Fake

/feɪ̯k/

Synonyms for "fake" (513 found)

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Closest matches (103)

Noun(9 words)

impostor pretender shamaffect resultsbluffs bogus counterfeit counterfeiting counterfeits

actact a partact likeactorad libad-lib adulterate affect affected affecter agent alike alter alternate alternative analogy aped apocryphal apparent artificial

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assume assumed backup base bastard blagueur bluff bluffer bogus borrow brummagem caricaturecertified copychange changeling charlatan cheap cheat chorus clinquant color colorable colored comparison concoct concocted consimilar cookcook upcopied copy counterfeit counterfeitedcover upcribdash offdeceiver deception deceptive delusion deputy disguise dishonest dissemble dissimulate distorted ditto dodo a bitdo likedo offhanddoctor

Verb(9 words)

affect understandingaffecting understandingartificialize bluffed bull bullshit constructed cook counterfeit

Adjective(6 words)

artificial bad bogus bollocks concocted counterfeit

Adjective(7 words)

artificial processartificial systembastard boguscontrived narrativedeceptive discoursedelusive

Strong matches (154)

double dramatizedressed upduff dummy echo ectype embellished embroidered equal equivalent ersatz exchange extemporize fabricate fabricated fabrication factitiousfair copyfaithful copy

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faked fakement faker false falsified falsify falsity fantasize favoring feign feigned feint fictitious fictive fill-in flam flimflam following fool forge forged forgeryfour flushfour-flush fourflusherframe upframe-up framed fraud fraudulent fudge game gammon garbled gaudy ghost ghostwriter gimmick glorifiedgo likego through the motionsgyp hatch histrionize hoax hoaxer hokehoke uphokeyhollow manhomogeneous humbug hypocritical icon identical illegitimate image imitate imitated imitation impersonator impostor imposture improvisate improvise invent invented invention juggle junk junkyjury rigjury-rigknock offlash uplay it on thicklet onlet on likelike likeness loadlocum tenensmake a pretensemake a show of

Noun(23 words)

dummiesdummy pistoldupes ersatzes fabricating faker falseness feign feigning feinting feints foist forge forgery fraud fraudshuman-made processimitation patternimitations imposter

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impostors jive juke

Adjective(12 words)

dummy descriptordummy interfacefalsefalse assertionfalse cluefalse statementfalso fauxfraudulent claimfraudulent reporthollowest imitation

Adjective(10 words)

ersatz fabricated false falsified faux feigned forged fraudulent illegitimate ingenuine

Verb(5 words)

falsify feigns forge fudge impersonate

Related words (256)

make as ifmake believemake likemake out likemake upmake-believe makeshift malingererman mademan of strawman-made manipulate mannerist manufacture metaphor metonymy mimic mimicked mirror mock

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modify mountebanknearly reproducednext best thingnot unlikeoveract packpaper tigerpaste pasticcio pastiche performer personnel perverted phony picture pinchpinch hitterpinchbeck plagiarize plagiarized plant plastic playplay a partplay a sceneplay by earplay possumplayact playactor portrait pose poser poseur presupposition pretend pretended pretender pretense profess provisional proxy pseudoput onput on airsput up jobput-onput-up jobquack quacksalver quackster quasi queer reecho reflect relief repeat replacement representation representative resemblance resembling reserve reserves retouch rig ringerrip offrip-off salt saltimbancoscrap the plansecond stringsecondary self-styled sell semblance sham shammer shoddy sign similar similitude simulacrum simulate simulatedsmacking ofsnideso calledso-called soi-disantsomething likesophisticate spare spares spoof spurious stack stagestand instand-in stopgapstraw manstrike offsub substituent substitute substitution succedaneumsuggestive ofsuperseder supplanter supposititious surrogate swindle symbol synecdoche synthetictamper withtemporary tentative theatricalthird stringthrow offthrow togethertin tinsel titivated tokentoss offtoss outtrump uptug the heartstringstwisted unauthentic understudy ungenuineuniform withunnatural unreal utilityutility playervamp vicar vicariousvice presidentvice-president vice-regent warped wearwhip upwhited sepulcherwhomp upwing it

Verb(14 words)

manipulate manufactured masqueraded misrepresent mocked phoneyed phoniedpose questionsshammedsimulate living systemsspoofed stagedtalk through one's hatwangle

Noun(40 words)

manufacturing mimemock descriptormocks mockupmore artificialmost illegitimatephantoms phoneying phoneys phonies phony phonying plasticportuguese pretenderpostiche potemkin pretendpretend confidencepretending

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pseud pseudo ripoff ripoffsrole playerromanian simulashammer shamming shams simulatesimulated systemsimulatingspanish fabricarspoofs spurious stage stages staging stubbing wannabes

Adjective(14 words)

mock phoney phonyphony as a three-dollar billphony-baloney pseudo put-upsaid to besham spurious synthetic trumped-up unauthentic unreal

Adjective(14 words)

mock legislaturephoney phonier phoniest phonyplastic toy watering canposed grinsham evidencesimulatedsimulated mechanismsimulated scenariosynthetic looksynthetic materialsynthetic system

Related word relations

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6 relation types

More general

28 entries

act affect agent artifact beguiler cheat cheater chisel create deceiver dissemble fabricate falsehood feign

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More specific

10 entries

charlatan counterfeitcounterfeit notefake jewelforge fraudster phony pretend sham simulate

Collocations

14 entries

convincing fakedetect fakeelaborate fakeexpose fakefake datafake documentfake evidencefake identityfake interestfake newsfake responsefake resultfake signalproduce fake

Inflections

5 entries

faked faker fakes fakest faking

Derivations

4 entries

faker fakery faking falsely

similar

4 entries

artificial counterfeit imitative unreal

Sample sentences

22 total sentences available.

Tatoeba + Wiktionary

I don't need fake friends.

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She was taken in by that fake gold certificate scandal and lost most of her money.

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Ichiro sounded somehow upset but my long years of hanging out with him told me that it was out and out fake.

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"You're OK without your glasses?" "Ah, these are fake you see, I thought it might make me brainier..."

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