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Synonyms for fake
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Wiktionary4.0 / 1 vote

  1. fake1

    Move meant to deceive an opposing player, used for gaining advantage when dribbling an opponent.

    Synonyms:
    adulterate

  2. fake1

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

    Synonyms:
    feint

  3. fake1

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

    Synonyms:
    pose, pass off

  4. fake1

    Antonyms:
    genuine

Princeton's WordNet2.3 / 6 votes

  1. fake, sham, postichenoun

    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 playernoun

    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, fakeadjective

    (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, bastardadjective

    fraudulent; having a misleading appearance

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

    Antonyms:
    natural, echt, genuine

  5. fake, false, faux, imitation, simulatedverb

    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, counterfeitverb

    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, misrepresentverb

    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, fakeverb

    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

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Editors Contribution0.0 / 0 votes

  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 Words3.5 / 2 votes

  1. fakenoun

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

  2. fakeverb

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

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  1. FAKE

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How to use fake in a sentence?

  1. Martin Chaknueve:

    It is shocking how people are being fooled by doctors in the name of dengue and looting ordinary mass. Asking patients to eat dragon fruit and kiwi only and still people doubts physicians. Fake blood reports are prepared to fleece money It is shocking how people are being fooled by doctors in the name of dengue and looting ordinary mass. Asking patients to eat dragon fruit and kiwi only and still people do not doubt physicians. Fake blood reports are prepared to fleece money

  2. Dmitry Polyanskiy:

    Only one rule : blame everything on Russia, no matter how absurd and fake it is. Let us welcome the United Sanctions of America ! #SkripalHoax.

  3. Barack Obama:

    No one is happier—no one is prouder—to put this birth certificate matter to rest than The Donald, and that’s because he can finally get back to focusing on the issues that matter: Like, did we fake the moon landing? What really happened in Roswell? And where are Biggie and Tupac?

  4. James Mattis:

    I think we are all aware in this country of the president's affection and respect for the military, we have been putting together some options. We'll send them up to the White House for a decision. Since the idea was first made public Tuesday, the D.C. council has mocked the idea in several tweets, including one with an image of fake road signing prohibiting military tanks.No Republicans serve on the council.

  5. Mike Pompeo:

    It's not fake news for you to broadcast that this is the greatest nation the world has ever known. I'm not saying ignore our faults. Acknowledge them, but this isn't the' Vice of America,' focusing on everything that's wrong with our great nation. It certainly isn't the place to give authoritarian regimes in Beijing or Tehran a platform.


Translations for fake

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  • مزورةArabic
  • ялғанBashkir
  • витка, подправен, фалшифициран, подправям, навивам въже, фалшифицирам, фалшификатBulgarian
  • falsejarCatalan, Valencian
  • falešnýCzech
  • gefälscht, Irreführung, Imitat, unecht, Schwindel, Fälschung, vortäuschen, fälschen, imitieren, simulieren, Illusion, fingieren, TrugGerman
  • ψεύτικοςGreek
  • falsaEsperanto
  • falsificar, fingir, falsear, falso, falsificaciónSpanish
  • parannella, väärennetty, teeskennellä, filmata, olla olevinaan, feikata, väärentää, tekeytyäFinnish
  • contrefait, faux, feint, artificiel, fausser, falsifié, facticeFrench
  • नक़लHindi
  • կեղծArmenian
  • palsu, gadunganIndonesian
  • dugliare, dugliaItalian
  • 偽物, 偽, 贋, 偽造Japanese
  • ក្លែងក្លាយ, របស់ក្លែងKhmer
  • ನಕಲಿKannada
  • 모조품Korean
  • алдамчылык, митаамдык, жасалмаKyrgyz
  • fakeLatin
  • palsuMalay
  • nep, voorwendenDutch
  • de mentira, falso, falsearPortuguese
  • ненастоящий, фальшивка, прикидываться, подделать, поддельный, фальшивый, подделка, фейк, прикинуться, притворяться, подделывать, притвориться, фэйкRussian
  • falsk, fejk, fejkaSwedish
  • sahteTurkish
  • giảVietnamese
  • 伪造的Chinese

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