Synonyms for fake
40 synonyms for “fake”, grouped by meaning. Dark green words mean nearly the same thing; light green ones are close in some uses.
Fake as in “false”
adjective: not genuine or real; being an imitation of the genuine article
- false
- imitation
- simulated
- artificial
- unreal
- mock
- synthetic
- pose
- sell
- fabricated
- faux
Fake as in “counterfeit”
adjective: fraudulent; having a misleading appearance
- counterfeit
- bogus
- phony
- spurious
- fraudulent
- fictitious
- forgery
- copy
- shoddy
- dummy
- phoney
Fake as in “pseudo”
noun: a person who makes deceitful pretenses
- pseudo
- fraud
- illegitimate
- pretender
- hoax
- ersatz
- shammer
- impostor
Fake as in “falsify”
verb: tamper, with the purpose of deception
- falsify
- feint
- pretend
- manipulate
- cheat
- fudge
- affect
Fake as in “forge”
verb: make a copy of with the intent to deceive
- forged
- forge
Fake as in “sham”
noun: something that is a counterfeit; not what it seems to be
- sham
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