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- [fey-kuh-ree]
- /ˈfeɪ kə ri/
- /fˈeɪkəri/
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- [fey-kuh-ree]
- /ˈfeɪ kə ri/
Definitions of fakery word
- noun plural fakery the practice or result of faking. 1
- noun fakery A fraud or forgery; an act of doctoring, or the product of one. 1
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Origin of fakery
First appearance:
before 1885 One of the 21% newest English words
First recorded in 1885-90; fake1 + -ery
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Parts of speech for Fakery
noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
fakery popularity
A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 75% of English native speakers know the meaning and use the word.
According to our data most of word are more popular. This word is almost not used. It has a much more popular synonym.
fakery usage trend in Literature
This diagram is provided by Google Ngram ViewerSynonyms for fakery
noun fakery
- prevarication — the act of prevaricating, or lying: Seeing the expression on his mother's face, Nathan realized this was no time for prevarication.
- tall tale — far-fetched story
- deception — Deception is the act of deceiving someone or the state of being deceived by someone.
- falsity — the quality or condition of being false; incorrectness; untruthfulness; treachery.
- misstatement — to state wrongly or misleadingly; make a wrong statement about.
Antonyms for fakery
noun fakery
- frankness — plainness of speech; candor; openness.
- honesty — the quality or fact of being honest; uprightness and fairness.
- truthfulness — telling the truth, especially habitually: a truthful person.
- uprightness — erect or vertical, as in position or posture.
- reality — the state or quality of being real.
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