Fake Definition

fāk
faked, fakes, faking, fakest
adjective
fakest
Fraudulent; not genuine; sham; false.
Webster's New World
Artificial; not real; specif., made of synthetic fibers, to resemble animal fur.
Fake fur.
Webster's New World
Antonyms:
noun
fakes
One that is not authentic or genuine; a sham.
American Heritage
Anything or anyone not genuine; fraud; counterfeit.
Webster's New World
A deceptive act, movement, etc.
Webster's New World
A brief feint or aborted change of direction intended to mislead one's opponent or the opposing team.
American Heritage
One loop or winding of a coiled rope or cable.
American Heritage
Antonyms:
verb
faked, fakes, faking
To make (something) seem real, satisfactory, etc. by any sort of deception or tampering.
Webster's New World
To coil (a rope or cable).
American Heritage
To contrive and present as genuine; counterfeit.
Fake a signature.
American Heritage
To practice deception by pretending or simulating (something)
Webster's New World
To simulate; feign.
Faked his death so his wife would collect insurance money.
American Heritage
idiom
fake out
  • to deceive or outmaneuver as by a feint, bluff, or deceptive act
Webster's New World

Other Word Forms of Fake

Noun

Singular:
fake
Plural:
fakes

Adjective

Base Form:
fake
Superlative:
fakest

Idioms, Phrasal Verbs Related to Fake

Origin of Fake

  • The origin is not known with certainty, although first attested in 1775 CE in British criminals' slang . It is probably from feak, feague, "to give a better appearance through artificial means"; akin to D veeg a slap, vegen to sweep, wipe; German fegen, "to sweep", "to polish", compare Old English fācn, fācen (“deceit, fraud”). Perhaps related to Old Norse fjuka (“fade, vanquish, disappear”), feikn (“strange, scary, unnatural”) and Albanian fik (“put out, vanquish, disappear”)

    From Wiktionary

  • From earlier slang to do, rob, tamper with from earlier feak to beat feague to beat, set moving, cause (a horse) to hold its tail high by artificial means, fake (as in feager one using false documents) perhaps from German fegen to sweep, move briskly, torment or Dutch vegen to sweep

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

  • From Middle English faken, to coil a rope.

    From Wiktionary

  • Middle English faken to coil a rope

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

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