Counterfeit

Quick meaning: Counterfeit is an adjective meaning False, especially of money; intended to deceive or carry appearance of being genuine.

Meaning

False, especially of money; intended to deceive or carry appearance of being genuine.

More Meanings

1. Inauthentic.
2. Assuming the appearance of something; deceitful; hypocritical.
3. A non-genuine article; a fake.
4. One who counterfeits; a counterfeiter.
5. (transitive) To falsely produce what appears to be official or valid; to produce a forged copy of.
6. (obsolete) That which resembles another thing; a likeness; a portrait; a counterpart.
7. (obsolete) An impostor; a cheat.

Example Sentences

counterfeit sympathy

an arrant counterfeit rascal

Never call a true piece of gold a counterfeit.

This counterfeit watch looks like the real thing, but it broke a week after I bought it.

Word Forms

• counterfeits
• counterfeiting
• counterfeited

Synonyms for counterfeit

Depending on context, synonyms include ostensible, base, spurious, bad, sham, fictitious.

Antonyms for counterfeit

Common opposites include genuine.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include forged, assumed, pretended, phony, sham, phoney.

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