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adjective
artificial, counterfeit
Synonyms: adulterated, affected, assumed, bogus, dummy, ersatz, fake, false, feigned, fictitious, forged, fraudulent, imitation, lying, make-believe, misleading, mock, phony, plaster, pretend, pretended, pseudo, simulated, so-called, spurious, substitute, synthetic, untrue
Antonyms: real, true
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noun
hoax, trick
Synonyms: burlesque, cant, caricature, cheat, counterfeit, cover-up, deceit, deception, facade, fake, fakery, false front, farce, feint, flimflam, forgery, fraud, hypocrisy, hypocriticalness, imitation, impostor, imposture, jive, mock, mockery, pharisaism, phoniness, pretend, pretense, pretext, pseudo, put-on, sell, smoke, snow job, spoof, travesty, whitewash
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verb
trick; pull a hoax
Synonyms: act, affect, ape, assume, bluff, copy, counterfeit, create, do a number, fake, fake it, feign, imitate, invent, lie, make like, mislead, mock, play possum, pretend, put on, put up a front, shuck and jive, simulate, sucker
Antonyms: tell truth