counterfeit

adj.以假乱真的，模仿的,

Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary
counterfeit (adjective)
1.
made in imitation of something else with intent to deceive - forged counterfeit money
2.
a) - insincere feigned counterfeit sympathy
b) - imitation counterfeit Georgian houses
counterfeit (verb)
transitive verb
intransitive verb
to imitate or feign especially with intent to deceive , also to make a fraudulent replica of - counterfeiting $20 bills
1.
to try to deceive by pretense or dissembling
2.
to engage in something of value - counterfeiting assume
counterfeit (noun)
1.
something counterfeit - forgery
2.
something likely to be mistaken for something of higher value - pity was a counterfeit of love Harry Hervey imposture
Merriam-Webster Online Thesaurus
counterfeit (adjective)
1.
being such in appearance only and made or manufactured with the intention of committing fraud
SYNONYMS:
bogus, fake, false, forged, inauthentic, phony ( phoney), queer, sham, snide, spurious, unauthentic
RELATED WORDS:
artificial, factitious, imitation, man-made, mimic, mock, simulated, substitute, synthetic; dummy, nonfunctioning, ornamental; cultured, fabricated, manufactured; deceptive, delusive, misleading
NEAR ANTONYMS:
natural; actual, true, valid
authentic, bona fide, genuine, real, unfaked
counterfeit (adjective)
2.
not being or expressing what one appears to be or express
SYNONYMS:
artificial, backhanded, counterfeit, double, double-dealing, double-faced, fake, feigned, hypocritical, Janus-faced, jive, left-handed, lip, mealy, mealymouthed, Pecksniffian, phony ( phoney), phony-baloney ( phoney-baloney), pretended, two-faced, unctuous
RELATED WORDS:
affected, assumed, claptrap, contrived, forced, mechanical, put-on, simulated, strained, unnatural; empty, hollow, meaningless; deceitful, devious, dishonest, false, untruthful; facile, glib, superficial; bogus, sham; campy, facetious, jocular, tongue-in-cheek; canting, pharisaical, pious, sanctimonious, self-righteous, simon-pure
NEAR ANTONYMS:
direct, forthright, frank, heart-to-heart, open, plain, straightforward
artless, candid, genuine, heartfelt, honest, sincere, undesigning, unfeigned
counterfeit (noun)
an imitation that is passed off as genuine
SYNONYMS:
counterfeit, forgery, hoax, humbug, phony ( phoney), sham
RELATED WORDS:
copycat, knockoff; copy, facsimile, replica, reproduction; dummy, mock-up; fraud, gaff, imposture, spoof, swindle; simulation, synthetic; bastard, brummagem, duffer, shoddy
NEAR ANTONYMS:
original
counterfeit (verb)
1.
to imitate or copy especially in order to deceive
SYNONYMS:
counterfeit, forge, phony
RELATED WORDS:
simulate; duplicate, reduplicate, replicate, reproduce; crib, plagiarize; adulterate, doctor, fudge, juggle, manipulate, tamper (with); concoct, cook (up), fabricate, invent
counterfeit (verb)
2.
to present a false appearance of
SYNONYMS:
act, affect, assume, bluff, counterfeit, dissemble, fake, pass (for), pretend, profess, put on, sham, simulate
RELATED WORDS:
dissimulate, impersonate, let on, masquerade, play, playact, pose; forge, imitate; camouflage, conceal, disguise, mask; feint; malinger
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