fake

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1. (football) a deceptive move made by a football player (noun.act)

hypernym	:	feint,
definition	:	any distracting or deceptive maneuver (as a mock attack) (noun.act)

domain category	:	football, football game,
definition	:	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 (noun.act)

2. something that is a counterfeit; not what it seems to be (noun.artifact)

hypernym	:	imitation,
definition	:	something copied or derived from an original (noun.artifact)

hyponym	:	fake book,
definition	:	a fake in the form of an imitation book; used to fill bookcases of people who wish to appear scholarly (noun.artifact)

hyponym	:	potemkin village,
definition	:	something that seems impressive but in fact lacks substance (noun.artifact)

3. a person who makes deceitful pretenses (noun.person)

hypernym	:	beguiler, cheat, cheater, deceiver, slicker, trickster,
definition	:	someone who leads you to believe something that is not true (noun.person)

hyponym	:	name dropper,
definition	:	someone who pretends that famous people are his/her friends (noun.person)

hyponym	:	ringer,
definition	:	a contestant entered in a competition under false pretenses (noun.person)

4. speak insincerely or without regard for facts or truths (verb.communication)

hypernym	:	affect, dissemble, feign, pretend, sham,
definition	:	make believe with the intent to deceive (verb.communication)

5. make a copy of with the intent to deceive (verb.creation)

hypernym	:	re-create,
definition	:	create anew (verb.creation)

6. tamper, with the purpose of deception (verb.social)

hypernym	:	cheat, chisel,
definition	:	engage in deceitful behavior; practice trickery or fraud (verb.social)

hyponym	:	juggle,
definition	:	manipulate by or as if by moving around components (verb.social)

7. fraudulent; having a misleading appearance (adj.all)

similar	:	counterfeit, imitative,
definition	:	not genuine; imitating something superior (adj.all)

8. not genuine or real; being an imitation of the genuine article (adj.all)

similar	:	artificial, unreal,
definition	:	contrived by art rather than nature (adj.all)

9. something that is a counterfeit; not what it seems to be (noun.artifact)

derivation	:	affect, dissemble, feign, pretend, sham,
definition	:	make believe with the intent to deceive (verb.communication)

derivation	:	bull, bullshit, fake, talk through one's hat,
definition	:	speak insincerely or without regard for facts or truths (verb.communication)

derivation	:	counterfeit, fake, forge,
definition	:	make a copy of with the intent to deceive (verb.creation)

derivation	:	cook, fake, falsify, fudge, manipulate, misrepresent, wangle,
definition	:	tamper, with the purpose of deception (verb.social)

derivation	:	assumed, false, fictitious, fictive, pretended, put on, sham,
definition	:	adopted in order to deceive (adj.all)

derivation	:	fake, false, faux, imitation, simulated,
definition	:	not genuine or real; being an imitation of the genuine article (adj.all)

10. a person who makes deceitful pretenses (noun.person)

derivation	:	affect, dissemble, feign, pretend, sham,
definition	:	make believe with the intent to deceive (verb.communication)

derivation	:	bull, bullshit, fake, talk through one's hat,
definition	:	speak insincerely or without regard for facts or truths (verb.communication)

derivation	:	counterfeit, fake, forge,
definition	:	make a copy of with the intent to deceive (verb.creation)

derivation	:	act, dissemble, pretend,
definition	:	behave unnaturally or affectedly (verb.creation)

derivation	:	assume, feign, sham, simulate,
definition	:	make a pretence of (verb.creation)

derivation	:	cook, fake, falsify, fudge, manipulate, misrepresent, wangle,
definition	:	tamper, with the purpose of deception (verb.social)

derivation	:	assumed, false, fictitious, fictive, pretended, put on, sham,
definition	:	adopted in order to deceive (adj.all)

derivation	:	bastard, bogus, fake, phoney, phony,
definition	:	fraudulent; having a misleading appearance (adj.all)

11. speak insincerely or without regard for facts or truths (verb.communication)

derivation	:	fake, postiche, sham,
definition	:	something that is a counterfeit; not what it seems to be (noun.artifact)

derivation	:	bull, bullshit, crap, dogshit, horseshit, irish bull, shit,
definition	:	obscene words for unacceptable behavior (noun.communication)

derivation	:	fake, faker, fraud, imposter, impostor, pretender, pseud, pseudo, role player, sham, shammer,
definition	:	a person who makes deceitful pretenses (noun.person)

