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Fake   /feɪk/   Listen
Fake

adjective
1.
Fraudulent; having a misleading appearance.  Synonyms: bastard, bogus, phoney, phony.
2.
Not genuine or real; being an imitation of the genuine article.  Synonyms: false, faux, imitation, simulated.  "Faux pearls" , "False teeth" , "Decorated with imitation palm leaves" , "A purse of simulated alligator hide"
noun
1.
Something that is a counterfeit; not what it seems to be.  Synonyms: postiche, sham.
2.
A person who makes deceitful pretenses.  Synonyms: faker, fraud, imposter, impostor, pretender, pseud, pseudo, role player, sham, shammer.
3.
(football) a deceptive move made by a football player.  Synonym: juke.
verb
1.
Make a copy of with the intent to deceive.  Synonyms: counterfeit, forge.  "They counterfeited dollar bills" , "She forged a Green Card"
2.
Tamper, with the purpose of deception.  Synonyms: cook, falsify, fudge, manipulate, misrepresent, wangle.  "Cook the books" , "Falsify the data"
3.
Speak insincerely or without regard for facts or truths.  Synonyms: bull, bullshit, talk through one's hat.



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"Fake" Quotes from Famous Books



... public adulation was at its peak the cable suddenly stopped working. Immediately public opinion changed and Field was accused of being a fake. He suffered severe business reverses and in 1860 went into bankruptcy. The outbreak of the Civil War prevented any further activity on the cable until 1865. Field engaged the world's largest steamer, the Great Eastern, to make the next attempt. The cable of 1865 parted in midocean during ...
— Presentation Pieces in the Museum of History and Technology • Margaret Brown Klapthor
... recognized you, Chief! He recognized Lupin at first sight. There's no fake that he can't see through. He's got the knack of it. Well, Chief, just think of all the tricks you've played on him and ask yourself if he'll stick at anything ...
— The Teeth of the Tiger • Maurice Leblanc
... fake," he decided, as he prepared to telephone in the result of his morning's work. "I'll prove it is, too, and make ...
— Larry Dexter's Great Search - or, The Hunt for the Missing Millionaire • Howard R. Garis
... art for the fun of it, and don't fake their sensations, acquire an appetite that it is a great treat to satisfy. And by and by, art becomes as necessary to them ...
— The Crow's Nest • Clarence Day, Jr.
... brought in a little blonde with him, but when she saw his fake money, I guess she gave him the slip, for he turned to the right and she went up the ...
— A Royal Prisoner • Pierre Souvestre


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