COUNTERFEIT
Dictionary entry overview: What does counterfeit mean?
• COUNTERFEIT (noun)
The noun COUNTERFEIT has 1 sense:
1. a copy that is represented as the original
Familiarity information: COUNTERFEIT used as a noun is very rare.
• COUNTERFEIT (adjective)
The adjective COUNTERFEIT has 1 sense:
1. not genuine; imitating something superior
Familiarity information: COUNTERFEIT used as an adjective is very rare.
• COUNTERFEIT (verb)
The verb COUNTERFEIT has 1 sense:
1. make a copy of with the intent to deceive
Familiarity information: COUNTERFEIT used as a verb is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
• COUNTERFEIT (noun)
Meaning:
A copy that is represented as the original
Classified under:
Nouns denoting man-made objects
Synonyms:
counterfeit; forgery; imitation
Hypernyms ("counterfeit" is a kind of...):
copy (a secondary representation of an original)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "counterfeit"):
fake; postiche; sham (something that is a counterfeit; not what it seems to be)
• COUNTERFEIT (adjective)
Meaning:
Not genuine; imitating something superior
Synonyms:
counterfeit; imitative
Context examples:
counterfeit emotion / counterfeit money / counterfeit works of art / a counterfeit prince
Similar:
synthetic (not genuine or natural)
pseudo ((often used in combination) not genuine but having the appearance of)
pinchbeck (serving as an imitation or substitute)
ostensible; ostensive (represented or appearing as such; pretended)
mock (constituting a copy or imitation of something)
inauthentic; spurious; unauthentic (intended to deceive)
bastard; bogus; fake; phoney; phony (fraudulent; having a misleading appearance)
base (debased; not genuine)
bad; forged (reproduced fraudulently)
assumed; false; fictitious; fictive; pretended; put on; sham (adopted in order to deceive)
Also:
artificial; unreal (contrived by art rather than nature)
unreal (lacking in reality or substance or genuineness; not corresponding to acknowledged facts or criteria)
insincere (lacking sincerity)
false (not in accordance with the fact or reality or actuality)
Antonym:
genuine (not fake or counterfeit)
• COUNTERFEIT (verb)
Meaning:
Make a copy of with the intent to deceive
Classified under:
Verbs of sewing, baking, painting, performing
Synonyms:
counterfeit; fake; forge
Context examples:
he faked the signature / they counterfeited dollar bills / She forged a Green Card
Hypernyms (to "counterfeit" is one way to...):
re-create (create anew)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s something
