1. (noun) fake, sham, postiche
something that is a counterfeit; not what it seems to be
Synonyms: impostor, shammer, imposter, fraud, pretender, postiche, faker, juke, role player, pseudo, sham, fake, pseud, hairpiece, false hair
Antonyms: echt, natural, genuine
2. (noun) imposter, impostor, pretender, fake, faker, fraud, sham, shammer, pseudo, pseud, role player
a person who makes deceitful pretenses
Synonyms: histrion, fraud, imposter, pseudo, fake, 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. (adj) juke, fake
(football) a deceptive move made by a football player
Synonyms: jook house, fraud, imposter, pseudo, fake, faker, pretender, juke house, juke, impostor, jook, role player, shammer, pseud, sham, jook joint, postiche, juke joint
Antonyms: echt, genuine, natural
4. (adj) bogus, fake, phony, phoney, bastard
fraudulent; having a misleading appearance
Synonyms: phoney, simulated, imitation, faux, bastard, false, bogus, fake, phony
Antonyms: natural, echt, genuine
5. (verb) fake, false, faux, imitation, simulated
not genuine or real; being an imitation of the genuine article
Synonyms: bastard, fake, 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. (verb) forge, fake, counterfeit
make a copy of with the intent to deceive
Synonyms: misrepresent, form, fudge, fake, 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. (verb) fudge, manipulate, fake, falsify, cook, wangle, misrepresent
tamper, with the purpose of deception
Synonyms: warp, belie, circumvent, evade, ready, prepare, sidestep, cook, pull wires, fix, forge, manage, make, parry, dodge, finagle, fake, 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. (verb) talk through one's hat, bullshit, bull, fake
speak insincerely or without regard for facts or truths
Synonyms: misrepresent, bull, wangle, manipulate, fudge, cook, falsify, bull through, bullshit, forge, fake, counterfeit, talk through one's hat
Antonyms: genuine, echt, natural
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