fake
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1.8
- adjective
- /feɪk/
- Most phishing attacks try to convince people to go to a fake site where personal information is collected.
- a fake website
- real and fake
- sell fake goods
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Watch on YouTubeRemember, this is fake and this is real.
- Remember, this is fake and this is real.
- How you feel about these fake blue checks on Instagram?
- It's coming from this fake science that's taken over the world.
- You're more likely to have fake yoghurt than if it's full fat.
- So he got eight of his friends to form a fake band to perform this song.
- Obviously in drag you can wear like fake boobs, fake bum.
- My biggest issue with fake tan, two things.
- It's a it's they, they've done a fake name like Sprite.
- And you start skewing real and fake and, and what's not real?
- Similarly, you can leave fake good ratings as well, right?
- We are just going to pretend that we didn't see this fake tan fail.
- I would love to hear look, fake surrender and real surrender.
Examples
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Solutions include filtering phishing email messages, blocking fake sites, and taking down fake sites.
Academic text (2012) -
Remember, this is fake and this is real.
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All the audio in that is fake as well.
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How do we know this is not fake?
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My mom got me a fake fur cow print jacket.
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On Friday, two scholars published a fake article in the journal Cogent Social Sciences.
Academic text (2017) -
The artist was known for her skill in creating fake masterpieces that could fool even the most trained eye.
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He sold fake designer bags on the street, convincing tourists that they were genuine.
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Many people were deceived by the fake news story that circulated on social media.
Synonyms
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5.3
Trying to seem real to deceive people
155
2.8
Not real and made to trick people
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5.6
Fake and made to trick people
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7.5
Not real but made to look like something real to copy it
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6.7
Made to look like the real thing to trick people
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7.7
Not real but looks real and comes before other words
41
4.4
Made to look like the real thing for practice
36
3.7
Imaginary and made to seem real for play or stories
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5.2
Not real but made to look real
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5.1
Made to look real to trick people
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6.0
Made up and not true, often to trick people
15
7.9
Not real or true, often made to seem true
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7.0
Seeming to be real but not really there
11
3.7
Made to look like something real but not the original
8
6.8
Pretended to be true to make others believe it
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6.6
Not real and not what it looks like
3
4.7
Made to seem real to trick people
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5.6
An object that is not real or original and is often a fake
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9.9
Presented as real but actually fake
Antonyms
Compounds
- Offensive
18
4.5
A negative label people use to attack a report or news source for political reasons
1
8.2
An object that looks like a book but is not, used to decorate shelves or hide small things
- Slur
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9.9
An insulting name for a woman accused of pretending to like or know about geek culture
How Genuine
Surface Forms
Etymology
Fake comes from old spoken English meaning 'not real' or 'made to look false'. So we call something fake when it is not genuine.