Synonyms for fake
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WiktionaryRate these synonyms:4.0 / 1 vote

1. fake1

   Move meant to deceive an opposing player, used for gaining advantage when dribbling an opponent.

   Synonyms:
   adulterate

2. fake1

   To make a counterfeit, to counterfeit, to forge, to falsify.

   Synonyms:
   feint

3. fake1

   To make a false display of, to affect, to feign, to simulate.

   Synonyms:
   pose, pass off

4. fake1

   Antonyms:
   genuine

Princeton's WordNetRate these synonyms:2.3 / 6 votes

1. fake, sham, postichenoun

   something that is a counterfeit; not what it seems to be

   Synonyms:
   impostor, shammer, imposter, fraud, pretender, postiche, faker, juke, role player, pseudo, sham, pseud, hairpiece, false hair

   Antonyms:
   echt, natural, genuine

2. imposter, impostor, pretender, fake, faker, fraud, sham, shammer, pseudo, pseud, role playernoun

   a person who makes deceitful pretenses

   Synonyms:
   histrion, fraud, imposter, pseudo, dissimulator, faker, player, pretender, fraudulence, juke, role player, hoax, dissembler, put-on, humbug, shammer, actor, pseud, hypocrite, phoney, sham, phony, postiche, impostor, dupery, malingerer, thespian, skulker

   Antonyms:
   genuine, natural, echt

3. juke, fakeadjective

   (football) a deceptive move made by a football player

   Synonyms:
   jook house, fraud, imposter, pseudo, faker, pretender, juke house, juke, impostor, jook, role player, shammer, pseud, sham, jook joint, postiche, juke joint

   Antonyms:
   echt, genuine, natural

4. bogus, fake, phony, phoney, bastardadjective

   fraudulent; having a misleading appearance

   Synonyms:
   phoney, simulated, imitation, faux, bastard, false, bogus, phony

   Antonyms:
   natural, echt, genuine

5. fake, false, faux, imitation, simulatedverb

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

   Antonyms:
   natural, echt, genuine

6. forge, fake, counterfeitverb

   make a copy of with the intent to deceive

   "he faked the signature"; "they counterfeited dollar bills"; "She forged a Green Card"

   Synonyms:
   misrepresent, form, fudge, mould, wangle, spirt, excogitate, manipulate, work, shape, devise, counterfeit, mold, cook, falsify, talk through one's hat, invent, contrive, bullshit, forge, fashion, bull, formulate, hammer, spurt

   Antonyms:
   echt, genuine, natural

7. fudge, manipulate, fake, falsify, cook, wangle, misrepresentverb

   tamper, with the purpose of deception

   "Fudge the figures"; "cook the books"; "falsify the data"

   Synonyms:
   warp, belie, circumvent, evade, ready, prepare, sidestep, cook, pull wires, fix, forge, manage, make, parry, dodge, finagle, duck, alter, control, hedge, bullshit, put off, manipulate, bull, talk through one's hat, falsify, distort, garble, counterfeit, pull strings, elude, interpolate, wangle, keep in line, fudge, misrepresent, rig, skirt

   Antonyms:
   echt, genuine, natural

8. talk through one's hat, bullshit, bull, fakeverb

   speak insincerely or without regard for facts or truths

   "The politician was not well prepared for the debate and faked it"

   Synonyms:
   misrepresent, bull, wangle, manipulate, fudge, cook, falsify, bull through, bullshit, forge, counterfeit, talk through one's hat

   Antonyms:
   genuine, echt, natural

Matched Categories

1. • Cheat
   • Re-create

Editors ContributionRate these synonyms:0.0 / 0 votes

1. apocryphal

   one, among several, reason for an inability to verify the authenticity of a claim, an assertion or a statement (apocryphal) could be because the said claim, assertion or statement could be untrue (fake).

   the assertion that the loch ness monster is the result of a horrible accident in an ancient secret and extinct gene manipulation laboratory is fake.

   Submitted by saty_s on September 24, 2019  

2. super natural

   something that is unreal, fake

   when percy jackson saw chiron he thought it was so super natural.

   Submitted by anonymous on April 2, 2020  

Synonyms, Antonyms & Associated WordsRate these synonyms:3.5 / 2 votes

1. fakenoun

   Synonyms:
   (Slang) trick, swindle, imposture, fraud, delusion, humbug, imposition

2. fakeverb

   Synonyms:
   (Slang) cheat, swindle, humbug, defraud, manipulate, fraudulently

PPDB, the paraphrase databaseRate these paraphrases:2.0 / 1 vote

1. List of paraphrases for "fake":

   false, counterfeit, forged, falsified, simulate, bogus, phony, impostor, imposter, wrong, untrue, bluff, rigged, faux, forgery, spurious, fraudulent, scythe, fictitious, forger, falsify, phoney, counterfeited, imaginary, incidental

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1. Mark Hertling:

   We're distracting from the main issue, what the issue was is the President calling journalists' fake news.' That was the beginning of the question, and suddenly, he diverted to Bill McCraven, and now everyone is talking about insults on Bill McCraven as opposed to freedom of the press.

2. Wilbur Ross:

   This is fake news, i wear hearing aids and, during President Trump's inspiring speech, which covered in detail the entire range of significant issues facing the world, was concentrating on what was being said.

3. Rameshh Shanegar:

   Honest tax payers salute the Delhi couple who refused to obey the fake corona protocol of mask, but idiots and bootlicker of Govt are blaming that couple.

4. Raneshwar Sing Kishan:

   Countrymen are saddened by bootlicking media who continue to spread fake news through its homepage and channel and praise politicians who insult national flag

5. Grover Norquist:

   CLICK HERE TO GET THE OPINION NEWSLETTER The United States largest employer, Walmart -- its latest sales were not down, but up. It revised its profit forecast not down, but up. Macroeconomic Advisors, Macroeconomic Advisors, just revised its economic growth projections -- no, not down, but up. And the Atlanta Fed just revised its economic growth projections -- again, not down, but up. In the real economy, the President Trump administrations pro-enterprise agenda is working. Lower taxes and less regulation gave businesses the confidence to invest. That means more innovation and higher worker productivity. That means more jobs are created, and workers are paid more because theyre producing more. The latest jobs report saw 164,000 jobs added in July, bringing the labor force to 163.4 million - a record high. With President President Trump, we have the lowest unemployment for 50 years, and the lowest on record for African-American and Hispanic workers. And just published -- the lowest summer youth unemployment in 53 years. Yes, the lowest since 1966. On workers pay, new data the other week showed that earnings rose 4.5 percentin 2017 and 5 percentin 2018, even higher than previously reported - and miles ahead of inflation. While President Trump pray for a recession and Wall Street plays around with the fake economy, the real economy is booming. So is everything just fine and dandy, with nothing to worry about. Can President President Trump and President Trump team just sit back and ride the economic wave all the way to reelection next year ? Not at all. Theres no question that the rest of the world is doing poorly. China, Germany and the UK -- their economies are all heading in the wrong direction. So what should President Trump do to keep our economy moving ahead ? Its no use just yelling at the Fed -- theres a limit to what they can do. But there are two big things the president can do, on his own initiative, without Congress or anyone else. First is something we told you about in June, a positive and practical idea from Grover Norquist, founder and president of Americans for Tax Reform.Get rid of the tax on inflation, and youll see trillions of dollars redeployed to highest and best use.