fake
adjective
[ feɪk ]
• not genuine; imitation or counterfeit.
• "she got on the plane with a fake passport"
Similar:
forgery,
counterfeit,
copy,
sham,
fraud,
hoax,
imitation,
mock-up,
dummy,
reproduction,
lookalike,
likeness,
phoney,
pirate,
knock-off,
rip-off,
dupe,
forged,
fraudulent,
false,
bogus,
spurious,
pseudo,
worthless,
invalid,
dud,
artificial,
synthetic,
simulated,
replica,
ersatz,
plastic,
man-made,
mock,
so-called,
pretend,
fakey,
fake
noun
• a thing that is not genuine; a forgery or sham.
• "fakes of Old Masters"
Similar:
forgery,
counterfeit,
copy,
sham,
fraud,
hoax,
imitation,
mock-up,
dummy,
reproduction,
lookalike,
likeness,
phoney,
pirate,
knock-off,
rip-off,
dupe,
fake
verb
• forge or counterfeit (something).
• "she faked her spouse's signature"
Similar:
forge,
counterfeit,
falsify,
sham,
feign,
mock up,
copy,
reproduce,
replicate,
doctor,
alter,
tamper with,
tinker with,
pirate,
fiddle (with),
Origin:
late 18th century (originally slang): origin uncertain; perhaps ultimately related to German fegen ‘sweep, thrash’. Compare with fig2.
fake
noun
• variant spelling of flake4 (noun).
fake
verb
• variant spelling of flake4 (verb).
Origin:
late Middle English (as a verb): of unknown origin.
flake
noun
• a single turn of a coiled rope or hawser.
flake
verb
• lay (a rope) in loose coils in order to prevent it tangling.
• "a cable had to be flaked out"
Origin:
early 17th century (as a noun): of unknown origin; compare with German Flechte in the same sense.
