I don't need fake friends.
Source: tatoeba (20062)
Fake
//feɪ̯k//
Synonyms for "fake" (426 found)
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Closest matches (86)
adulterateforgefudgeplasticstageactact a partact likeactorad libad-libaffectaffectedaffecteragentalikealteralternatealternativeanalogy
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apedapocryphalapparentartificialassumeassumedbackupbasebastardblagueurbluffblufferbogusborrowbrummagembullshitcaricaturecertified copychangechangelingcharlatancheapcheatchorusclinquantcolorcolorablecoloredcomparisonconcoctconcoctedconsimilarcookcook upcopiedcopycounterfeitcounterfeitedcover upcribdash offdeceiverdeceptiondeceptivedelusiondeputydisguisedishonestdissembledissimulatedistortedditto
Verb(5 words)
Adjective(6 words)
Noun(1 words)
Strong matches (127)
dodo a bitdo likedo offhanddoctordoubledramatizedressed upduffdummyechoectypeembellishedembroideredequalequivalentersatzexchangeextemporizefabricate
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fabricatedfabricationfactitiousfair copyfaithful copyfakedfakementfakerfalsefalsifiedfalsifyfalsityfantasizefauxfavoringfeignfeignedfeintfictitiousfictivefill-inflamflimflamfollowingfoolforgedforgeryfour flushfour-flushfourflusherframe upframe-upframedfraudfraudulentgamegammongarbledgaudyghostghostwritergimmickglorifiedgo likego through the motionsgyphatchhistrionizehoaxhoaxerhokehoke uphokeyhollow manhomogeneoushumbughypocriticaliconidenticalillegitimateimageimitateimitatedimitationimpersonatorimposterimpostorimpostureimprovisateimproviseinventinventedinventionjugglejukejunkjunkyjury rigjury-rigknock offlash uplay it on thicklet on
Adjective(11 words)
Related words (213)
let on likelikelikenessloadlocum tenensmake a pretensemake a show ofmake as ifmake believemake likemake out likemake upmake-believemakeshiftmalingererman mademan of strawman-mademanipulatemannerist
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manufacturemetaphormetonymymimicmimickedmirrormockmodifymountebanknearly reproducednext best thingnot unlikeoveractpackpaper tigerpass offpastepasticciopasticheperformerpersonnelpervertedphoneyphonypicturepinchpinch hitterpinchbeckplagiarizeplagiarizedplantplayplay a partplay a sceneplay by earplay possumplayactplayactorportraitposerposeurpresuppositionpretendpretendedpretenderpretenseprofessprovisionalproxypseudoput onput on airsput up jobput-onput-up jobquackquacksalverquacksterquasiqueerreechoreflectreliefrepeatreplacementrepresentationrepresentativeresemblanceresemblingreservereservesretouchrigringerrip offrip-offsaltsaltimbancoscrap the plansecond stringsecondaryself-styledsellsemblanceshamshammershoddysignsimilarsimilitudesimulacrumsimulatesimulatedsmacking ofsnideso calledso-calledsoi-disantsomething likesophisticatesparesparesspoofspuriousstackstand instand-instopgapstraw manstrike offsubsubstituentsubstitutesubstitutionsuccedaneumsuggestive ofsupersedersupplantersupposititioussurrogateswindlesymbolsynecdochesynthetictamper withtemporarytentativetheatricalthird stringthrow offthrow togethertintinseltitivatedtokentoss offtoss outtrump uptug the heartstringstwistedunauthenticunderstudyungenuineuniform withunnaturalunrealutilityutility playervampvicarvicariousvice presidentvice-presidentvice-regentwarpedwearwhip upwhited sepulcherwhomp upwing it
Adjective(15 words)
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3 entriesAntonyms
1 entriesSynonyms
10 entriesRelated terms
5 entriesderived
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2 entriesis a
1 entriesrelated to
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4 entriesTranslations
235 translations across 49 languages.
