Synonyms for counterfeit
| Grammar : Adj, noun, verb |
| Spell : koun-ter-fit |
| Phonetic Transcription : ˈkaʊn tərˌfɪt |
Top 10 synonyms for counterfeit Other synonyms for the word counterfeit
- act like
- affect
- affected
- ape
- assume
- assumed
- bent
- bluff
- brummagem
- bum
- carbon
- cheat
- circulate bad money
- clone
- coin
- copy
- crock
- deceit
- deception
- deceptive
- defraud
- delude
- delusive
- delusory
- ditto
- do
- do like
- dummy
- dupe
- ersatz
- facsimile
- fake
- faked
- feign
- feigned
- fishy
- forge
- framed
- fraud
- go like
- gyp
- hoax
- Hollywood
- humbug
- imitate
- imitation
- impersonate
- imposture
- junque
- knock off
- make like
- make money
- mimeo
- mimic
- mint
- misleading
- mock
- not genuine
- not kosher
- phony up
- pirate
- plant
- pretend
- pretended
- pretentious
- pseudo
- put on
- put-on
- queer
- reproduction
- sell
- sham
- simulacrum
- simulate
- snide
- soft shell
- stat
- suppositious
- two-faced
- won't fly
- wrong
- Xerox
Définition 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
- 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
Antonyms for counterfeit
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