12. make a copy of with the intent to deceive (verb.creation)

derivation	:	fakery,
definition	:	the act of faking (or the product of faking) (noun.act)

derivation	:	forgery,
definition	:	criminal falsification by making or altering an instrument with intent to defraud (noun.act)

derivation	:	fake, postiche, sham,
definition	:	something that is a counterfeit; not what it seems to be (noun.artifact)

derivation	:	counterfeit, forgery,
definition	:	a copy that is represented as the original (noun.artifact)

derivation	:	counterfeiter, forger,
definition	:	someone who makes copies illegally (noun.person)

derivation	:	fake, faker, fraud, imposter, impostor, pretender, pseud, pseudo, role player, sham, shammer,
definition	:	a person who makes deceitful pretenses (noun.person)

13. tamper, with the purpose of deception (verb.social)

also	:	cook up, fabricate, invent, make up, manufacture,
definition	:	make up something artificial or untrue (verb.creation)

derivation	:	falsehood, falsification,
definition	:	the act of rendering something false as by fraudulent changes (of documents or measures etc.) or counterfeiting (noun.act)

derivation	:	falsification, misrepresentation,
definition	:	a willful perversion of facts (noun.act)

derivation	:	fakery,
definition	:	the act of faking (or the product of faking) (noun.act)

derivation	:	fake, postiche, sham,
definition	:	something that is a counterfeit; not what it seems to be (noun.artifact)

derivation	:	wangle, wangling,
definition	:	an instance of accomplishing something by scheming or trickery (noun.cognition)

derivation	:	deceit, deception, misrepresentation,
definition	:	a misleading falsehood (noun.communication)

derivation	:	falsifier,
definition	:	someone who falsifies (noun.person)

derivation	:	finagler, wangler,
definition	:	a deceiver who uses crafty misleading methods (noun.person)

derivation	:	fake, faker, fraud, imposter, impostor, pretender, pseud, pseudo, role player, sham, shammer,
definition	:	a person who makes deceitful pretenses (noun.person)

derivation	:	falseness, falsity,
definition	:	the state of being false or untrue (noun.state)

14. fraudulent; having a misleading appearance (adj.all)

derivation	:	bastard, mongrel,
definition	:	derogatory term for a variation that is not genuine; something irregular or inferior or of dubious origin (noun.artifact)

derivation	:	dissembler, dissimulator, hypocrite, phoney, phony, pretender,
definition	:	a person who professes beliefs and opinions that he or she does not hold in order to conceal his or her real feelings or motives (noun.person)

derivation	:	fake, faker, fraud, imposter, impostor, pretender, pseud, pseudo, role player, sham, shammer,
definition	:	a person who makes deceitful pretenses (noun.person)

15. not genuine or real; being an imitation of the genuine article (adj.all)

derivation	:	fake, postiche, sham,
definition	:	something that is a counterfeit; not what it seems to be (noun.artifact)

16. something that is a counterfeit; not what it seems to be (noun.artifact)

derivation	:	affect, dissemble, feign, pretend, sham,
definition	:	make believe with the intent to deceive (verb.communication)

derivation	:	bull, bullshit, fake, talk through one's hat,
definition	:	speak insincerely or without regard for facts or truths (verb.communication)

derivation	:	counterfeit, fake, forge,
definition	:	make a copy of with the intent to deceive (verb.creation)

derivation	:	cook, fake, falsify, fudge, manipulate, misrepresent, wangle,
definition	:	tamper, with the purpose of deception (verb.social)

derivation	:	assumed, false, fictitious, fictive, pretended, put on, sham,
definition	:	adopted in order to deceive (adj.all)

derivation	:	fake, false, faux, imitation, simulated,
definition	:	not genuine or real; being an imitation of the genuine article (adj.all)