Albanian
1 entries- fallco adj (not real)
Ancient Greek
2 entries- κίβδηλος adj (not real)
- πλαστός adj (not real)
Arabic
4 entries- تَقْلِيد adj (not real)
- تَقْلِيدِي adj (not real)
- فَالْصُو adj (not real)
- مُزَيَّف adj (not real)
Armenian
1 entries- կեղծ adj (not real)
Azerbaijani
2 entries- qəlp adj (not real)
- geydirmə noun (something which is not genuine, or is presented fraudulently)
Bashkir
1 entries- ялған adj (not real)
Belarusian
4 entries- падро́блены adj (not real)
- фальшы́вы adj (not real)
- фэ́йкавы adj (not real)
- лі́па noun (something which is not genuine, or is presented fraudulently)
Bulgarian
4 entries- подпра́вен adj (not real)
- фалши́в adj (not real)
- фалшифици́ран adj (not real)
- фалшифика́т noun (something which is not genuine, or is presented fraudulently)
Catalan
3 entries- fals adj (not real)
- ful adj (not real)
- falsejar verb (counterfeit, falsify)
Chinese
1 entries- 假 adj (not real)
Chinese Cantonese
1 entries- 假 adj (not real)
Chinese Mandarin
4 entries- 假 adj (not real)
- 僞 /伪 adj (not real)
- 贗 /赝 adj (not real)
- 贗品 /赝品 noun (something which is not genuine, or is presented fraudulently)
Czech
1 entries- falešný adj (not real)
Dutch
3 entries- nep adj (not real)
- vals adj (not real)
- voorwenden verb (make a false display of)
Esperanto
1 entries- falsa adj (not real)
Finnish
4 entries- epärehellinen adj (insincere)
- feikki adj (not real)
- vale adj (not real)
- väärennetty adj (not real)
French
4 entries- artificiel adj (not real)
- contrefait adj (not real)
- factice adj (not real)
- falsifié adj (not real)
Georgian
2 entries- სიაფანდი adj (not real)
- ყალბი adj (not real)
German
4 entries- gefälscht adj (not real)
- unecht adj (not real)
- Fälschung noun (something which is not genuine, or is presented fraudulently)
- Illusion noun (something which is not genuine, or is presented fraudulently)
Greek
1 entries- ψεύτικος adj (not real)
Hindi
1 entries- नक़ल noun (something which is not genuine, or is presented fraudulently)
Indonesian
4 entries- gadungan adj (not real)
- palsu adj (not real)
- gadungan noun (something which is not genuine, or is presented fraudulently)
- tiruan noun (something which is not genuine, or is presented fraudulently)
Italian
4 entries- falso adj (not real)
- fasullo adj (not real)
- finto adj (not real)
- contraffazione noun (something which is not genuine, or is presented fraudulently)
Japanese
4 entries- 偽 adj (not real)
- 紛い adj (not real)
- ぱちもん noun (something which is not genuine, or is presented fraudulently)
- 偽 noun (something which is not genuine, or is presented fraudulently)
Khmer
2 entries- ក្លែងក្លាយ adj (not real)
- របស់ក្លែង noun (something which is not genuine, or is presented fraudulently)
Korean
3 entries- 가짜 adj (not real)
- 가짜 noun (something which is not genuine, or is presented fraudulently)
- 위조하다 verb (counterfeit, falsify)
Kyrgyz
3 entries- алдамчылык adj (not real)
- жасалма adj (not real)
- митаамдык adj (not real)
Macedonian
3 entries- лажен adj (not real)
- невистинит adj (not real)
- неискрен adj (insincere)
Malay
2 entries- bedek adj (not real)
- palsu adj (not real)
Malayalam
2 entries- കപട adj (not real)
- കപടം noun (something which is not genuine, or is presented fraudulently)
Mongolian
1 entries- хуурамч adj (not real)
Old English
1 entries- līċettan verb (make a false display of)
Ottoman Turkish
4 entries- ساخته adj (not real)
- یالان adj (not real)
- یالانجی adj (not real)
- یالان noun (something which is not genuine, or is presented fraudulently)
Persian
3 entries- جعلی adj (not real)
- جعل noun (something which is not genuine, or is presented fraudulently)
- ماخ noun (something which is not genuine, or is presented fraudulently)
Polish
4 entries- fałszywy adj (not real)
- nieprawdziwy adj (not real)
- nieszczery adj (insincere)
- sztuczny adj (not real)
Portuguese
4 entries- de mentira adj (not real)
- falso adj (not real)
- falsificação noun (something which is not genuine, or is presented fraudulently)
- falso noun (something which is not genuine, or is presented fraudulently)
Russian
4 entries- ненастоя́щий adj (not real)
- подде́льный adj (not real)
- фальши́вый adj (not real)
- фе́йковый adj (not real)
Sanskrit
2 entries- असत् adj (not real)
- आसत् adj (not real)
Slovene
4 entries- lažen adj (not real)
- hliniti verb (make a false display of)
- ponarediti verb (counterfeit, falsify)
- pretvarjati se verb (make a false display of)
Spanish
4 entries- espurio adj (not real)
- falso adj (not real)
- impostado adj (insincere)
- kalé adj (insincere)
Swahili
3 entries- bandia adj (not real)
- bandia noun (something which is not genuine, or is presented fraudulently)
- feki noun (something which is not genuine, or is presented fraudulently)
Swedish
4 entries- falsk adj (not real)
- fejk adj (not real)
- oäkta adj (not real)
- förfalskning noun (something which is not genuine, or is presented fraudulently)
Thai
4 entries- ปลอม adj (not real)
- ของปลอม noun (something which is not genuine, or is presented fraudulently)
- ของเถื่อน noun (something which is not genuine, or is presented fraudulently)
- ปลอม verb (counterfeit, falsify)
Tibetan
1 entries- རྫུས་མ noun (something which is not genuine, or is presented fraudulently)
Turkish
4 entries- düzmece adj (not real)
- gastan adj (not real)
- içtensiz adj (insincere)
- sahte adj (not real)
Ukrainian
4 entries- підро́блений adj (not real)
- фальши́вий adj (not real)
- фе́йковий adj (not real)
- ли́па noun (something which is not genuine, or is presented fraudulently)
Uyghur
1 entries- ساختا adj (not real)
Vietnamese
4 entries- giả adj (not real)
- nhái adj (not real)
- hàng giả noun (something which is not genuine, or is presented fraudulently)
- hàng nhái noun (something which is not genuine, or is presented fraudulently)
Welsh
1 entries- ffug adj (not real)
Sample sentences
22 total sentences available.
She was taken in by that fake gold certificate scandal and lost most of her money.
Source: tatoeba (317482)
Ichiro sounded somehow upset but my long years of hanging out with him told me that it was out and out fake.
Source: tatoeba (327376)
"You're OK without your glasses?" "Ah, these are fake you see, I thought it might make me brainier..."
Source: tatoeba (328476)
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