What is "counterfeit" in English? Definition and Explanations

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What does counterfeit mean in English? Meaning of counterfeit definition and abbreviation with examples.

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What is "counterfeit" in English? Definition and Explanations

Meaning of "counterfeit": a copy that is represented as the original

Noun

  • Meaning: a copy that is represented as the original
  • Synonyms: counterfeit forgery
  • Hypernyms: imitation
  • Meaning of "counterfeit": make a copy of with the intent to deceive

    Verb

  • Meaning: make a copy of with the intent to deceive
  • Example: he faked the signature they counterfeited dollar bills She forged a Green Card
  • Synonyms: counterfeit fake forge
  • Hypernyms: re-create
  • Meaning of "counterfeit": not genuine; imitating something superior

    Adjective

  • Meaning: not genuine; imitating something superior
  • Example: counterfeit emotion counterfeit money counterfeit works of art a counterfeit prince
  • Synonyms: counterfeit imitative
  • Antonyms: echt genuine
  • Similar: assumed bad base bastard bogus fake false fictitious fictive forged inauthentic mock ostensible ostensive phoney phony pinchbeck pretended pseudo put on sham spurious synthetic unauthentic
  • Also see: artificial false insincere unreal
  • Adjective: False, especially of money; intended to deceive or carry appearance of being genuine. This counterfeit watch looks like the real thing, but it broke a week after I bought it.Inauthentic. counterfeit sympathyAssuming the appearance of something; deceitful; hypocritical. Shakespeare an arrant counterfeit rascalShakespeare an arrant counterfeit rascal
  • Synonyms:

    spurious, phony, fraudulent, fictitious, bogus, forged, brummagem, plant, affected, bent, put-on, assumed, queer, pseudo, pretended, framed, wrong, feigned, crock, imitation, misleading, ersatz, pirate, mock, sham, deceptive, delusive, delusory, fishy, pretentious, snide, suppositious, two-faced, false, copied, faked, Hollywood, not genuine, not kosher, soft shell, won't fly, simulacrum, dummy, humbug, sell, deception, imposture, gyp, pseudo, phony, actor, hoax, fraud, facsimile, imitation, reproduction, bum, deceit, put-on, copy, sham, bogus, junque, fabricate, feign, simulate, imitate, dupe, impersonate, fake, carbon, mint, defraud, ape, copy, cheat, forge, sham, do, clone, phony, Xerox, bluff, affect, coin, delude, ditto, assume, pretend, mimic, knock off, put on, mimeo, act like, circulate bad money, do like, go like, make like, make money, phony up, stat,

    Antonyms:

    factual, real, valid, honest, truthful, authentic, sincere, OK, actual, genuine, true, frankness, honesty, truthfulness, uprightness, reality, openness, truth, original, real thing, differ, oppose, reverse, tell truth, be original, be honest,

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