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(adj)
(chiefly British) Alternative form of phony. [(informal) Fraudulent; fake; having a misleading appearance.]
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Fake or artificial.
(informal) Fraudulent; fake; having a misleading appearance.
Counterfeit or fake; not genuine.
Intended to deceive; false.
(v)
To alter so as to make false; especially when done with intent to deceive.
Man-made; made by humans; of artifice.
(n)
Alternative spelling of impostor. [Someone who attempts to deceive by using an assumed name or identity.]
Someone who attempts to deceive by using an assumed name or identity.
False, especially of money; intended to deceive or carry appearance of being genuine.
(transitive) To obtain through deceitful or manipulative methods.
To represent falsely; to inaccurately portray something.
(law) The crime of stealing or otherwise illegally obtaining money by use of deception tactics.
(Internet slang) A pseudonym.
A poseur; one who is fake.
Untrue, not factual, factually incorrect.
(transitive) To influence, manage, direct, control or tamper with something
Not real or substantial; having no actual presence in reality; lacking the characteristics of reality.
Invented in imitation of a particular thing or of a specific condition; artificial.
(attributive) A copy or simulation; something that is not the real thing.
Imitating; copying; not original.
(basketball) A player who is not one of the best players on the team, but still makes a meaningful contribution.
Any item of false hair worn on the head or face, such as a false beard or wig.
To form or create with concerted effort.
An adult male of domesticated cattle or oxen.
(cooking) A person who prepares food.
(chiefly uncountable) A type of very sweet candy or confection, usually made from sugar, butter, and milk or cream.
(countable) A flat pastry pressed with a grid pattern, often eaten hot with butter and/or honey or syrup.
Any assertions or information that are either false or misleading.
Demonstrated to be false.
False, not authentic, not genuine.
A person who frequently lies; someone who tells a lie.
Fabricated by forging or at a forge, by working hot metal
Deceptive or tending to mislead or create a false impression, even if technically true.
Faked, fabricated or falsely manufactured.
Something designed to fool, dupe, outsmart, mislead or swindle.
The act of falsifying, or making false; a counterfeiting; the giving to a thing an appearance of something which it is not.
(intransitive or with 'that' clause or 'to' infinitive) To speak or behave so as to give a false or simulated appearance.
(uncountable) The quality or act of pretending; acting as if something is true when in fact one knows it is not.
Dishonest; based on fraud or deception.
(countable or uncountable) An act of bluffing; a false expression of the strength of one’s position in order to intimidate or deceive; braggadocio.
The act of imagining; make-believe.
The act of one who counterfeits.
A person who counterfeits.
Erroneous or false representation; an unfair or dishonest account or exposition; a false statement.
A fraudulent deal.
altered; falsified; skewed; manipulated
(countable) A false statement, especially an intentional one; a lie.
An attempt to conceal or disguise something, especially a wrongdoing or a mistake.
A person who carries out fraud; a swindler.
Resulting from an illusion; deceptive, imaginary, unreal.
A person who swindles, cheats or defrauds.
Subject to or pertaining to an illusion, often used in the sense of an unrealistic expectation or an unreachable goal or outcome.
Deceptive or misleading.
A malicious trickster; a fake person, especially one who deceives for personal profit.
A person who creates forgeries, falsifies documents with intent to defraud, e.g. to create a false will or illicit copies of currency; counterfeiter.
To make fun of, especially by mimicking; to taunt.
A violation or breach, as of a law.
(UK, Ireland, Commonwealth) Unsound and unreliable.
Characterized by hypocrisy or being a hypocrite.
An absurd, grotesque, misrepresentative or grossly inferior likeness or imitation.
Invented; contrived.
(uncountable) A style of humor marked by broad improbabilities with little regard to regularity or method.
Invented or fabricated.
The sound made by a duck.
Loosely associated; of limited relevance except indirectly; only accidentally related.
Containing an error; inaccurate.
A mistaken belief, a wrong idea.
Mistaken or incorrect; not accurate.
(informal) A failure of any kind.
(with a copula verb, often with about) Having an incorrect belief.
(transitive) To give a false or misleading account of; pervert.
Having a flaw or imperfection.
Not correct; erroneous or wrong.
Not ingenuous; not frank or open.
Invented, as opposed to real.
(intransitive) To make unauthorized or improper alterations, sometimes causing deliberate damage; to meddle (with something).
Incorrect or untrue.
A person or object meant to lure somebody into danger.
Misled or mistaken.
Having the characteristics of fiction: fictional.
A stupid person.
(of a statement) Conforming to the actual state of reality or fact; factually correct.
(adv)
Negates the meaning of the modified verb.
Existing only in the imagination.
To copy or imitate, especially a person.
(transitive) To imitate, especially in order to ridicule.
A person of extraordinary fame or accomplishments.
Unable to move; unmovable.
Alternative form of out of pocket. [(idiomatic) Lacking funds, or suffering a financial loss; broke.]
(colloquial) Unconvincing or unbelievable.
To follow as a model or a pattern; to make a copy, counterpart or semblance of.
A very short period of time; a moment.
Not able to be traced or tracked down.
(computing) Operating using a computer and/or online rather than physically present.
(countable) The outward appearance or form of a person or thing.