faked

ADJECTIVE

affected

Synonyms

STRONG

assumed contrived counterfeit counterfeited feigned imitated overdone pretended shallow sham simulated studied unnatural

WEAK

apish artificial awkward campy chichi conceited false fraudulent gone Hollywood hammy highfalutin hollow insincere la-di-da melodramatic ostentatious pedantic phony pompous precious pretentious put on schmaltzy self-conscious spurious stiff stilted superficial theatrical twee

Antonyms

STRONG

genuine natural real sincere true

WEAK

unchanged

ADJECTIVE

artificial

Synonyms

STRONG

unreal

WEAK

bogus counterfeit ersatz fabricated factitious false hyped-up manufactured mock phony plastic sham simulated specious spurious substitute synthetic unnatural

Antonyms

WEAK

genuine natural real unaffected unpretentious

ADJECTIVE

counterfeit

Synonyms

STRONGEST

bogus copied false fictitious forged fraudulent phony spurious

STRONG

Hollywood affected assumed bent brummagem crock ersatz feigned framed imitation misleading mock pirate plant pretended pseudo put on sham wrong

WEAK

deceptive delusive delusory fishy not genuine not kosher pretentious snide soft-shell suppositious two-faced won't fly

Antonyms

STRONGEST

actual authentic factual genuine honest real sincere true truthful valid

STRONG

ADJECTIVE

feigned

Synonyms

STRONG

affected assumed counterfeit fabricated fake imagined pretended sham simulated

WEAK

artificial false fictitious imaginary imitation insincere phony pseudo put on spurious

Antonyms

STRONG

genuine real true

WEAK

sincere

ADJECTIVE

fictitious

Synonyms

STRONGEST

apocryphal bogus counterfeit fabricated false fanciful fictional imaginary make believe misleading mythical phony sham spurious

WEAK

artificial assumed chimerical concocted cooked-up created deceptive delusive delusory dishonest ersatz factitious fake fantastic fashioned feigned fictive figmental hyped-up illusory imagined improvised invented made mock romantic simulated suppositious supposititious synthetic trumped-up unreal

Antonyms

STRONGEST

authentic factual genuine honest real sincere true truthful

WEAK

actual certain confirmed proven sure

ADJECTIVE

framed

Synonyms

STRONG

fixed planted

WEAK

cooked-up set up trumped-up

ADJECTIVE

impromptu

Synonyms

STRONGEST

offhand spontaneous unscripted

STRONG

ad-lib fake

WEAK

dashed off extemporaneous extempore extemporized improv improviso off the cuff played by ear shot from the hip spur-of-the-moment thrown off tossed off unpremeditated unprepared unstudied vamped whipped up winged

Antonyms

STRONGEST

deliberate planned

ADJECTIVE

invented

Synonyms

STRONGEST

assumed created fabricated fanciful fictional imaginary imagined made-up simulated unreal

STRONG

concocted counterfeit fake fashioned feigned improvised made misleading mock sham

WEAK

apocryphal artificial bogus chimerical cooked-up deceptive delusive delusory dishonest ersatz factitious false fantastic fantastical fictive figmental hyped-up illusory make believe mythical phony romantic spurious suppositious supposititious synthetic trumped-up

Antonyms

STRONGEST

genuine real true

STRONG

truthful

ADJECTIVE

la-di-da

Synonyms

WEAK

apish artificial assumed awkward campy chichi conceited contrived counterfeit counterfeited false feigned fraud gone Hollywood ham hammy highfalutin hollow imitated insincere mannered melodramatic ostentatious overdone pedantic phony playacting pompous precious pretended pretentious put on schmaltzy self-conscious shallow sham simulated spurious stiff stilted studied superficial theatrical unnatural

ADJECTIVE

manmade

Synonyms

WEAK

bogus counterfeit ersatz fabricated factitious false imitation manufactured mock phony plastic sham simulated specious spurious substitute synthetic unnatural unreal

ADJECTIVE

mock

Synonyms

STRONGEST

bogus make believe phony simulated

STRONG

counterfeit dummy ersatz feigned forged imitation mimic pretended pseudo put on sham substitute

WEAK

apish false fraudulent hokey imitative quasi so-called spurious unreal

Antonyms

STRONGEST

genuine real

STRONG

sincere true

WEAK

authentic

ADJECTIVE

spurious

Synonyms

STRONGEST

bogus false phony specious

WEAK

affected apocryphal artificial assumed bastard bent bum contrived deceitful deceptive dummy ersatz feigned forged framed illegitimate imitation make believe mock pirate pretend pretended pseudo put on sham simulated substitute unauthentic ungenuine unreal

Antonyms

STRONGEST

genuine real true valid

WEAK

authentic

ADJECTIVE

suppositious

Synonyms

WEAK

Hollywood affected assumed bent bogus brummagem copied crock deceptive delusive delusory ersatz fake false feigned fictitious fishy forged framed fraudulent imitation misleading mock not genuine not kosher phony pirate plant pretended pretentious pseudo put on sham snide soft-shell spurious supposititious two-faced won't fly wrong

ADJECTIVE

supposititious

Synonyms

WEAK

Example Sentences

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They found Rich Starry faked its signal for more than 10 days until it tried to leave the Persian Gulf on Tuesday—giving it the opportunity to load up on Iranian oil products in that period.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 15, 2026

Whenever someone likes to claim that the moon landing was faked — a fairly tedious conversation, even as conspiracy theories go — my general response is to ask, “OK, which one?”

From Salon • Apr. 7, 2026

"That's what bad actors want: for people to think that everything can be faked, so they can't trust anything," Covington told AFP.

From Barron's • Apr. 2, 2026

Luka Doncic, with the eyes of five defenders fixed on him in the paint, faked a lob pass.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 1, 2026

“You tracked down the wizard who faked his family tree, didn’t you?”

From "Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows" by J.K. Rowling

faked

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