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fake it

VERB

devise

Synonyms

STRONGEST

arrange come up with concoct construct craft create design discover forge formulate hatch invent mastermind prepare work out

STRONG

ad-lib blueprint brainstorm cast chart cogitate contrive form frame imagine improvise intrigue machinate plan plot project scheme shape spark vamp

WEAK

cook up dope out get off head trip make up play it by ear think up throw together trump up whip up

Antonyms

STRONGEST

destroy disorder disorganize ruin

STRONG

forget ignore neglect stop

WEAK

borrow

VERB

falsify

Synonyms

STRONGEST

contradict contravene counterfeit deceive distort exaggerate fake forge misstate pervert tamper with

STRONG

adulterate belie change color con contort cook deny doctor embroider equivocate fib garble gloss lie misquote palter prevaricate promote salt traverse twist warp

WEAK

deacon dress up four-flush frame up phony up put on an act trump up

Antonyms

STRONGEST

agree approve be honest

STRONG

clean explain hurt purify represent straighten tell the truth

VERB

improvise

Synonyms

STRONGEST

ad-lib brainstorm concoct contrive devise dream up invent throw together

STRONG

coin extemporize fake jam spark

WEAK

dash off do off top of head do offhand improv improvisate made do speak off the cuff wing it

Antonyms

WEAK

design plan premeditate

VERB

make up

Synonyms

WEAK

ad-lib blend coin combine compose compound concoct construct contrive cook up devise dream up fabricate fabulize fashion fictionalize fix formulate frame fuse hatch improv improvise invent join knock off make meld merge mingle mix originate play by ear prepare pretend put together ready storify trump up whip up wing it write

Antonyms

WEAK

be real tell the truth

VERB

posture

Synonyms

STRONG

affect attitudinize display fake masquerade playact pose

WEAK

do a bit do for effect make a show pass for pass off put on airs put up a front show off

Antonyms

STRONG

withhold

WEAK

be truthful

VERB

sham

Synonyms

STRONG

act affect ape assume bluff copy counterfeit fake feign imitate invent lie mislead mock pretend simulate sucker

WEAK

do a number make like play possum put on put up a front shuck and jive

Antonyms

STRONG

be honest be original tell the truth

VERB

wing it

Synonyms

WEAK

ad-lib concoct devise do off the top of your head do offhand improv invent make do make up play it by ear speak off the cuff throw together

Example Sentences

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But when he downloaded a beta test version of a game called "MetaToy" that turned out to be fake, it installed malware on his browser.

From Barron's • Mar. 13, 2026

"Meta must do more to address the proliferation of deceptive AI-generated content on its platforms... so that users can distinguish between what is real and fake", it said.

From BBC • Mar. 10, 2026

Silicon Valley’s startup model encourages “a fake it until you make it” strategy: Pretend to be successful to attract the coders, venture capitalists and customers that bring actual success.

From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 23, 2025

Sometimes they try to fake it by being a Rust Belt kind of fellow or a military man.

From Salon • Nov. 23, 2025

He’s wearing that resigned miserable face he dons whenever he thinks I’m not looking, or when he’s just too tired to fake it.

From "Boy21" by Matthew Quick

fake it

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