faking

The word “faking” has 2 syllables: fak-ing

It's pronounced as /ˈfeɪkɪŋ/

What is synonym and antonym for faking?

In the thesaurus, “faking” has 158 synonyms and 27 antonyms.

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

Synonyms for faking

act
acting
ad-libbing
adulterating
affectation
affecting
appearance
artifice
assuming
beard
blind
bluffing
bogus
camouflage
camouflaging
carbon
carbon copy
charade
cheat
claim
cloak
coining
color
coloring
concealing
concealment
concocting
contriving
copy
costume
counterfeit
counterfeiting
cover
cover-up
coverup
cribbing
deceit
deception
deceptive marking
dekeing
devising
disguise
disguising
display
dissembling
dissimulating
dissimulation
doctoring
dodging
double-dealing
dress
dumb act
duplicating
evading
evasion
excuse
extemporizing
fabricating
fabrication
facade
face
fake
fakery
faking out
false appearance
false front
falsification
feigning
feinting
fig leaf
forging
fraudulence
front
fudging
gag
getup
guise
hatching
illusion
imitating
imitation
impersonating
imposition
imposture
improvising
insincerity
inventing
invention
juggling
juking
letting on
lookalike
make believe
making believe
making up
malingering
manipulating
manufacturing
mask
masking
masquerade
masquerading
mimicry
misrepresentation
misstatement
ostentation
pageant
paint
pen name
phony
phonying
plagiarizing
plain brown wrapper
playacting
playing
posing
posturing
pretending
pretense
pretension
pretentiousness
pretext
professing
protective coloring
pseudo
pseudonym
pump-faking
put on
putting on
red herring
reduplicating
replicating
reproducing
routine
ruse
schtick
screen
semblance
shade
sham
shamming
shroud
shuffling
sidestepping
simulating
simulation
slipping
smokescreen
stall
stunt
stutter-stepping
subterfuge
trickery
twin
veil
veneer
wile
workalike

Antonyms for faking

arranging
back
character
considering
contemplating
exercising
frankness
honesty
honor
laying
openness
original
personality
pondering
practicing
practising
preparing
quiet
readying
reality
rear
rehearsing
simplicity
studying
truth
truthfulness
uprightness

Meanings of faking

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

She was caught faking her enthusiasm for the project during the meeting.
The actor was praised for his convincing performance, especially in scenes where he was faking emotions.
He admitted to faking his illness to skip school, but his parents were not pleased with his dishonesty.
The scam artist was skilled at faking documents to deceive investors.
Despite faking confidence, she felt nervous before her big presentation.

On this page you'll find 185 synonyms, antonyms, or another words to faking, such as: act, acting, ad-libbing, adulterating, affectation, affecting, appearance.

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