fake

The word “fake” has 1 syllable: fake

It's pronounced as /feɪk/

What is synonym and antonym for fake?

In the thesaurus, “fake” has 259 synonyms and 77 antonyms.

Here are synonyms and antonyms for fake along with examples of usage in sentences.

Synonyms for fake

Janus-faced
Pecksniffian
act
actor
ad-lib
adulterate
adulterated
affect
affected
artful
artificial
assume
assumed
automatic
backhanded
bastard
bluff
bluffer
bogus
brummagem
bum
calculated
camouflage
campy
canned
canting
charlatan
cheat
claptrap
conceal
concoct
concocted
conscious
contrive
contrived
conventional
copy
copycat
counterfeit
counterfeiter
cozener
crib
cultivated
cultured
cute
cutesy
deceitful
deceiver
deception
deceptive
defrauder
deke
deliberate
delusive
designer
devious
devise
disguise
dishonest
dissemble
dissembler
dissimulate
doctor
doctored
dodge
dodger
double
double-dealing
double-faced
duffer
dummy
duper
duplicate
empty
engineered
ersatz
evade
exaggerated
extemporize
fabricate
fabricated
fabrication
facetious
facile
facsimile
factitious
fake out
faker
fakir
false
faux
feign
feigned
feigner
feint
fictitious
flimflam
forced
forge
forged
forgery
formal
four-flusher
fraud
fraudster
fraudulent
fudge
fudged
gaff
genteel
glib
gold brick
goody-goody
hatch
histrionic
hoax
hoaxer
hokey
hollow
humbug
hypocritical
imitate
imitation
imitative
imitator
impersonal
impersonate
impersonator
imposition
imposter
impostor
imposture
improvise
inauthentic
inflexible
insincere
invent
invented
jive
jocular
juggle
juggled
juke
junque
knockoff
labored
left-handed
let on
lip
make believe
make up
malinger
man-made
manipulate
manipulated
manufacture
manufactured
mask
masquerade
mealy
mealymouthed
meaningless
mechanical
melodramatic
mimic
mincing
misleader
misleading
mock
mock-up
mountebank
nonfunctioning
operator
ornamental
overacted
overdone
overrefined
pat
pharisaical
phoney
phoney-baloney
phony
phony-baloney
pinchbeck
pious
plagiarize
plant
plastic
play
playact
pose
poseur
premeditated
pretend
pretended
pretender
pretense
process
profess
pseudo
pump-fake
put on
put on an act
put-on
quack
quacksalver
queer
reduplicate
replica
replicate
reproduce
reproduction
rigid
ringer
sanctimonious
scam
scammer
scamster
self-righteous
sham
sharper
sharpie
sharpy
shoddy
sidestep
simon-pure
simpering
simulate
simulated
simulation
skinner
sleight
slip
snide
spoof
spurious
stiff
strained
studied
stutter-step
stylized
substitute
superficial
swindle
swindler
synthetic
theatric
theatrical
tongue-in-cheek
trick
trickster
two-faced
unauthentic
unctuous
unnatural
unreal
unrealistic
untruthful
wooden

Antonyms for fake

ace
actual
adept
arrange
artless
authentic
authority
bona fide
candid
consider
contemplate
crackajack
crackerjack
direct
easy
effortless
exercise
expert
extemporaneous
forthright
frank
genuine
heart-to-heart
heartfelt
honest
impromptu
impulsive
ingenuous
instinctive
lay
legitimate
maestro
master
natural
open
original
past master
plain
ponder
practice
practise
premium
prepare
professional
pure
quality
ready
real
realistic
rehearse
reveal
right
sincere
smooth
spontaneous
straightforward
study
tell the truth
true
truthful
unadulterated
unaffected
unconscious
uncontrived
undesigning
unfaked
unfeigned
unforced
unpretending
unprompted
unrehearsed
unstudied
valid
valuable
virtuoso
whiz
wizard

Meanings of fake

noun
1. Something which is not genuine, or is presented fraudulently.
2. A trick; a swindle.
3. A move meant to deceive an opposing player, used for gaining advantage for example when dribbling an opponent.
4. One of the circles or windings of a cable or hawser, as it lies in a coil; a single turn or coil.
verb
1. To cheat; to swindle; to steal; to rob.
2. To modify fraudulently, so as to make an object appear better or other than it really is.
3. To make a counterfeit, to counterfeit, to forge, to falsify.
4. To make a false display of, to affect, to feign, to simulate.
5. To coil (a rope, line, or hawser), by winding alternately in opposite directions, in layers usually of zigzag or figure of eight form, to prevent twisting when running out.
adjective
1. Not real; false, fraudulent.
2. (of people) Insincere.

Example Sentences

She quickly identified the fake designer handbag among the authentic ones.
The company implemented strict measures to prevent the sale of fake products.
His smile seemed forced, as if he were wearing a fake expression of happiness.
The detective uncovered evidence of fake identities used by the criminal organization.
Online shoppers should be cautious of fake websites selling counterfeit goods.

On this page you'll find 336 synonyms, antonyms, or another words to fake, such as: Janus-faced, Pecksniffian, ace, act, actor, actual, ad-lib.

Make sure to choose synonyms and antonyms that are appropriate for the context of the sentence.