Meaning

Not real; false, fraudulent..

Definitions by Sense

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

Example Sentences

Which fur coat looks fake?

Seeing Rossano Brazzi play an aristocratic White Russian, standing in the fakest snow that wartime supplies could buy, may be the most peculiar twist of all in the curious story of how Ayn Rand's autobiographical first novel came to the screen.

The truth panic had the unwelcome side-effect of emboldening those it sought to oppose. “Fake” was one of Trump’s favourite slap-downs, especially to news outlets that reported unwelcome facts about him and his associates. A booming Maga media further amplified the president’s lies and denials.

I suspect this passport is a fake.

Among other interesting and weighty opinions, which were in general agreement with our contentions, was one by Mr. H. A. Staddon of Goodmayes, a gentleman who had made a particular hobby of fakes in photography. His report is too long and too technical for inclusion, but, under the various headings of composition, dress, development, density, lighting, poise, texture, plate, atmosphere, focus, halation, he goes very completely into the evidence, coming to the final conclusion that when tried by all these tests the chances are not less than 80 per cent. in favour of authenticity.

to fake a marriage

to fake happiness

to fake a smile

Word Forms

• faker
• more fake
• fakest
• most fake
• fakes
• faking
• faked

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