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faked

ADJECTIVE

affected

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

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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

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genuine natural real sincere true

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unchanged

ADJECTIVE

artificial

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unreal

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

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WEAK

genuine natural real unaffected unpretentious

ADJECTIVE

counterfeit

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bogus copied false fictitious forged fraudulent phony spurious

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

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

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actual authentic factual genuine honest real sincere true truthful valid

STRONG

ADJECTIVE

feigned

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affected assumed counterfeit fabricated fake imagined pretended sham simulated

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artificial false fictitious imaginary imitation insincere phony pseudo put on spurious

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genuine real true

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sincere

ADJECTIVE

fictitious

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

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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

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authentic factual genuine honest real sincere true truthful

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actual certain confirmed proven sure

ADJECTIVE

framed

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fixed planted

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cooked-up set up trumped-up

ADJECTIVE

impromptu

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offhand spontaneous unscripted

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ad-lib fake

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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

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deliberate planned

ADJECTIVE

invented

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

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concocted counterfeit fake fashioned feigned improvised made misleading mock sham

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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

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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

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

ADJECTIVE

mock

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bogus make believe phony simulated

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

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apish false fraudulent hokey imitative quasi so-called spurious unreal

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genuine real

STRONG

sincere true

WEAK

authentic

ADJECTIVE

spurious

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bogus false phony specious

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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

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STRONGEST

genuine real true valid

WEAK

authentic

ADJECTIVE

suppositious

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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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South Korean police are seeking an arrest warrant for a YouTuber who allegedly faked evidence that defamed actor Kim Soo-hyun and fuelled a scandal which ended his career.

From BBC • May 22, 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

I went right toward their big man, and when he stepped out I faked left and drove around his right side.

From "Slam!" by Walter Dean Myers

faked

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