Thesaurus:fake

THESAURUS

fake

English

Adjective

Sense: not real; false, fraudulent

Synonyms

• artificial
• bad    [WS]
• bogus
• concocted
• counterfeit
• ersatz
• false    [WS]
• falsified
• fake
• faux
• feigned
• forged
• fraudulent
• illegitimate    [WS]
• ingenuine
• mock    [WS]
• phoney
• phony-baloney
• phony
• phony as a three-dollar bill
• pseudo
• put-up
• sham
• spurious
• unauthentic
• unreal
• trumped-up

Antonyms

• genuine    [WS]
• real

Hyponyms

• charade
• facade
• façade

See also

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

Further reading

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