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Thesaurus:fake

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THESAURUS

fake

Contents

  • 1 English
    • 1.1 Adjective
      • 1.1.1 Sense: not real; false, fraudulent
        • 1.1.1.1 Synonyms
        • 1.1.1.2 Antonyms
        • 1.1.1.3 Hyponyms
    • 1.2 See also
    • 1.3 Further reading

English Edit

Adjective Edit

Sense: not real; false, fraudulent Edit

Synonyms Edit
  • artificial
  • bad    [⇒ thesaurus]
  • bogus
  • concocted
  • counterfeit
  • ersatz
  • fabricated
  • false    [⇒ thesaurus]
  • falsified
  • fake
  • faux
  • feigned
  • forged
  • fraudulent
  • illegitimate    [⇒ thesaurus]
  • ingenuine
  • mock    [⇒ thesaurus]
  • phoney
  • phony-baloney
  • phony
  • phony as a three-dollar bill
  • pseudo
  • put-up
  • said to be
  • sham
  • spurious
  • synthetic
  • unauthentic
  • unreal
  • trumped-up
Antonyms Edit
  • genuine    [⇒ thesaurus]
  • real
Hyponyms Edit
  • charade
  • facade
  • façade

See also Edit

  • cry wolf
  • false    [⇒ thesaurus]
  • mock    [⇒ thesaurus]
  • pretext    [⇒ thesaurus]
  • Thesaurus:decoy
  • Thesaurus:imitate
  • Thesaurus:lie

Further reading Edit

  • “fake” in Roget's Thesaurus, T. Y. Crowell Co., 1911.
  • “fake” in Moby Thesaurus II, Grady Ward, 1996.
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