fakes

The word “fakes” has 1 syllable: fakes

It's pronounced as /feɪks/


What is synonym and antonym for fakes?

In the thesaurus, “fakes” has 119 synonyms and 28 antonyms.

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


Synonyms for fakes

  • actors
  • acts
  • ad-libs
  • adulterates
  • affects
  • assumes
  • bastards
  • bluffers
  • bluffs
  • brummagems
  • camouflages
  • charlatans
  • conceals
  • concocts
  • contrives
  • copies
  • copycats
  • counterfeiters
  • counterfeits
  • cozeners
  • cribs
  • deceivers
  • defrauders
  • dekes
  • devises
  • disguises
  • dissemblers
  • dissembles
  • dissimulates
  • doctors
  • dodgers
  • dodges
  • duffers
  • dummies
  • duper
  • duplicates
  • evades
  • extemporizes
  • fabricates
  • facsimiles
  • fakers
  • fakes out
  • fakirs
  • feigners
  • feigns
  • feints
  • forgeries
  • forges
  • frauds
  • fraudsters
  • fudges
  • gaffs
  • hatches
  • hoaxers
  • hoaxes
  • humbug
  • humbugs
  • imitates
  • imitators
  • impersonates
  • impersonators
  • imposters
  • impostors
  • impostures
  • improvises
  • invents
  • juggles
  • jukes
  • knockoffs
  • lets on
  • makes believe
  • makes up
  • malingers
  • manipulates
  • manufactures
  • masks
  • masquerades
  • mimics
  • misleaders
  • mock-ups
  • mountebanks
  • operators
  • phoneys
  • phonies
  • plagiarizes
  • playacts
  • plays
  • poses
  • poseurs
  • pretenders
  • pretends
  • professes
  • pump-fakes
  • puts on
  • quacks
  • quacksalvers
  • reduplicates
  • replicas
  • replicates
  • reproduces
  • reproductions
  • ringers
  • scammers
  • scamsters
  • shams
  • sharpers
  • sharpies
  • shoddies
  • sidesteps
  • simulates
  • simulations
  • skinners
  • slips
  • spoofs
  • stutter-steps
  • swindlers
  • swindles
  • synthetics
  • tricksters

Antonyms for fakes

  • aces
  • adepts
  • arranges
  • authorities
  • considers
  • contemplates
  • crackajacks
  • crackerjacks
  • exercises
  • experts
  • lays
  • maestri
  • maestros
  • masters
  • originals
  • past masters
  • ponders
  • practices
  • practises
  • prepares
  • professionals
  • readies
  • rehearses
  • studies
  • virtuosi
  • virtuosos
  • whizzes
  • wizards

Meanings of fakes

  • 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.

Example Sentences

  • The market was flooded with fakes, making it difficult for consumers to distinguish genuine products.
  • She was disappointed to discover that the antique she bought was one of the many fakes in circulation.
  • The art collector carefully examined the painting to ensure it was not one of the cleverly crafted fakes.
  • Online shoppers should be cautious and verify the authenticity of products to avoid purchasing fakes.
  • The museum had to tighten security measures after a series of high-profile thefts involving stolen artwork and fakes.

On this page you'll find 147 synonyms, antonyms, or another words to fakes, such as: aces, actors, acts, ad-libs, adepts, adulterates, affects.

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Related Words

facsimiles

  • alter egos
  • analogs
  • analogues
  • approximations
  • carbon copies
  • carbons
  • clones
  • companions
  • copies
  • counterfeits
  • counterparts
  • doppelgangers
  • doubles
  • dummies
  • dupes
  • duplicates
  • duplications
  • effigies
  • equals
  • equivalents
  • extras
  • fakes
  • fellows
  • fetches
  • forgeries
  • images
  • imitations
  • impressions
  • imprints
  • knockoffs
  • likenesses
  • look-alikes
  • matches
  • mates
  • miniatures
  • mirror images
  • mock-ups
  • mocks
  • parallels
  • phoneys
  • phonies
  • pictures
  • portraits
  • portrayals
  • prints
  • re-creations
  • reconstructions
  • reduplications
  • reincarnations
  • replicas
  • replications
  • reproductions
  • reserves
  • ringers
  • rip-offs
  • rubber stamps
  • semblances
  • shadows
  • shams
  • simulations
  • spares
  • spits
  • spitting images
  • twins
  • versions

