fake
Plural: fakes
Noun
- something that is a counterfeit; not what it seems to be
- a person who makes deceitful pretenses
- (football) a deceptive move made by a football player
- Something which is not genuine, or is presented fraudulently.
- A move meant to deceive an opposing player, used for gaining advantage for example when dribbling an opponent.
- A trick; a swindle
- One of the circles or windings of a cable or hawser, as it lies in a coil; a single turn or coil.
Verb
- make a copy of with the intent to deceive
- "he faked the signature"
- tamper, with the purpose of deception
- speak insincerely or without regard for facts or truths
- "The politician was not well prepared for the debate and faked it"
- To make a counterfeit, to counterfeit, to forge, to falsify.
- To make a false display of, to affect, to feign, to simulate.
- To cheat; to swindle; to steal; to rob.
- To modify fraudulently, so as to make an object appear better or other than it really is
- To improvise, in jazz.
- 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.
- FAKED FAKING, FAKES to contrive and present as genuine
Adjective Satellite
- fraudulent; having a misleading appearance
- not genuine or real; being an imitation of the genuine article
- "it isn't fake anything; it's real synthetic fur"
Adj
- Not real; false, fraudulent.
- Insincere
Examples
- "I suspect this passport is a fake."
- "to fake a marriage"
- "to fake a smile"
- "to fake happiness"
- "Which fur coat looks fake?"
Origin / Etymology
The origin is not known with certainty, although first attested in 1775 C.E. in British criminals' slang. It is probably from feak, feague (“to give a better appearance through artificial means, spruce up, embellish”), itself from German Low German fegen, from Middle Low German vēgen, from Old Saxon fegōn, from Proto-West Germanic *fegōn (“to clean up, polish”).
Akin to Dutch veeg (“a swipe”), Dutch vegen (“to sweep, wipe”); German fegen (“to sweep, to polish”). Compare also Old English fācn (“deceit, fraud”). Perhaps related also to Old Norse fjúka (“to fade, vanquish, disappear”), Old Norse feikn (“strange, scary, unnatural”).
Synonyms
bastard, bogus, bull, bullshit, cook, counterfeit, faker, false, falsify, faux, forge, fraud, fudge, imitation, imposter, impostor, juke, manipulate, misrepresent, phoney, phony, postiche, pretender, pseud, pseudo, role player, sham, shammer, simulated, talk through one's hat, wangle, adulterate, artificial, bad, bollocks, concocted, deke, ersatz, fabricated, fake, falsified, feigned, feint, forged, fraudulent, illegitimate, ingenuine, mock, pass off, phony as a three-dollar bill, phony-baloney, pose, put-up, said to be, spurious, synthetic, trumped-up, unauthentic, unreal
Scrabble Score: 11
fake: valid Scrabble (US) TWL wordfake: valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
fake: valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary