Synonyms of fake

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adjective

ˈfāk 

1

as in faux

being such in appearance only and made with or manufactured from usually cheaper materials

opposed to the unnecessary killing of animals, she'll consider wearing only fake furs

Synonyms & Similar Words

• faux
• synthetic
• simulated
• artificial
• dummy
• imitation
• false
• mock
• imitative
• bogus
• counterfeit
• manufactured
• ersatz
• pretend
• mimic
• sham
• substitute
• factitious
• designer
• deceptive
• process
• man-made
• manipulated
• fabricated
• forged
• unauthentic
• pseudo
• phoney
• cultured
• engineered
• fraudulent
• phony
• misleading
• adulterated
• concocted
• doctored
• feigned
• spurious
• fudged
• affected
• juggled
• tampered (with)
• pinchbeck
• brummagem

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• real
• genuine
• natural
• true
• legitimate
• authentic
• bona fide
• valuable
• quality
• pure
• premium
• unadulterated

2

as in counterfeit

being such in appearance only and made or manufactured with the intention of committing fraud

arrested for peddling "designer" watches that were fake

Synonyms & Similar Words

• counterfeit
• false
• forged
• phoney
• phony
• imitation
• bogus
• inauthentic
• ornamental
• artificial
• sham
• spurious
• synthetic
• manufactured
• unauthentic
• snide
• mock
• deceptive
• simulated
• misleading
• queer
• dummy
• substitute
• mimic
• factitious
• cultured
• fabricated
• nonfunctioning
• man-made
• delusive

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• real
• genuine
• authentic
• bona fide
• natural
• actual
• true
• unfaked
• valid

3

as in mock

lacking in natural or spontaneous quality

the boss's pitiful attempts at humor were met with fake laughter

Synonyms & Similar Words

• mock
• false
• unnatural
• strained
• pseudo
• artificial
• simulated
• mechanical
• exaggerated
• affected
• phoney
• phony
• bogus
• plastic
• forced
• contrived
• assumed
• sham
• spurious
• feigned
• theatrical
• factitious
• pretended
• cute
• theatric
• unreal
• hollow
• put-on
• empty
• automatic
• manufactured
• formal
• pat
• unauthentic
• deliberate
• calculated
• fabricated
• unrealistic
• insincere
• stiff
• hypocritical
• wooden
• concocted
• canned
• labored
• conventional
• hokey
• melodramatic
• conscious
• unctuous
• histrionic
• stylized
• facile
• impersonal
• mealy
• cultivated
• rigid
• mincing
• two-faced
• cutesy
• premeditated
• overdone
• mealymouthed
• artful
• overacted
• simpering
• studied
• genteel
• double-dealing
• left-handed
• inflexible
• goody-goody
• overrefined

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• genuine
• real
• natural
• spontaneous
• authentic
• true
• realistic
• unaffected
• right
• artless
• bona fide
• sincere
• honest
• easy
• unfeigned
• unforced
• smooth
• ingenuous
• uncontrived
• effortless
• unconscious
• impromptu
• instinctive
• impulsive
• unpretending
• extemporaneous
• unrehearsed
• unstudied
• unprompted

4

as in double

not being or expressing what one appears to be or express

the fake friendliness of the sales rep made me want to gag

Synonyms & Similar Words

• double
• pretended
• counterfeit
• lip
• phoney
• phony
• artificial
• meaningless
• hollow
• superficial
• strained
• insincere
• false
• hypocritical
• feigned
• mechanical
• unnatural
• backhanded
• assumed
• unctuous
• phony-baloney
• phoney-baloney
• jive
• pious
• affected
• mealy
• double-faced
• empty
• simulated
• double-dealing
• two-faced
• forced
• contrived
• dishonest
• mealymouthed
• Pecksniffian
• Janus-faced
• sham
• left-handed
• bogus
• deceitful
• put-on
• untruthful
• glib
• claptrap
• devious
• facile
• tongue-in-cheek
• sanctimonious
• facetious
• jocular
• campy
• pharisaical
• canting
• simon-pure
• self-righteous

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• genuine
• sincere
• honest
• heartfelt
• candid
• artless
• unfeigned
• direct
• plain
• open
• frank
• undesigning
• straightforward
• forthright
• heart-to-heart

fake

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noun (1)

1

as in hoax

an imitation that is passed off as genuine

experts declared that one of the museum's prized paintings was actually a fake

Synonyms & Similar Words

• hoax
• counterfeit
• phoney
• phony
• copy
• reproduction
• sham
• forgery
• replica
• synthetic
• bastard
• spoof
• knockoff
• copycat
• humbug
• simulation
• swindle
• facsimile
• dummy
• fraud
• imposture
• shoddy
• mock-up
• gaff
• duffer
• brummagem

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• original

2

as in fraud

one who makes false claims of identity or expertise

a hidden-camera investigation revealed that the so-called psychic was a fake

Synonyms & Similar Words

• fraud
• sham
• phoney
• imposter
• pretender
• faker
• phony
• impostor
• deceiver
• quack
• charlatan
• misleader
• counterfeiter
• mountebank
• actor
• hoaxer
• operator
• ringer
• fakir
• sharper
• quacksalver
• copycat
• humbug
• mimic
• imitator
• impersonator
• dissembler
• duper
• skinner
• poseur
• swindler
• scammer
• trickster
• dodger
• fraudster
• bluffer
• defrauder
• feigner
• sharpie
• sharpy
• scamster
• cozener

