INDEX:
1. made to look real for dishonest purposes
2. an object that is made to look real for dishonest purposes
RELATED WORDS
opposite
↑ REAL
not natural : ↑ ARTIFICIAL
not true : ↑ UNTRUE
not sincere : ↑ PRETEND
see also
↑ TRUE
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1. made to look real for dishonest purposes
▷ false /fɔːls/ [adjective only before noun]
not real, but made to look real in order to deceive people :
▪ He gave the clerk a false name and address in case the police were looking for him.
▪ Her suitcase had a false bottom, containing 2 kilos of heroin.
▷ fake /feɪk/ [adjective only before noun]
use this about objects or documents that are not real, but are intended to look like something more important or valuable :
▪ They were selling fake Rolex watches on the market stall.
▪ a fake driver’s license
▪ Whitehorn pleaded guilty to possession of equipment to make fake identification documents.
▷ forged /fɔːʳdʒd/ [adjective]
a forged official document or bank note has been illegally made to look like a real one :
▪ He came into the country using a forged visa.
▪ a forged £50 note
▷ phoney/phony /ˈfəʊni/ [adjective usually before noun] informal
something that is phoney is false, but usually in an obvious way so that people realize it is not real :
▪ I left a phoney name but the right telephone number.
▪ Ever since he came back from London, John’s been talking with a phony British accent.
2. an object that is made to look real for dishonest purposes
▷ fake /feɪk/ [countable noun]
a copy of a valuable object or painting that is intended to make people think it is real :
▪ Is the vase a genuine antique or a fake?
▷ forgery /ˈfɔːʳdʒəri/ [countable noun]
a copy of a document, painting, or banknote that is made to look real for dishonest purposes :
▪ The painting, believed to be by Renoir, turned out to be a very clever forgery.
▷ dummy /ˈdʌmi/ [adjective only before noun]
a dummy object is one that is made to look like the real object but cannot be used :
▪ dummy rifles
▪ Semionov threatened the pilot with a dummy hand grenade and forced him to land the plane.