fake noun [C] (PERSON OR OBJECT)
fake noun [C] (SPORTS)
fake
adjective
uk
/feɪk/ us
/feɪk/He was charged with possessing a fake passport.
- artificialHer bouquet was made of artificial flowers.
- syntheticThe tyres are made with synthetic rubber.
- man-madeNylon is a man-made fibre.
- fakeHe was selling fake fur jackets.
- affect
- air guitar
- assume
- believe
- bluff someone into something/doing something
- changeling
- cry
- false
- false modesty
- falsifiable
- falsify
- feign
- out-bluff
- pass something off as something
- phoney
- phony-baloney
- play-act
- professed
- purport
- quackery
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fake
verb
uk
/feɪk/ us
/feɪk/fake verb (FEELING/ILLNESS)
C2 [ I or T ]
to fake surprise
He isn't really crying; he's just faking.
- pretendShe pretended not to know about the surprise.
- make believeHe's just going to make believe that things are fine in spite of the divorce.
- play at somethingUK The children are playing at cops and robbers.
- role-playDuring class, we role-played being a customer and a salesperson to learn words related to shopping.
- fakeShe's only faking being ill.
- feignThe police questioned him about the break-in, but he feigned ignorance.
fake verb (OBJECT)
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