All fake synonyms
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F f noun fake
- actor — An actor is someone whose job is acting in plays or films. 'Actor' in the singular usually refers to a man, but some women who act prefer to be called 'actors' rather than 'actresses'.
- bluffer — good-naturedly direct, blunt, or frank; heartily outspoken: a big, bluff, generous man.
- charlatan — You describe someone as a charlatan when they pretend to have skills or knowledge that they do not really possess.
- cheat — When someone cheats, they do not obey a set of rules which they should be obeying, for example in a game or exam.
- faker — anything made to appear otherwise than it actually is; counterfeit: This diamond necklace is a fake.
- flimflam — a trick or deception, especially a swindle or confidence game involving skillful persuasion or clever manipulation of the victim.
- four-flusher — a person who makes false or pretentious claims; bluffer.
- imposition — the laying on of something as a burden or obligation.
- imposture — the action or practice of imposing fraudulently upon others.
- plant — any member of the kingdom Plantae, comprising multicellular organisms that typically produce their own food from inorganic matter by the process of photosynthesis and that have more or less rigid cell walls containing cellulose, including vascular plants, mosses, liverworts, and hornworts: some classification schemes may include fungi, algae, bacteria, blue-green algae, and certain single-celled eukaryotes that have plantlike qualities, as rigid cell walls or photosynthesis.
- pretender — a person who pretends, especially for a dishonest purpose.
- pretence — pretending or feigning; make-believe: My sleepiness was all pretense.
- pretense — pretending or feigning; make-believe: My sleepiness was all pretense.
- put-on — an act or instance of putting someone on.
- sleight — skill; dexterity.
- swindle — to cheat (a person, business, etc.) out of money or other assets.
- gold brick — Informal. a brick made to look like gold, sold by a swindler.
verb fake
- falsify — to make false or incorrect, especially so as to deceive: to falsify income-tax reports.
- replicate — Also, replicated. folded; bent back on itself.
- reproduce — to make a copy, representation, duplicate, or close imitation of: to reproduce a picture.
- dissemble — to give a false or misleading appearance to; conceal the truth or real nature of: to dissemble one's incompetence in business.