laces

  • adulterates
  • alternates
  • amalgamates
  • aromatizes
  • assails
  • assaults
  • assimilates
  • attacks
  • attenuates
  • bashes
  • bastes
  • bats
  • batters
  • beats
  • beats up on
  • befouls
  • belabors
  • belts
  • besets
  • birches
  • blackjacks
  • blends
  • bludgeons
  • boxes
  • braidings
  • braids
  • buffets
  • bungee cords
  • bungees
  • bungs up
  • busts
  • cables
  • canes
  • cheapens
  • chops
  • clobbers
  • clouts
  • clubs
  • combines
  • commingles
  • contaminates
  • cords
  • cornrows
  • corrupts
  • counterfeits
  • cowhides
  • cracks
  • cudgels
  • cuffs
  • curries
  • cuts
  • debases
  • defiles
  • degrades
  • dilutes
  • dirties
  • doctors
  • does
  • dreadlocks
  • drubs
  • embodies
  • enhances
  • enlaces
  • enriches
  • entwines
  • envenoms
  • extends
  • fakes
  • falsifies
  • fibs
  • flagellates
  • flavors
  • flogs
  • fouls
  • fudges
  • fuses
  • fustigates
  • gores
  • guys
  • halyards
  • hammers
  • hides
  • hits
  • horsewhips
  • implicates
  • incorporates
  • infects
  • inserts
  • integrates
  • interlaces
  • intermingles
  • intersperses
  • intertwines
  • intertwists
  • interweaves
  • inweaves
  • joins
  • juxtaposes
  • knocks
  • lacerates
  • lacings
  • lambastes
  • lambasts
  • lams
  • lanyards
  • lashes
  • lathers
  • lays on
  • leathers
  • licks
  • lines
  • links
  • loads
  • maims
  • mangles
  • manipulates
  • mauls
  • merges
  • mingles
  • misrepresents
  • mixes
  • moderates
  • mutilates
  • paddles
  • pastes
  • pelts
  • peppers
  • perfumes
  • pigtails
  • pistol-whips
  • plaits
  • plats
  • pleaches
  • plies
  • poisons
  • pollutes
  • pommels
  • pounds
  • pummels
  • punches
  • punches out
  • qualifies
  • queues
  • raids
  • rawhides
  • rickracks
  • ricracs
  • ropes
  • rushes
  • salts
  • sauces
  • savors
  • savours
  • scourges
  • seasons
  • slams
  • slaps
  • slates
  • slogs
  • smacks
  • smashes
  • socks
  • soils
  • sophisticates
  • spanks
  • spices
  • spikes
  • spoils
  • stays
  • storms
  • straps
  • strings
  • stripes
  • sullies
  • swats
  • swipes
  • switches
  • taints
  • tans
  • tempers
  • thins
  • thrashes
  • threads
  • threshes
  • thumps
  • thwacks
  • tromps
  • twists
  • wallops
  • waters down
  • weakens
  • weaves
  • whacks
  • whales
  • whams
  • whaps
  • whipcords
  • whips
  • whomps
  • whops
  • whups
  • wires
  • works over
  • wounds
  • wreathes
  • writhes

quacks

  • actors
  • bluffers
  • charlatans
  • copycats
  • counterfeiters
  • cozeners
  • deceivers
  • defrauders
  • dissemblers
  • dodgers
  • duper
  • fakers
  • fakes
  • fakirs
  • feigners
  • frauds
  • fraudsters
  • hoaxers
  • humbugs
  • imitators
  • impersonators
  • imposters
  • impostors
  • mimics
  • misleaders
  • mountebanks
  • operators
  • phoneys
  • phonies
  • poseurs
  • pretenders
  • quacksalvers
  • ringers
  • scammers
  • scamsters
  • shams
  • sharpers
  • sharpies
  • skinners
  • swindlers
  • tricksters

quacksalvers

  • actors
  • bluffers
  • charlatans
  • copycats
  • counterfeiters
  • cozeners
  • deceivers
  • defrauders
  • dissemblers
  • dodgers
  • duper
  • fakers
  • fakes
  • fakirs
  • feigners
  • frauds
  • fraudsters
  • hoaxers
  • humbugs
  • imitators
  • impersonators
  • imposters
  • impostors
  • mimics
  • misleaders
  • mountebanks
  • operators
  • phoneys
  • phonies
  • poseurs
  • pretenders
  • quacks
  • ringers
  • scammers
  • scamsters
  • shams
  • sharpers
  • sharpies
  • skinners
  • swindlers
  • tricksters

fakers

  • actors
  • bluffers
  • charlatans
  • copycats
  • counterfeiters
  • cozeners
  • deceivers
  • defrauders
  • dissemblers
  • dodgers
  • duper
  • fakes
  • fakirs
  • feigners
  • frauds
  • fraudsters
  • hoaxers
  • humbugs
  • imitators
  • impersonators
  • imposters
  • impostors
  • mimics
  • misleaders
  • mountebanks
  • operators
  • phoneys
  • phonies
  • poseurs
  • pretenders
  • quacks
  • quacksalvers
  • ringers
  • scammers
  • scamsters
  • shams
  • sharpers
  • sharpies
  • skinners
  • swindlers
  • tricksters

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