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(3.50 / 2 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 paraphrases:

1. List of paraphrases for "fake":

   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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1. Mukaibar Shah:

   Stupids who wear masks can't see that they are being fooled by govt and media through fake propaganda of COVID cases and forged medical reports. Fooling and looting is being done by doctors and hospitals.

2. French Culture Minister Francoise Nyssen:

   There is no freedom of the press, though, when there is bad money chasing good, that’s to say when fake news chases true information.

3. Anuj Somany:

   Love is a desire to like,dream to make,trust not to break,pleasure not to fake,but never a lust or money in life for God's sake.

4. Jessica Noah Morgan:

   The tweet was absolutely shocking, not only was it hurtful as a Jew, but seeing a fake Jew using such disgusting racist language towards black people.

5. Donald Trump:

   I’d ask whether or not you think I will someday be on Mount Rushmore, but here’s the problem. If I did it jokingly, totally joking, having fun, the fake news media will say, 'He believes he should be on Mount Rushmore.' So I won’t say it, OK?

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