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fake
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- pronunciation:
- feIk
- parts of speech:
- transitive verb, intransitive verb, noun, adjective
- features:
- Word Combinations (verb, noun, adjective), Word Explorer
| part of speech: |
transitive verb |
| inflections: |
fakes, faking, faked |
| definition 1: |
to create a counterfeit of; falsify.
- synonyms:
- counterfeit, falsify
- similar words:
- concoct, fabricate, sham
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| definition 2: |
to pretend or simulate.
She faked astonishment at the news.- synonyms:
- counterfeit, feign, pretend, sham, simulate
- similar words:
- dissemble
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| related words: |
affect, hoax, imitate, manipulate, mock, profess |
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| part of speech: |
intransitive verb |
| definition 1: |
to pretend an emotion, condition, or ability.
- synonyms:
- counterfeit, dissemble
- similar words:
- act, feign, fool, pretend, sham
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| definition 2: |
in sports, to execute a misleading maneuver; feint.
- synonyms:
- feint
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| related words: |
balk, lie, pose, quack |
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| part of speech: |
noun |
| definition 1: |
anything that is not genuine or authentic.
The painting is a fake.
- synonyms:
- counterfeit, forgery, sham
- similar words:
- act, con, fraud, hoax, humbug, impostor, mock, phony, shoddy
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| definition 2: |
a person who pretends to feel, be, or be capable of something; faker.
- synonyms:
- faker, phony
- similar words:
- charlatan, con man, confidence man, flimflammer, fraud, impostor, mountebank, quack, sham
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| definition 3: |
in sports, a misleading maneuver.
- synonyms:
- feint
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| related words: |
balk, bluff, copy, deceit, deception, delusion, diversion, humbug, lie, maneuver, pretense |
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| part of speech: |
adjective |
| definition: |
not genuine or authentic; deceptive in appearance.
- synonyms:
- counterfeit, phony, sham
- antonyms:
- authentic, genuine, true
- similar words:
- bogus, ersatz, false, fraudulent, imitation, mock, pinchbeck, plastic, quack, shoddy, spurious, synthetic
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| related words: |
apocryphal, artificial, fictitious, hollow, mimic |
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