What are some alternative words for fake?
Synonyms for fake
feɪk
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Princeton's WordNet
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 hairimposter, impostor, pretender, fake, faker, fraud, sham, shammer, pseudo, pseud, role player(noun)
a person who makes deceitful pretenses
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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, skulkerjuke, fake(adj)
(football) a deceptive move made by a football player
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jook house, fraud, imposter, pseudo, faker, pretender, juke house, juke, impostor, jook, role player, shammer, pseud, sham, jook joint, postiche, juke jointbogus, fake, phony, phoney, bastard(adj)
fraudulent; having a misleading appearance
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phoney, simulated, imitation, faux, bastard, false, bogus, phonyfake, 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"
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bastard, put on, mistaken, imitation, sour, delusive, fictive, simulated, faux, false, assumed, bogus, phoney, fictitious, sham, phony, off-key, pretended, untrueforge, 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"
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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, spurtfudge, manipulate, fake, falsify, cook, wangle, misrepresent(verb)
tamper, with the purpose of deception
"Fudge the figures"; "cook the books"; "falsify the data"
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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, skirttalk 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
Wiktionary
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.
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adulteratefake(1)
To make a counterfeit, to counterfeit, to forge, to falsify.
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feintfake(1)
To make a false display of, to affect, to feign, to simulate.
fake(1)
Antonyms:
genuine
Editors Contribution
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, 2019super natural
something that is unreal, fake
when percy jackson saw chiron he thought it was so super natural.
Synonyms, Antonyms & Associated Words
fake(n)
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(Slang) trick, swindle, imposture, fraud, delusion, humbug, impositionfake(v)
Synonyms:
(Slang) cheat, swindle, humbug, defraud, manipulate, fraudulently
PPDB, the paraphrase database
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
How to use fake in a sentence?
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.
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.
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.
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.
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?
Translations for fake
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- ялғанBashkir
- подправям, навивам въже, подправен, фалшификат, витка, фалшифицирам, фалшифициранBulgarian
- falsejarCatalan, Valencian
- falešnýCzech
- fingieren, simulieren, Irreführung, Schwindel, gefälscht, vortäuschen, fälschen, Illusion, Trug, unecht, Imitat, imitieren, FälschungGerman
- ψεύτικοςGreek
- falsificación, falso, falsear, fingir, falsificarSpanish
- tekeytyä, väärentää, olla olevinaan, väärennetty, teeskennellä, filmata, parannella, feikataFinnish
- fausser, factice, falsifié, contrefait, faux, feint, artificielFrench
- नक़लHindi
- կեղծArmenian
- gadungan, palsuIndonesian
- duglia, dugliareItalian
- 偽, 偽造, 贋, 偽物Japanese
- ក្លែងក្លាយ, របស់ក្លែងKhmer
- 모조품Korean
- жасалма, митаамдык, алдамчылыкKyrgyz
- fakeLatin
- palsuMalay
- nep, voorwendenDutch
- de mentira, falso, falsearPortuguese
- подделать, фальшивый, прикинуться, притвориться, фейк, фальшивка, прикидываться, притворяться, фэйк, подделка, ненастоящий, подделывать, поддельныйRussian
- fejk, fejka, falskSwedish
- sahteTurkish
- giảVietnamese
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