Synonyms for counterfeit
ˈkaʊn tərˌfɪtcoun·ter·feit

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1. counterfeit

   Synonyms:
   apocryphal, baseless, disputed, exploded, fabulous, false, fictitious, spurious, unauthorized

   Antonyms:
   accepted, accredited, authentic, authoritative, authorized, certain, current, genuine, legitimate, original, real, received, reliable, sure, true, trustworthy, veritable

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1. counterfeitverb

   Synonyms:
   simulate, misrepresent, impersonate

   Antonyms:
   expose, unmask, detect

2. counterfeitnoun

   Synonyms:
   cheat, trick, juggle, fraud, artifice, fabrication, pretense, ruse, sham

   Antonyms:
   exposure, detection, unmasking, unveiling, reality, verity, fact, truth

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1. counterfeit, forgeryadjective

   a copy that is represented as the original

   Synonyms:
   forgery

   Antonyms:
   good, honest, veritable, honest-to-goodness, authentic, authenticated, unquestionable, attested, bona fide, documented, old(a), honest-to-god, sure-enough(a), echt, genuine

2. counterfeit, imitativeverb

   not genuine; imitating something superior

   "counterfeit emotion"; "counterfeit money"; "counterfeit works of art"; "a counterfeit prince"

   Synonyms:
   onomatopoeic, echoic, onomatopoeical, onomatopoetic, imitative

   Antonyms:
   authenticated, honest-to-goodness, unquestionable, sure-enough(a), bona fide, echt, veritable, old(a), genuine, honest-to-god, documented, honest, authentic, attested, good

3. 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, fake, mould, wangle, spirt, excogitate, manipulate, work, shape, devise, mold, cook, falsify, talk through one's hat, invent, contrive, bullshit, forge, fashion, bull, formulate, hammer, spurt

   Antonyms:
   unquestionable, echt, good, veritable, documented, attested, old(a), authenticated, honest-to-god, bona fide, honest-to-goodness, genuine, honest, sure-enough(a), authentic

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1. counterfeitverb

   Synonyms:
   forge, make a spurious copy of, imitate wrongfully

2. counterfeitverb

   Synonyms:
   feign, simulate, sham, put on the appearance of

3. counterfeitadjective

   Synonyms:
   forged, spurious, supposititious, fraudulent

4. counterfeitadjective

   Synonyms:
   feigned, false, simulated, sham, mock, clap-trap, spurious, put on, make-believe

5. counterfeitnoun

   Synonyms:
   forgery, fraudulent copy

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1. counterfeitadjective

   Synonyms:
   false, fraudulent, spurious, fictitious, sham, mock, feigned

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1. List of paraphrases for "counterfeit":

   falsified, fake, forged, counterfeiting, counterfeited, false, forgery, infringement, infringing, falsification, bogus, waltz, falsify, pseudo, fraudulent, spurious

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1. Juanita Duggan:

   The sheer volume of counterfeits on the site as reported by our members, along with the company's unwillingness to make serious reforms is why, after three years, we feel it is necessary to recommend that Taobao be added back to the list and that the U.S. elevate the pressure on them to make substantive, measurable improvements to the counterfeit problem.

2. Christopher Jones:

   Initially when synthetic opioids showed up in the Christopher Jones, it was largely mixed with heroin. But now we're seeing it mixed with cocaine, methamphetamines and other substances of abuse. And in the last couple of years we've seen this proliferation of counterfeit tablets that are made to look like commonly abused prescription drugs, and that's particularly concerning because people who are not regularly exposed to opioids are going to be at an increased risk of the respiratory depressant effects of opioids because they have no tolerance.

3. La Rochefoucauld:

   Some disguised deceits counterfeit truth so perfectly that not to be taken in by them would be an error of judgment.

4. Derek Bambauer:

   For Amazon and eBay, it's a question of scale. eBay has had to work on everything from Nazi memorabilia to counterfeit jewelry and one of the hardest parts at their scale is to look at keywords, identify sellers with problems and flag issues.

5. Honoré de Balzac:

   You may imitate, but never counterfeit.