FAKE

bogus, fake, phony, phoney, bastard

(adjective) fraudulent; having a misleading appearance

fake, false, faux, imitation, simulated

(adjective) not genuine or real; being an imitation of the genuine article; “it isn’t fake anything; it’s real synthetic fur”; “faux pearls”; “false teeth”; “decorated with imitation palm leaves”; “a purse of simulated alligator hide”

juke, fake

(noun) (football) a deceptive move made by a football player

fake, sham, postiche

(noun) something that is a counterfeit; not what it seems to be

imposter, impostor, pretender, fake, faker, fraud, sham, shammer, pseudo, pseud, role player

(noun) a person who makes deceitful pretenses

forge, fake, counterfeit

(verb) make a copy of with the intent to deceive; “he faked the signature”; “they counterfeited dollar bills”; “She forged a Green Card”

fudge, manipulate, fake, falsify, cook, wangle, misrepresent

(verb) tamper, with the purpose of deception; “Fudge the figures”; “cook the books”; “falsify the data”

Source: WordNet® 3.1

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Etymology 1

Adjective

fake (comparative faker or more fake, superlative fakest or most fake)

Not real; false, fraudulent.

(of people) Insincere.

Synonyms

• See also fake

Antonyms

• authentic, genuine

Noun

fake (plural fakes)

Something which is not genuine, or is presented fraudulently.

A trick; a swindle.

(sports) A move meant to deceive an opposing player, used for gaining advantage for example when dribbling an opponent.

Synonyms

• (soccer move): feint, (ice hockey move): deke

Verb

fake (third-person singular simple present fakes, present participle faking, simple past and past participle faked)

To cheat; to swindle; to steal; to rob.

(archaic) To modify fraudulently, so as to make an object appear better or other than it really is

To make a counterfeit, to counterfeit, to forge, to falsify.

To make a false display of, to affect, to feign, to simulate.

Synonyms

• (To modify fraudulently): adulterate

• (To make a false display): pass off, pose

Etymology 2

Noun

fake (plural fakes)

(nautical) One of the circles or windings of a cable or hawser, as it lies in a coil; a single turn or coil.

Verb

fake (third-person singular simple present fakes, present participle faking, simple past and past participle faked)

(nautical) 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.

Anagrams

• feak

Source: Wiktionary

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Fake, n. Etym: [Cf. Scot. faik fold, stratum of stone, AS. fæc space, interval, G. fach compartment, partition, row, and E. fay to fit.] (Naut.)

Definition: One of the circles or windings of a cable or hawser, as it lies in a coil; a single turn or coil.

Fake, v. t. (Naut.)

Definition: 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. Faking box, a box in which a long rope is faked; used in the life-saving service for a line attached to a shot.

Fake, v. t. Etym: [Cf. Gael. faigh to get, acquire, reach, or OD. facken to catch or gripe.] [Slang in all its senses.]

1. To cheat; to swindle; to steal; to rob.

2. To make; to construct; to do.

3. To manipulate fraudulently, so as to make an object appear better or other than it really is; as, to fake a bulldog, by burning his upper lip and thus artificially shortening it.

Fake, n.

Definition: A trick; a swindle. [Slang]

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition

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