Fake

Quick meaning: Fake is an adjective meaning Not real; false, fraudulent.

Meaning

Not real; false, fraudulent.

More Meanings

1. (Of people) Insincere
2. Something which is not genuine, or is presented fraudulently.
3. (sports) A move meant to deceive an opposing player, used for gaining advantage for example when dribbling an opponent.
4. (transitive) To make a counterfeit, to counterfeit, to forge, to falsify.
5. (transitive) To make a false display of, to affect, to feign, to simulate.
6. (archaic) A trick; a swindle
7. (archaic) To cheat; to swindle; to steal; to rob.

Example Sentences

to fake a smile

to fake happiness

to fake a marriage

Which fur coat looks fake?

Word Forms

• faker
• fakest
• fakes
• faking
• faked

Synonyms for fake

Depending on context, synonyms include artificial, bad, bogus, bollocks, concocted, counterfeit.

Antonyms for fake

Common opposites include genuine, real, authentic.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include phoney, faux, phony, bogus, sham, falsify.

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