Synonyms for faux
foʊfaux

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1. fauxadjective

   Antonyms:
   genuine

2. fauxadjective

   Antonyms:
   genuine

Princeton's WordNetRate these synonyms:4.0 / 2 votes

1. fake, false, faux, imitation, simulatedadjective

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

   Antonyms:
   natural

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1. List of paraphrases for "faux":

   false, fake

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1. Chuck Todd:

   So my concern on that is as you do this over time, you continue to pervert the news cycle, right? let's take this so-called controversy over critical race theory. And I say ‘so-called controversy’ because it's sort of – it's a creation… It's a faux controversy that's being ginned up. And I guess it just gets attention. It keeps people watching or it keeps people clicking or, you know, all of that. That's the concern.

2. San Francisco designer Martha Angus:

   A boxwood hedge might be 18 to 24 inches deep, that takes up a lot of space. Faux boxwood comes in squares that are 3 inches deep that you can staple to a fence. They’re absolutely gorgeous, don’t require water and take up no room whatsoever.

3. Nicki Ley:

   It's better to have no company than faux company

4. Elaine Ardizzone:

   We did actually book a few clients who kept' the dream' cake by having us create enormous drama with faux cake tiers for display.

5. James Scott:

   The cyber industry is riddled with faux experts and self-proclaimed scholars, Tallinn Manual 2.0 is a perfect example of what happens when cyber-upstarts try to proclaim authority on a topic they know nothing about.