junque

NOUN

counterfeit

Synonyms

STRONG

actor bum copy deceit deception dummy facsimile fraud hoax humbug imitation imposture phony pseudo put on reproduction sell sham simulacrum

WEAK

bogus

Antonyms

STRONG

frankness honesty openness original truth truthfulness uprightness

WEAK

real thing reality

NOUN

fake

Synonyms

STRONGEST

counterfeit deception fabrication forgery hoax phony scam sham trick

STRONG

actor bluffer charlatan cheat faker flimflam four-flusher fraud imitation imposition imposture make believe mountebank plant pretender pretense pseudo put on reproduction sleight spoof swindle

WEAK

gold brick

Antonyms

STRONG

original

Example Sentences

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Finding anything worth eating in this morass of haute junque proved as difficult as avoiding thorns among roses.

From Time Magazine Archive