Thesaurus:fake
THESAURUS | fake |
English
Synonyms
- artificial
- bad [⇒ thesaurus]
- bogus
- concocted
- counterfeit
- ersatz
- fabricated
- false [⇒ thesaurus]
- falsified
- fake
- faux
- feigned
- forged
- fraudulent
- illegitimate [⇒ thesaurus]
- ingenuine
- mock [⇒ thesaurus]
- phoney
- phony-baloney
- phony
- phony as a three-dollar bill
- pseudo
- put-up
- said to be
- sham
- spurious
- synthetic
- unauthentic
- unreal
- trumped-up
Antonyms
- genuine [⇒ thesaurus]
- real
Hyponyms
- charade
- facade
- façade
See also
- cry wolf
- false [⇒ thesaurus]
- mock [⇒ thesaurus]
- pretext [⇒ thesaurus]
- Thesaurus:decoy
- Thesaurus:imitate
- Thesaurus:lie
Further reading
- “fake” in Roget's Thesaurus, T. Y. Crowell Co., 1911.
- “fake” in Moby Thesaurus II, Grady Ward, 1996.