Antonyms 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

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1. • Cheat
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Princeton's WordNetRate these antonyms:2.3 / 6 votes

1. fake, sham, postichenoun

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

   Antonyms:
   echt, natural, genuine

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

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

   a person who makes deceitful pretenses

   Antonyms:
   genuine, natural, echt

   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

3. juke, fakeadjective

   (football) a deceptive move made by a football player

   Antonyms:
   echt, genuine, natural

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

4. bogus, fake, phony, phoney, bastardadjective

   fraudulent; having a misleading appearance

   Antonyms:
   natural, echt, genuine

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

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"

   Antonyms:
   natural, echt, genuine

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

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"

   Antonyms:
   echt, genuine, natural

   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

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

   tamper, with the purpose of deception

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

   Antonyms:
   echt, genuine, natural

   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

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"

   Antonyms:
   genuine, echt, natural

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

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

How to use fake in a sentence?

1. Wolfgang Halbig:

   Children did not die, teachers did not die, on December 14, 2012, i mean it's fake... it's fake... Wolfgang Halbig've got parents acting... it's just the fakest thing since the three-dollar bill.

2. The Lancet:

   Some of the material that's been put out - on preprint servers for example - clearly has been... unhelpful, whether it's fake news or misinformation or rumour-mongering, it's certainly contributed to fear and panic.

3. Jesse Robredo:

   In the age of fake news, in the age of trolls, it is difficult to be a woman politician, especially like me who doesn't have a husband, somebody like me is an open target. I am very vulnerable.

4. Shep Gordon:

   It looks right, and the story just makes too much sense. It’s hard to appreciate how little Warhol’s art was worth at the time. Twenty-five hundred was the going rate at the time. Why would Andy give him a fake?

5. Dani Lever:

   Groups that solicit or encourage fake reviews violate our policies and are removed, we are working with Amazon on this matter and will continue to partner across the industry to address spam and fake reviews.

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