counterfeitable counterfeited counterfeiter counterfeiting

Antonyms

1 entries

genuine

similar

27 entries

artificial assumed bad base bastard bogus fake false fictitious fictive forged inauthentic insincere mock ostensible ostensive

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Sample sentences

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The counterfeit bills flooded the market over the weekend.

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The word of God is the creation we behold and it is in this word, which no human invention can counterfeit or alter, that God speaketh universally to man.

Source: tatoeba (718721)

Those people are true experts in the counterfeit of illegal things.

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Tom bought a counterfeit watch.

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