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Forgery

Synonyms Forgery, copy, fraud, imitation, dummy, lookalike, phoney, knock-off, dupe, fraudulent, bogus, pseudo, invalid, artificial, simulated, ersatz, man-made, so-called, fakey, counterfeit, sham, hoax, mock-up, reproduction, likeness, pirate, rip-off, forged, false, spurious, worthless, dud, synthetic, replica, plastic, mock, and pretend.

Charlatan

Synonyms Charlatan, mountebank, fraud, impostor, masquerader, hoaxer, cheater, dissembler, confidence trickster, phoney, con artist, quack, sham, humbug, pretender, hoodwinker, cheat, deceiver, trickster, fraudster, con man, and confidence man.

Forgery

Synonyms Forgery, copy, fraud, imitation, dummy, lookalike, phoney, knock-off, dupe, counterfeit, sham, hoax, mock-up, reproduction, likeness, pirate, and rip-off.

Charlatan

Synonyms Charlatan, mountebank, fraud, impostor, masquerader, hoaxer, cheater, dissembler, confidence trickster, phoney, con artist, quack, sham, humbug, pretender, hoodwinker, cheat, deceiver, trickster, fraudster, con man, and confidence man.

Forge

Synonyms Forge, falsify, feign, copy, replicate, alter, tinker with, fiddle (with), counterfeit, sham, mock up, reproduce, doctor, tamper with, and pirate.

Feigned

Synonyms Feigned, put-on, improvised, affected, insincere, artificial, mock, phoney, pseud, cod, simulate, make-believe, give the appearance of, make a pretence of, faked, assumed, invented, pseudo, unconvincing, imitation, sham, fakey, pretend, feign, put on, affect, make a show of, and go through the motions of.

Feign

Synonyms Feign, simulate, put on, affect, make a show of, go through the motions of, pretend, sham, make-believe, give the appearance of, and make a pretence of.

Example Sentences

The signature was clearly fake.

He gave me a fake smile.

She wore fake designer shoes.

The story turned out fake.