Antonyms for counterfeit

Grammar : Adj, noun, verb

Spell : koun-ter-fit

Phonetic Transcription : ˈkaʊn tərˌfɪt

Definition of counterfeit

Origin : late 13c., from Old French contrefait "imitated" (Modern French contrefait), past participle of contrefaire "imitate," from contre- "against" (see contra-) + faire "to make, to do" (from Latin facere; see factitious). Medieval Latin contrafactio meant "setting in opposition or contrast." Related: Counterfeited; counterfeiting. The noun and adjective are from late 14c.

adj fake, simulated
noun fake, forgery
verb make deceitful imitation

Example sentences :

At this favorable moment the counterfeit conjurers disappeared.
Extract from : « The Last of the Mohicans » by James Fenimore Cooper

And anyhow, repining is only a counterfeit repentance, you know.
Extract from : « The Cavalier » by George Washington Cable

Thus are all things represented by counterfeit, and yet without this there was no living.
Extract from : « The Praise of Folly » by Desiderius Erasmus

Or what is it that their own very names are often counterfeit or borrowed from some books of the ancients?
Extract from : « The Praise of Folly » by Desiderius Erasmus

I am no counterfeit, nor do I carry one thing in my looks and another in my breast.
Extract from : « The Praise of Folly » by Desiderius Erasmus

Did you ever counterfeit extreme ingenuousness and honest indignation?
Extract from : « Barnaby Rudge » by Charles Dickens

Finally, there was nothing in his country whereof he had not the counterfeit in gold.
Extract from : « Murder Point » by Coningsby Dawson

Then the lover, who is true and no counterfeit, must of necessity be loved by his love.
Extract from : « Lysis » by Plato

Rhetoric, according to my view, is the ghost or counterfeit of a part of politics.
Extract from : « Gorgias » by Plato

What are the means of separating the genuine from the counterfeit?
Extract from : « The Electoral Votes of 1876 » by David Dudley Field

Synonyms for counterfeit

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