What is another word for counterfeit?
Synonyms for counterfeit
ˈkaʊn tərˌfɪtcoun·ter·feit
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English Synonyms and Antonyms
counterfeit
Synonyms:
apocryphal, baseless, disputed, exploded, fabulous, false, fictitious, spurious, unauthorizedAntonyms:
accepted, accredited, authentic, authoritative, authorized, certain, current, genuine, legitimate, original, real, received, reliable, sure, true, trustworthy, veritable
Complete Dictionary of Synonyms and Antonyms
Princeton's WordNet
counterfeit, forgeryadjective
a copy that is represented as the original
Synonyms:
forgeryAntonyms:
good, honest, veritable, honest-to-goodness, authentic, authenticated, unquestionable, attested, bona fide, documented, old(a), honest-to-god, sure-enough(a), echt, genuinecounterfeit, imitativeverb
not genuine; imitating something superior
"counterfeit emotion"; "counterfeit money"; "counterfeit works of art"; "a counterfeit prince"
Synonyms:
onomatopoeic, echoic, onomatopoeical, onomatopoetic, imitativeAntonyms:
authenticated, honest-to-goodness, unquestionable, sure-enough(a), bona fide, echt, veritable, old(a), genuine, honest-to-god, documented, honest, authentic, attested, goodforge, 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, spurtAntonyms:
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 Synonymes
counterfeitverb
Synonyms:
forge, make a spurious copy of, imitate wrongfullycounterfeitverb
Synonyms:
feign, simulate, sham, put on the appearance ofcounterfeitadjective
Synonyms:
forged, spurious, supposititious, fraudulentcounterfeitadjective
Synonyms:
feigned, false, simulated, sham, mock, clap-trap, spurious, put on, make-believecounterfeitnoun
Synonyms:
forgery, fraudulent copy
Synonyms, Antonyms & Associated Words
counterfeitadjective
Synonyms:
false, fraudulent, spurious, fictitious, sham, mock, feigned
PPDB, the paraphrase database
List of paraphrases for "counterfeit":
falsified, fake, forged, counterfeiting, counterfeited, false, forgery, infringement, infringing, falsification, bogus, waltz, falsify, pseudo, fraudulent, spurious
Words popularity by usage frequency
ranking | word | |
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#125 | work | |
#368 | form | |
#1873 | fashion | |
#2392 | false | |
#3012 | shape | |
#3139 | cook | |
#4480 | fraud | |
#6069 | bull | |
#6134 | fake | |
#6230 | cheat | |
#7167 | trick | |
#7721 | hammer | |
#7915 | fabulous | |
#8988 | mold | |
#9015 | unauthorized | |
#9768 | forge | |
#9984 | infringement | |
#12310 | fabrication | |
#12811 | pseudo | |
#15115 | manipulate | |
#15352 | fraudulent | |
#15510 | forged | |
#17114 | simulate | |
#17688 | fudge | |
#17797 | disputed | |
#18068 | bogus | |
#18236 | formulate | |
#18355 | bullshit | |
#19163 | waltz | |
#19489 | exploded | |
#20014 | sham | |
#20940 | mould | |
#21495 | invent | |
#22251 | devise | |
#25316 | counterfeit | |
#27219 | fictitious | |
#28336 | spurious | |
#30166 | infringing | |
#32128 | forgery | |
#43818 | ruse | |
#44881 | counterfeiting | |
#45134 | artifice | |
#46333 | juggle | |
#48205 | pretense | |
#50642 | spurt | |
#55580 | falsification | |
#57345 | misrepresent | |
#57423 | falsified | |
#58555 | impersonate | |
#60134 | baseless | |
#64838 | falsify | |
#78142 | apocryphal | |
#99239 | imitative | |
#103482 | contrive | |
#134325 | spirt | |
#161899 | counterfeited | |
#308012 | wangle |
How to use counterfeit in a sentence?
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.
Similar to the pharmaceutical sector, counterfeit beverages have resulted in the loss of human lives.
Real happiness is cheap enough, yet how dearly we pay for its counterfeit.
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.
We do not counterfeit his own signature, but his nature. (On ne contrefait sa propre - Signature, mais sa nature.)
Translations for counterfeit
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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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