FAKE
Dictionary entry overview: What does fake mean?
• FAKE (noun)
The noun FAKE has 3 senses:
1. something that is a counterfeit; not what it seems to be
2. a person who makes deceitful pretenses
3. (football) a deceptive move made by a football player
Familiarity information: FAKE used as a noun is uncommon.
• FAKE (adjective)
The adjective FAKE has 2 senses:
1. fraudulent; having a misleading appearance
2. not genuine or real; being an imitation of the genuine article
Familiarity information: FAKE used as an adjective is rare.
• FAKE (verb)
The verb FAKE has 3 senses:
1. make a copy of with the intent to deceive
2. fake or falsify
3. talk through one's hat
Familiarity information: FAKE used as a verb is uncommon.
Dictionary entry details
• FAKE (noun)
Meaning:
Something that is a counterfeit; not what it seems to be
Classified under:
Nouns denoting man-made objects
Synonyms:
fake; sham; postiche
Hypernyms ("fake" is a kind of...):
counterfeit; forgery; imitation (a copy that is represented as the original)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "fake"):
fake book (a fake in the form of an imitation book; used to fill bookcases of people who wish to appear scholarly)
Meaning:
A person who makes deceitful pretenses
Classified under:
Nouns denoting people
Synonyms:
pseud; role player; impostor; imposter; faker; pseudo; sham; shammer; pretender; fraud; fake
Hypernyms ("fake" is a kind of...):
beguiler; cheat; cheater; deceiver; slicker; trickster (someone who leads you to believe something that is not true)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "fake"):
name dropper (someone who pretends that famous people are his/her friends)
ringer (a contestant entered in a competition under false pretenses)
Meaning:
(football) a deceptive move made by a football player
Classified under:
Nouns denoting acts or actions
Synonyms:
juke; fake
Hypernyms ("fake" is a kind of...):
feint (any distracting or deceptive maneuver (as a mock attack))
Domain category:
football; football game (any of various games played with a ball (round or oval) in which two teams try to kick or carry or propel the ball into each other's goal)
• FAKE (adjective)
Meaning:
Fraudulent; having a misleading appearance
Synonyms:
phony; phoney; fake; bogus; bastard
Similar:
counterfeit; imitative (not genuine; imitating something superior)
Meaning:
Not genuine or real; being an imitation of the genuine article
Synonyms:
faux; imitation; simulated; fake; false
Context examples:
it isn't fake anything; it's real synthetic fur / faux pearls / false teeth / decorated with imitation palm leaves / a purse of simulated alligator hide
Similar:
artificial; unreal (contrived by art rather than nature)
• FAKE (verb)
Meaning:
Make a copy of with the intent to deceive
Classified under:
Verbs of sewing, baking, painting, performing
Synonyms:
fake; counterfeit; forge
Context examples:
he faked the signature / they counterfeited dollar bills / She forged a Green Card
Hypernyms (to "fake" is one way to...):
re-create (create anew)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s something
Meaning:
Fake or falsify
Classified under:
Verbs of political and social activities and events
Synonyms:
fudge; fake; falsify; misrepresent; wangle; manipulate; cook
Context examples:
Fudge the figures / cook the books / falsify the data
Hypernyms (to "fake" is one way to...):
cheat; chisel (engage in deceitful behavior; practice trickery or fraud)
Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "fake"):
juggle (manipulate by or as if by moving around components)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s something
Meaning:
Talk through one's hat
Classified under:
Verbs of telling, asking, ordering, singing
Synonyms:
bullshit; bull; fake
Context example:
The politician was not well prepared for the debate and faked it
Hypernyms (to "fake" is one way to...):
affect; dissemble; feign; pretend; sham (make believe with the intent to deceive)
Sentence frames:
Somebody ----s
Somebody ----s on something
