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   fake

   /feɪk/

   adjective

   • 1. not genuine; imitation or counterfeit: "she got on the plane with a fake passport" Similar forgerycounterfeitcopyshamfraudhoaximitationmock-updummyreproductionlookalikelikenessinformal:phoneypirateknock-offrip-offdupecounterfeitforgedfraudulentshamimitationfalsebogusspuriouspseudoworthlessinvalidinformal:phoneydudimitationartificialsyntheticsimulatedreproductionreplicaersatzplasticman-madedummyfalsemockshambogusso-calledinformal:pretendphoneyfakeypseudoOpposite genuinegenuine
   • ▪ (of a person) claiming to be something that one is not: "a fake doctor" Similar charlatanquackmountebankshamfraudhumbugimpostorpretendermasqueraderhoodwinkerhoaxercheatcheaterdeceiverdissemblertricksterconfidence tricksterfraudsterinformal:phoneycon mancon artistdated:confidence man

   noun

   • 1. a thing that is not genuine; a forgery or sham: "fakes of Old Masters" Similar forgerycounterfeitcopyshamfraudhoaximitationmock-updummyreproductionlookalikelikenessinformal:phoneypirateknock-offrip-offdupe
   • ▪ a person who falsely claims to be something: "I felt sure that some of the nuns were fakes" Similar charlatanquackmountebankshamfraudhumbugimpostorpretendermasqueraderhoodwinkerhoaxercheatcheaterdeceiverdissemblertricksterconfidence tricksterfraudsterinformal:phoneycon mancon artistdated:confidence man

   verb

   • 1. forge or counterfeit (something): "she faked her spouse's signature" Similar forgecounterfeitfalsifyshamfeignmock upcopyreproducereplicatedoctoraltertamper withtinker withinformal:piratefiddle (with)
   • ▪ pretend to feel or have (an emotion, illness, or injury): "Rob faked suspicion, a jealous concern" Similar feignedfakedput-onassumedimprovisedinventedaffectedpseudoinsincereunconvincingartificialimitationmockshaminformal:phoneyfakeypseudpretendcodfeignpretendsimulateshamput onmake-believeaffectgive the appearance ofmake a show ofmake a pretence ofgo through the motions ofOpposite authentic
   • ▪ make (an event) appear to happen: "he faked his own death" Similar feignpretendsimulateshamput onmake-believeaffectgive the appearance ofmake a show ofmake a pretence ofgo through the motions of

   Word Origin late 18th century (originally slang): origin uncertain; perhaps ultimately related to German fegen ‘sweep, thrash’. Compare with fig2.

   Derivatives

   • 1. fakery noun

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