English > counterfeit: 3 senses > adjective 1| Meaning | not genuine; imitating something superior. |
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| Examples | - "counterfeit emotion"
- "counterfeit money"
- "counterfeit works of art"
- "a counterfeit prince"
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| Synonym | imitative |
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| Narrower | assumed, false, fictitious, fictive, pretended, put on, sham | Adopted in order to deceive / deceive |
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| bad, forged | Reproduced fraudulently |
| base | debased |
| bogus, fake, phony, phoney, bastard | fraudulent |
| inauthentic, unauthentic, spurious | Intended to deceive / deceive |
| mock | constituting a copy or imitation of something |
| ostensible, ostensive | represented or appearing as such |
| pinchbeck | Serving as an imitation or substitute |
| pseudo | (often used in combination) not genuine but having the appearance of |
| synthetic | not genuine or natural |
| See also | artificial, unreal | contrived by art rather than nature |
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| false | not in accordance with the fact or reality or actuality |
| insincere | lacking sincerity |
| unreal | lacking in reality or substance or genuineness |
| Opposite | genuine, echt | not fake or counterfeit |
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| Spanish | contrahecho, falseado, falsificado, falso, imitado, imitativo |
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