fake
/fāk/
adjective
not genuine; counterfeit.
"fake designer clothing"
synonyms: forgery, counterfeit, copy, sham, fraud, hoax, imitation, mock-up, dummy, reproduction, lookalike, likeness, phoney, pirate, knockoff, rip-off, dupe, forged, fraudulent, false, bogus, spurious, pseudo, worthless, invalid, dud, artificial, synthetic, simulated, replica, ersatz, plastic, man-made, mock, so-called, pretend, fakey
noun
a thing that is not genuine; a forgery or sham.
"the painting was a fake"
synonyms: forgery, counterfeit, copy, sham, fraud, hoax, imitation, mock-up, dummy, reproduction, lookalike, likeness, phoney, pirate, knockoff, rip-off, dupe
verb
forge or counterfeit (something).
"the woman faked her spouse's signature"
synonyms: forge, counterfeit, falsify, sham, feign, mock up, copy, reproduce, replicate, doctor, alter, tamper with, tinker with, pirate, fiddle (with)
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