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Synonyms for counterfeit
ˈkaʊn tərˌfɪtcoun·ter·feit

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Complete Dictionary of Synonyms and Antonyms0.0 / 0 votes

  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

Princeton's WordNet0.0 / 0 votes

  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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Dictionary of English Synonymes0.0 / 0 votes

  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

Synonyms, Antonyms & Associated Words0.0 / 0 votes

  1. counterfeitadjective

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

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How to use counterfeit in a sentence?

  1. Samuel Johnson:

    The supreme end of education is expert discernment in all things--the power to tell the good from the bad, the genuine from the counterfeit, and to prefer the good and the genuine to the bad and the counterfeit.

  2. Ashifi Gogo:

    Similar to the pharmaceutical sector, counterfeit beverages have resulted in the loss of human lives.

  3. Hosea Ballou:

    Real happiness is cheap enough, yet how dearly we pay for its counterfeit.

  4. Devi Nampiaparampil:

    Mostlikely this is related to some type of manufacturing error, that when they were trying to make ethanol they accidentally made some methanol, so that can happen in some counterfeit liquors.

  5. Charles de LEUSSE:

    We do not counterfeit his own signature, but his nature. (On ne contrefait sa propre - Signature, mais sa nature.)


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  • namaak, vervalsAfrikaans
  • تزويرArabic
  • ялғанBashkir
  • фалшификация, подправен, подправям, фалшив, фалшифицирамBulgarian
  • Fälschung, falsch, fälschen, gefälschtGerman
  • κίβδηλος, πλαστογραφώ, παραχαράσσω, ψεύτικος, πλαστόςGreek
  • contrahacer, contrahechura, falsificado, falsificar, contrahechoSpanish
  • جعلیPersian
  • väärennetty, jäljitelty, väärentää, väärennös, jäljitelmä, vääräFinnish
  • contrefaire, contrefait, contrefaçonFrench
  • מזויףHebrew
  • नक़ल, जाली, खोटाHindi
  • hamisítvány, hamisított, hamisHungarian
  • palsuIndonesian
  • contraffare, imitazione, falsificare, falso, contraffazioneItalian
  • 偽物, フェイクJapanese
  • ყალბიGeorgian
  • ក្លែងក្លាយ, របស់ក្លែងKhmer
  • vervalsen, namaak, nep, vervalst, namaken, vervalsingDutch
  • sfałszowany, podrabiać, falsyfikat, fałszować, podróbka, podrobionyPolish
  • contrafazer, contrafação, falsificar, falsificação, falsoPortuguese
  • поддельный, фальшивый, подделка, фальшивка, контрафактный, подделывать, подделатьRussian
  • प्रातिरूपिकSanskrit
  • лажан, неаутентичанSerbo-Croatian
  • förfalskad, förfalskning, förfalskaSwedish
  • bandiaSwahili
  • ของปลอมThai
  • 伪造Chinese

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