Antonyms for fake
| Grammar : Adj, noun, verb |
| Spell : feyk |
| Phonetic Transcription : feɪk |
Definition of fake
Origin :- attested in London criminal slang as adjective (1775), verb (1812), and noun (1851, of persons 1888), but probably older. A likely source is feague "to spruce up by artificial means," from German fegen "polish, sweep," also "to clear out, plunder" in colloquial use. "Much of our early thieves' slang is Ger. or Du., and dates from the Thirty Years' War" [Weekley]. Or it may be from Latin facere "to do." Related: Faked; fakes; faking.
- adj false, imitation
- noun imposter, copy
- verb pretend
- If it's all a fake of his, how came you to have heard of Braybridge paddling the canoe back for her?
- Extract from : « Quaint Courtships » by Various
- Yes, that was a fake by which men lived on their mistresses!
- Extract from : « Nana, The Miller's Daughter, Captain Burle, Death of Olivier Becaille » by Emile Zola
- If I signed that fake confession Hawk Kennedy signed it too.
- Extract from : « The Vagrant Duke » by George Gibbs
- If that fake agreement is still in existence, I'll get it for you.
- Extract from : « The Vagrant Duke » by George Gibbs
- That word is fake, and so is the note, and the whole infernal business!
- Extract from : « The Crevice » by William John Burns and Isabel Ostrander
- Well, if the Gorgios had, it would have been all up with the fake long ago.
- Extract from : « The Gypsies » by Charles G. Leland
- I'm thinking this whole shebang is a big, thievin' fake—and I've always thought so.
- Extract from : « The Straw » by Eugene O'Neill
- You can fake up something, dearie, if you're afraid to tell the truth.
- Extract from : « Possessed » by Cleveland Moffett
- Exactly seventy-four per cent of all statements he made were fake.
- Extract from : « The Misplaced Battleship » by Harry Harrison (AKA Henry Maxwell Dempsey)
- Apparently I must have “coached” the forger, and told him what kinds of things to fake.
- Extract from : « The Clyde Mystery » by Andrew Lang
Synonyms for fake
- act
- actor
- affect
- affected
- artificial
- assume
- assumed
- bluff
- bluffer
- bogus
- charlatan
- cheat
- concocted
- copy
- counterfeit
- deception
- disguise
- dissimulate
- fabricate
- fabricated
- fabrication
- faker
- feign
- fictitious
- flimflam
- forge
- forged
- forgery
- four-flusher
- fraud
- fraudulent
- gold brick
- hoax
- imitation
- imposition
- imposture
- invented
- junque
- make-believe
- mock
- mountebank
- phony
- plant
- pretended
- pretender
- pretense
- pseudo
- put on
- put on an act
- put-on
- reproduction
- scam
- sham
- simulate
- simulated
- sleight
- spoof
- spurious
- swindle
- trick
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