fake

1. noun

1)

the sculpture was a fake

Syn:

forgery, counterfeit, copy, pirate(d) copy, sham, fraud, hoax, imitation, mock-up, dummy, reproduction; informal phony, rip-off, knockoff, dupe

2)

that doctor is a fake

Syn:

charlatan, fraud, fraudster, mountebank, sham, quack, humbug, impostor, hoaxer, cheat, trickster; informal phony, con man, con artist, scam artist

See note at quack

2. adjective

1)

fake $50 bills

Syn:

counterfeit, forged, fraudulent, sham, imitation, pirate(d), false, bogus; invalid, inauthentic; informal phony, dud

Ant:

genuine

2)

fake diamonds

Syn:

imitation, artificial, synthetic, simulated, reproduction, replica, ersatz, faux, man-made, dummy, false, mock, bogus; informal pretend, phony, pseudo

Ant:

genuine

3)

a fake accent

Syn:

feigned, faked, put-on, assumed, invented, affected, pseudo; unconvincing, artificial, mock; informal phony

Ant:

authentic

3. verb

1)

the certificate was faked

Syn:

forge, counterfeit, falsify, mock up, copy, pirate, reproduce, replicate; doctor, alter, tamper with

2)

she faked a yawn

Syn:

feign, pretend, simulate, put on, affect