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• master
• expert
• professional
• authority
• virtuoso
• past master
• ace
• wizard
• maestro
• whiz
• adept
• crackerjack
• crackajack

fake

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verb

1

as in to counterfeit

to imitate or copy especially in order to deceive

pranksters faked giant footprints and then claimed that they had seen Bigfoot

Synonyms & Similar Words

• counterfeit
• forge
• phony
• simulate
• invent
• manipulate
• duplicate
• reproduce
• replicate
• crib
• fabricate
• cook (up)
• juggle
• tamper (with)
• plagiarize
• concoct
• adulterate
• reduplicate
• doctor
• fudge

2

as in to pretend

to present a false appearance of

while running for class president, Dan was not above faking friendship with people just to get their votes

Synonyms & Similar Words

• pretend
• simulate
• assume
• counterfeit
• affect
• act
• pass (for)
• feign
• bluff
• sham
• make believe
• put on
• dissemble
• profess
• conceal
• pose
• forge
• masquerade
• imitate
• impersonate
• play
• mask
• camouflage
• disguise
• let on
• dissimulate
• playact
• feint
• malinger

3

as in to concoct

to perform, make, or do without preparation

if you give me the gist of the plan, I can probably fake enough for the speech

Synonyms & Similar Words

• concoct
• devise
• improvise
• manufacture
• clap (together or up)
• ad-lib
• invent
• extemporize
• hatch
• think (up)
• cook (up)
• fabricate
• make up
• contrive
• dash (off)
• cobble (together or up)

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• ready
• prepare
• lay
• arrange
• consider
• study
• practice
• exercise
• contemplate
• practise
• ponder
• rehearse

4

as in to evade

to elude (an opponent in a sports contest) by making a deceptive or agile movement

the running back faked the defense by stepping to his left and then quickly cutting to the right

Synonyms & Similar Words

• evade
• fake out
• dodge
• juke
• slip
• deke
• sidestep
• pump-fake
• maneuver (around)
• stutter-step

fakery

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noun (2)

as in deception

the inclination or practice of misleading others through lies or trickery

if the product were any good, the company wouldn't have to resort to fakery to get people to buy it

Synonyms & Similar Words

• deception
• deceit
• fraud
• deceptiveness
• cheating
• deceitfulness
• cunning
• lying
• duplicity
• dishonesty
• crookery
• double-dealing
• dissimulation
• crookedness
• dissembling
• secrecy
• cozenage
• guile
• artifice
• craftiness
• dupery
• fraudulence
• trickery
• craft
• cunningness
• subterfuge
• wiliness
• skullduggery
• prevarication
• chicanery
• hypocrisy
• mendacity
• foxiness
• insincerity
• skulduggery
• artfulness
• guilefulness
• equivocation
• jugglery
• swindling
• hanky-panky
• legerdemain
• untruth
• sanctimoniousness
• obliquity
• falsehood
• fib
• deviousness
• shrewdness
• underhandedness
• chicane
• mountebankery
• falsity
• furtiveness
• unscrupulousness
• shadiness
• wile
• sneakiness
• caginess
• covertness
• slyness
• smoothness
• two-facedness
• slipperiness
• stealthiness
• shiftiness
• slickness
• treacherousness
• cageyness
• oiliness

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• sincerity
• good faith
• artlessness
• ingenuousness
• openness
• forthrightness
• candor
• frankness
• directness
• honesty
• guilelessness
• plainness
• reliability
• probity
• solidity
• trustworthiness
• goodness
• candidness
• integrity
• dependability
• truthfulness
• decency
• righteousness
• plainspokenness
• incorruptibility
• uprightness
• reliableness
• trustability
• virtuousness
• trustiness

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fake documents

counterfeit documents

falsified documents

fraudulent documents

phony documents

bogus documents

a fake identity

a falsified identity

a fraudulent identity

a counterfeit identity

a fictitious identity

a feigned identity

fake news

bogus news

phony news

inaccurate news

incorrect news

untruthful news

a fake smile

an inauthentic smile

a feigned smile

a hollow smile

a counterfeit smile

a phony smile

Examples of fake in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Adjective

According to Jackson, Hart concocted the fake email that demanded 20 bitcoins to prevent the release of more of the recording. —Nancy Dillon, Rolling Stone, 25 Oct. 2024

With guidance from Benny’s older sister and her campus-legend boyfriend, Benny and Carmen juggle horrible hookups, flavored vodka and fake IDs. —Glenn Garner, Deadline, 24 Oct. 2024

Noun

The Bears brought in their heavy personnel on third-and-1 and dialed up a play fake for DJ Moore. —Brad Biggs, Chicago Tribune, 14 Oct. 2024

But that's far from guaranteed; there have been head fakes in the past. —Courtenay Brown, Axios, 10 Oct. 2024

Verb

Officials believe its records were faked The owner of the dogs has not been arrested. —Nour Rahal, Detroit Free Press, 15 Oct. 2024

After losing a key fumble to Minnesota, the sophomore back caught a toss on his first carry Saturday, faked a reverse and took off for a 75-yard touchdown run. —Ryan Kartje, Los Angeles Times, 14 Oct. 2024

Phrases Containing fake

• fake out