17. a person who makes deceitful pretenses (noun.person)

derivation	:	affect, dissemble, feign, pretend, sham,
definition	:	make believe with the intent to deceive (verb.communication)

derivation	:	bull, bullshit, fake, talk through one's hat,
definition	:	speak insincerely or without regard for facts or truths (verb.communication)

derivation	:	counterfeit, fake, forge,
definition	:	make a copy of with the intent to deceive (verb.creation)

derivation	:	act, dissemble, pretend,
definition	:	behave unnaturally or affectedly (verb.creation)

derivation	:	assume, feign, sham, simulate,
definition	:	make a pretence of (verb.creation)

derivation	:	cook, fake, falsify, fudge, manipulate, misrepresent, wangle,
definition	:	tamper, with the purpose of deception (verb.social)

derivation	:	assumed, false, fictitious, fictive, pretended, put on, sham,
definition	:	adopted in order to deceive (adj.all)

derivation	:	bastard, bogus, fake, phoney, phony,
definition	:	fraudulent; having a misleading appearance (adj.all)

18. speak insincerely or without regard for facts or truths (verb.communication)

derivation	:	fake, postiche, sham,
definition	:	something that is a counterfeit; not what it seems to be (noun.artifact)

derivation	:	bull, bullshit, crap, dogshit, horseshit, irish bull, shit,
definition	:	obscene words for unacceptable behavior (noun.communication)

derivation	:	fake, faker, fraud, imposter, impostor, pretender, pseud, pseudo, role player, sham, shammer,
definition	:	a person who makes deceitful pretenses (noun.person)

19. make a copy of with the intent to deceive (verb.creation)

derivation	:	fakery,
definition	:	the act of faking (or the product of faking) (noun.act)

derivation	:	forgery,
definition	:	criminal falsification by making or altering an instrument with intent to defraud (noun.act)

derivation	:	fake, postiche, sham,
definition	:	something that is a counterfeit; not what it seems to be (noun.artifact)

derivation	:	counterfeit, forgery,
definition	:	a copy that is represented as the original (noun.artifact)

derivation	:	counterfeiter, forger,
definition	:	someone who makes copies illegally (noun.person)

derivation	:	fake, faker, fraud, imposter, impostor, pretender, pseud, pseudo, role player, sham, shammer,
definition	:	a person who makes deceitful pretenses (noun.person)

20. tamper, with the purpose of deception (verb.social)

also	:	cook up, fabricate, invent, make up, manufacture,
definition	:	make up something artificial or untrue (verb.creation)

derivation	:	falsehood, falsification,
definition	:	the act of rendering something false as by fraudulent changes (of documents or measures etc.) or counterfeiting (noun.act)

derivation	:	falsification, misrepresentation,
definition	:	a willful perversion of facts (noun.act)

derivation	:	fakery,
definition	:	the act of faking (or the product of faking) (noun.act)

derivation	:	fake, postiche, sham,
definition	:	something that is a counterfeit; not what it seems to be (noun.artifact)

derivation	:	wangle, wangling,
definition	:	an instance of accomplishing something by scheming or trickery (noun.cognition)

derivation	:	deceit, deception, misrepresentation,
definition	:	a misleading falsehood (noun.communication)

derivation	:	falsifier,
definition	:	someone who falsifies (noun.person)

derivation	:	finagler, wangler,
definition	:	a deceiver who uses crafty misleading methods (noun.person)

derivation	:	fake, faker, fraud, imposter, impostor, pretender, pseud, pseudo, role player, sham, shammer,
definition	:	a person who makes deceitful pretenses (noun.person)

derivation	:	falseness, falsity,
definition	:	the state of being false or untrue (noun.state)

21. fraudulent; having a misleading appearance (adj.all)

derivation	:	bastard, mongrel,
definition	:	derogatory term for a variation that is not genuine; something irregular or inferior or of dubious origin (noun.artifact)

derivation	:	dissembler, dissimulator, hypocrite, phoney, phony, pretender,
definition	:	a person who professes beliefs and opinions that he or she does not hold in order to conceal his or her real feelings or motives (noun.person)

derivation	:	fake, faker, fraud, imposter, impostor, pretender, pseud, pseudo, role player, sham, shammer,
definition	:	a person who makes deceitful pretenses (noun.person)

22. not genuine or real; being an imitation of the genuine article (adj.all)

derivation	:	fake, postiche, sham,
definition	:	something that is a counterfeit; not what it seems to be (noun.artifact)

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