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I

(New American Roget's College Thesaurus)

n. counterfeit, imitation, fake; pretense, dissimulation; humbug; imposture. —adj. make-believe, spurious, bogus, fake. See deception, falsehood, affectation.

II

(Roget's IV) modif.

Syn. misleading, lying, untrue; see false 3 .

See Synonym Study at false . n.

Syn. fakery, pretense, pretext; see fake .

III

(Roget's 3 Superthesaurus)

I

n.

counterfeit, fake, imitation, fraud, phony, forgery, humbug, hoax, deception, pretense.

ANT.: *the genuine article, *the real McCoy

II

a.

counterfeit, false, fake, pretended, imitation, fraudulent, *bogus, phony, simulated, artificial, ersatz, spurious.

ANT.: genuine, real, authentic

IV

(Roget's Thesaurus II) I noun 1. A fraudulent imitation: counterfeit, fake, forgery, phony. See TRUE. 2. A false, derisive, or impudent imitation of something: burlesque, caricature, farce, mock, mockery, parody, travesty. See RESPECT, SAME. 3. A display of insincere behavior: act, acting, disguise, dissemblance, masquerade, pretense, show, simulation. See HONEST, TRUE. II adjective Fraudulently or deceptively imitative: bogus, counterfeit, fake, false, fraudulent, phony, spurious, suppositious, supposititious. See TRUE. III verb 1. To behave affectedly or insincerely or take on a false or misleading appearance of: act, counterfeit, dissemble, fake, feign, play-act, pose, pretend, put on, simulate. See HONEST, TRUE. 2. To take on or give a false appearance of: affect2, assume, counterfeit, fake, feign, pretend, put on, simulate. Idiom: make believe. See TRUE.