| bogus | | |
| adj. | 1. bastard, bogus, fake, phoney, phony | fraudulent; having a misleading appearance. |
| ~ counterfeit, imitative | not genuine; imitating something superior.; "counterfeit emotion"; "counterfeit money"; "counterfeit works of art"; "a counterfeit prince" |
| counterfeit | | |
| n. (artifact) | 1. counterfeit, forgery | a copy that is represented as the original. |
| ~ imitation | something copied or derived from an original. |
| v. (creation) | 2. counterfeit, fake, forge | make a copy of with the intent to deceive.; "he faked the signature"; "they counterfeited dollar bills"; "She forged a Green Card" |
| ~ re-create | create anew.; "Re-create the boom of the West on a small scale" |
| adj. | 3. counterfeit, imitative | not genuine; imitating something superior.; "counterfeit emotion"; "counterfeit money"; "counterfeit works of art"; "a counterfeit prince" |
| ~ assumed, fictive, pretended, put on, sham, fictitious, false | adopted in order to deceive.; "an assumed name"; "an assumed cheerfulness"; "a fictitious address"; "fictive sympathy"; "a pretended interest"; "a put-on childish voice"; "sham modesty" |
| ~ forged, bad | reproduced fraudulently.; "like a bad penny..."; "a forged twenty dollar bill" |
| ~ base | debased; not genuine.; "an attempt to eliminate the base coinage" |
| ~ bastard, bogus, fake, phoney, phony | fraudulent; having a misleading appearance. |
| ~ inauthentic, unauthentic, spurious | intended to deceive.; "a spurious work of art" |
| ~ mock | constituting a copy or imitation of something.; "boys in mock battle" |
| ~ ostensible, ostensive | represented or appearing as such; pretended.; "His ostensible purpose was charity, his real goal popularity" |
| ~ pinchbeck | serving as an imitation or substitute.; "pinchbeck heroism" |
| ~ pseudo | (often used in combination) not genuine but having the appearance of.; "a pseudo esthete"; "pseudoclassic" |
| ~ synthetic | not genuine or natural.; "counterfeit rhetoric that flourishes when passions are synthetic" |
| ~ artificial, unreal | contrived by art rather than nature.; "artificial flowers"; "artificial flavoring"; "an artificial diamond"; "artificial fibers"; "artificial sweeteners" |
| ~ unreal | lacking in reality or substance or genuineness; not corresponding to acknowledged facts or criteria.; "ghosts and other unreal entities"; "unreal propaganda serving as news" |
| ~ insincere | lacking sincerity.; "a charming but thoroughly insincere woman"; "their praise was extravagant and insincere" |
| ~ false | not in accordance with the fact or reality or actuality.; "gave false testimony under oath"; "false tales of bravery" |
| fake | | |
| n. (artifact) | 1. fake, postiche, sham | something that is a counterfeit; not what it seems to be. |
| ~ fake book | a fake in the form of an imitation book; used to fill bookcases of people who wish to appear scholarly. |
| ~ imitation | something copied or derived from an original. |
| ~ potemkin village | something that seems impressive but in fact lacks substance. |
| n. (person) | 2. fake, faker, fraud, imposter, impostor, pretender, pseud, pseudo, role player, sham, shammer | a person who makes deceitful pretenses. |
| ~ beguiler, cheater, deceiver, trickster, cheat, slicker | someone who leads you to believe something that is not true. |
| ~ name dropper | someone who pretends that famous people are his/her friends. |
| ~ ringer | a contestant entered in a competition under false pretenses. |
| n. (act) | 3. fake, juke | (football) a deceptive move made by a football player. |
| ~ feint | any distracting or deceptive maneuver (as a mock attack). |
| ~ football, football game | any of various games played with a ball (round or oval) in which two teams try to kick or carry or propel the ball into each other's goal. |
| v. (social) | 4. cook, fake, falsify, fudge, manipulate, misrepresent, wangle | tamper, with the purpose of deception.; "Fudge the figures"; "cook the books"; "falsify the data" |
| ~ chisel, cheat | engage in deceitful behavior; practice trickery or fraud.; "Who's chiseling on the side?" |
| ~ juggle | manipulate by or as if by moving around components.; "juggle an account so as to hide a deficit" |
| v. (communication) | 5. bull, bullshit, fake, talk through one's hat | speak insincerely or without regard for facts or truths.; "The politician was not well prepared for the debate and faked it" |
| ~ dissemble, feign, pretend, sham, affect | make believe with the intent to deceive.; "He feigned that he was ill"; "He shammed a headache" |
| adj. | 6. fake, false, faux, imitation, simulated | not genuine or real; being an imitation of the genuine article.; "it isn't fake anything; it's real synthetic fur"; "faux pearls"; "false teeth"; "decorated with imitation palm leaves"; "a purse of simulated alligator hide" |
| ~ artificial, unreal | contrived by art rather than nature.; "artificial flowers"; "artificial flavoring"; "an artificial diamond"; "artificial fibers"; "artificial sweeteners" |
| pseudo | | |
| adj. | 1. pseudo | (often used in combination) not genuine but having the appearance of.; "a pseudo esthete"; "pseudoclassic" |
| ~ combining form | a bound form used only in compounds.; "`hemato-' is a combining form in words like `hematology'" |
| ~ counterfeit, imitative | not genuine; imitating something superior.; "counterfeit emotion"; "counterfeit money"; "counterfeit works of art"; "a counterfeit prince" |
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