fakery

The word “fakery” has 2 syllables: fake-ry

It's pronounced as /ˈfeɪkəri/

What is synonym and antonym for fakery?

In the thesaurus, “fakery” has 167 synonyms and 39 antonyms.

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

Synonyms for fakery

act
acting
affectation
appearance
artfulness
artifice
burlesque
cageyness
caginess
canard
cant
caricature
charade
cheat
cheating
chicane
chicanery
claim
cloak
counterfeit
cover-up
covertness
cozenage
craft
craftiness
crookedness
crookery
cunning
cunningness
deceit
deceitfulness
deception
deceptiveness
deviousness
disguise
dishonesty
display
dissembling
dissimulation
distortion
double-dealing
dream
dumb act
dupery
duplicity
equivocation
erroneousness
error
evasion
excuse
fable
fabrication
facade
fairy tale
fake
faking
fallaciousness
fallacy
false front
falsehood
falseness
falsification
falsity
fantasy
farce
feigning
feint
fib
fibbery
fiction
figment
flimflam
forgery
foxiness
fraud
fraudulence
furtiveness
gag
guile
guilefulness
guise
half-truth
hanky-panky
hogwash
hypocrisy
hypocriticalness
imagination
imitation
impostor
imposture
insincerity
invention
jive
jugglery
legerdemain
line
lying
make believe
mask
masquerade
mendacity
misrepresentation
misstatement
mockery
mountebankery
obliquity
oiliness
ostentation
pageant
perjury
pharisaism
phoniness
playacting
posing
posturing
pretense
pretension
pretentiousness
pretext
prevarication
put on
routine
ruse
sanctimoniousness
schtick
secrecy
sell
semblance
shadiness
sham
shiftiness
shrewdness
shuffling
simulation
skulduggery
skullduggery
slickness
slipperiness
slyness
smoke
smoothness
sneakiness
snow job
spoof
stall
stealthiness
story
stunt
subterfuge
swindling
tale
tall tale
travesty
treacherousness
trickery
two-facedness
underhandedness
unscrupulousness
untruism
untruth
untruthfulness
veil
veneer
whopper
wile
wiliness
yarn

Antonyms for fakery

artlessness
candidness
candor
decency
dependability
directness
existence
forthrightness
frankness
good faith
goodness
guilelessness
honesty
honor
incorruptibility
ingenuousness
integrity
nonfiction
openness
original
plainness
plainspokenness
probity
quiet
reality
reliability
reliableness
righteousness
simplicity
sincerity
solidity
substance
trustability
trustiness
trustworthiness
truth
truthfulness
uprightness
virtuousness

Example Sentences

The art world is filled with fakery, where counterfeit paintings are passed off as originals.
The politician's speech was filled with fakery, aiming to deceive the public with false promises.
The documentary exposed the fakery behind the so-called paranormal phenomena.
Consumers need to be vigilant against online fakery, especially when purchasing goods from unfamiliar websites.
The magician's act was a clever display of illusion and fakery, leaving the audience bewildered.

On this page you'll find 206 synonyms, antonyms, or another words to fakery, such as: act, acting, affectation, appearance, artfulness, artifice, artlessness.

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