Synonyms for fake
feɪk

Princeton's WordNet(2.33 / 6 votes)Rate these synonyms:

1. fake, sham, postiche(noun)

   something that is a counterfeit; not what it seems to be

   Synonyms:
   impostor, shammer, imposter, fraud, pretender, postiche, faker, juke, role player, pseudo, sham, pseud, hairpiece, false hair

   Antonyms:
   echt, natural, genuine

2. imposter, impostor, pretender, fake, faker, fraud, sham, shammer, pseudo, pseud, role player(noun)

   a person who makes deceitful pretenses

   Synonyms:
   histrion, fraud, imposter, pseudo, dissimulator, faker, player, pretender, fraudulence, juke, role player, hoax, dissembler, put-on, humbug, shammer, actor, pseud, hypocrite, phoney, sham, phony, postiche, impostor, dupery, malingerer, thespian, skulker

   Antonyms:
   genuine, natural, echt

3. juke, fake(adj)

   (football) a deceptive move made by a football player

   Synonyms:
   jook house, fraud, imposter, pseudo, faker, pretender, juke house, juke, impostor, jook, role player, shammer, pseud, sham, jook joint, postiche, juke joint

   Antonyms:
   echt, genuine, natural

4. bogus, fake, phony, phoney, bastard(adj)

   fraudulent; having a misleading appearance

   Synonyms:
   phoney, simulated, imitation, faux, bastard, false, bogus, phony

   Antonyms:
   natural, echt, genuine

5. fake, false, faux, imitation, simulated(verb)

   not genuine or real; being an imitation of the genuine article

   "it isn't fake anything; it's real synthetic fur"; "faux pearls"; "false teeth"; "decorated with imitation palm leaves"; "a purse of simulated alligator hide"

   Synonyms:
   bastard, put on, mistaken, imitation, sour, delusive, fictive, simulated, faux, false, assumed, bogus, phoney, fictitious, sham, phony, off-key, pretended, untrue

   Antonyms:
   natural, echt, genuine

6. forge, fake, counterfeit(verb)

   make a copy of with the intent to deceive

   "he faked the signature"; "they counterfeited dollar bills"; "She forged a Green Card"

   Synonyms:
   misrepresent, form, fudge, mould, wangle, spirt, excogitate, manipulate, work, shape, devise, counterfeit, mold, cook, falsify, talk through one's hat, invent, contrive, bullshit, forge, fashion, bull, formulate, hammer, spurt

   Antonyms:
   echt, genuine, natural

7. fudge, manipulate, fake, falsify, cook, wangle, misrepresent(verb)

   tamper, with the purpose of deception

   "Fudge the figures"; "cook the books"; "falsify the data"

   Synonyms:
   warp, belie, circumvent, evade, ready, prepare, sidestep, cook, pull wires, fix, forge, manage, make, parry, dodge, finagle, duck, alter, control, hedge, bullshit, put off, manipulate, bull, talk through one's hat, falsify, distort, garble, counterfeit, pull strings, elude, interpolate, wangle, keep in line, fudge, misrepresent, rig, skirt

   Antonyms:
   echt, genuine, natural

8. talk through one's hat, bullshit, bull, fake(verb)

   speak insincerely or without regard for facts or truths

   "The politician was not well prepared for the debate and faked it"

   Synonyms:
   misrepresent, bull, wangle, manipulate, fudge, cook, falsify, bull through, bullshit, forge, counterfeit, talk through one's hat

   Antonyms:
   genuine, echt, natural

Wiktionary(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate these synonyms:

1. fake(1)

   To modify fraudulently, so as to make an object appear better or other than it really is; as, to fake a bulldog, by burning his upper lip and thus artificially shortening it.

   Synonyms:
   adulterate

2. fake(1)

   To make a counterfeit, to counterfeit, to forge, to falsify.

   Synonyms:
   feint

3. fake(1)

   To make a false display of, to affect, to feign, to simulate.

   Synonyms:
   pose, pass off

4. fake(1)

   Antonyms:
   genuine

Editors Contribution(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate these synonyms:

1. apocryphal

   one, among several, reason for an inability to verify the authenticity of a claim, an assertion or a statement (apocryphal) could be because the said claim, assertion or statement could be untrue (fake).

   the assertion that the loch ness monster is the result of a horrible accident in an ancient secret and extinct gene manipulation laboratory is fake.

   Submitted by saty_s on September 24, 2019  

2. super natural

   something that is unreal, fake

   when percy jackson saw chiron he thought it was so super natural.

   Submitted by anonymous on April 2, 2020  

Synonyms, Antonyms & Associated Words(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate these synonyms:

1. fake(n)

   Synonyms:
   (Slang) trick, swindle, imposture, fraud, delusion, humbug, imposition

2. fake(v)

   Synonyms:
   (Slang) cheat, swindle, humbug, defraud, manipulate, fraudulently

PPDB, the paraphrase database(2.00 / 1 vote)Rate these synonyms:

1. List of paraphrases:

   false, counterfeit, forged, falsified, simulate, bogus, phony, impostor, imposter, wrong, untrue, bluff, rigged, faux, forgery, spurious, fraudulent, scythe, fictitious, forger, falsify, phoney, counterfeited, imaginary, incidental

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How to use fake in a sentence?

1. Ayn Rand, Atlas Shrugged:

   Integrity is the recognition of the fact that you cannot fake your consciousness, just as honesty is the recognition of the fact that you cannot fake existence.

2. Wolfgang Halbig:

   Children did not die, teachers did not die, on December 14, 2012, i mean it's fake... it's fake... Wolfgang Halbig've got parents acting... it's just the fakest thing since the three-dollar bill.

3. Panagiotis Lafazanis:

   The dilemma posed by the creditors, truce or destruction, is fake and terroristic and has been demolished in the public conscience.

4. Rose McGowan:

   Actresses, like Meryl Streep, who happily worked for The Pig Monster, are wearing black @GoldenGlobes in silent protest. YOUR SILENCE is THE problem. You’ll accept a fake award breathlessly affect no real change. I despise your hypocrisy. Maybe you should all wear Marchesa.

5. Lenny Bruce:

   The only honest art form is laughter, comedy. You can't fake it... try to fake three laughs in an hour -- ha ha ha ha ha -- they'll take you away, man. You can't.

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