fake
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Sense: Adjective: artificial
Synonyms:
artificial, not real, false Collocations, faux, mimic Collocations, synthetic, imitation, mock Collocations, pretend Collocations, simulated, substitute Collocations, fabricated, fictitious, make-believe
Antonyms:
real Collocations, true Collocations, genuine Collocations, authentic, bona fide, honest Collocations, original Collocations
Sense: Adjective: counterfeit
Synonyms:
counterfeit Collocations, phony, unauthentic, inauthentic, forged, bogus Collocations, knocked-off
Sense: Adjective: affected
Synonyms:
affected Collocations, insincere, phony, artificial, simulated, feigned, unnatural, strained Collocations, forced Collocations, put-on, contrived, double-faced, two-faced
Sense: Noun: counterfeit
Synonyms:
counterfeit Collocations, imitation, sham Collocations, copy Collocations, forgery Collocations, phony (informal), phoney (informal), fraud Collocations, hoax Collocations
Sense: Noun: imposter
Synonyms:
faker, imposter, fraud Collocations, phony, sham Collocations, quack, charlatan
Sense: Verb: counterfeit
Synonyms:
counterfeit Collocations, falsify, forge Collocations, simulate, reproduce, knock off (informal)
Antonyms:
originate Collocations, authenticate
Sense: Verb: pretend
Synonyms:
pretend Collocations, feign, simulate, act Collocations, bluff Collocations, put on (informal)


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