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  2. an object that is made to look real or valuable in order to deceive people: Experts revealed that the painting was a fake. The gun in his hand was a fake. C2. someone who is not what or who they claim to be: After working for ten years as a doctor, he was exposed as a fake. SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases. Faking & pretending. affect.

  3. The meaning of FAKE is not true, real, or genuine : counterfeit, sham. How to use fake in a sentence. Synonym Discussion of Fake.

  4. noun. anything made to appear otherwise than it actually is; counterfeit: This diamond necklace is a fake. a person who fakes; faker: The doctor with the reputed cure for cancer proved to be a fake. Synonyms: deceiver, charlatan, quack, impostor, fraud. a spurious report or story. Sports. a simulated play or move intended to deceive an opponent.

  5. A person who falsely claims to be, feel, or do something can be said to be fake. When your friend acts sweet but spreads rumors about you behind your back, you can call her a fake. As a verb, fake means to take an action with the intent to deceive.

  6. Someone who is a fake is not what they claim to be, for example because they do not have the qualifications that they claim to have.

  7. fake. (feɪk) vb. 1. (tr) to cause (something inferior or not genuine) to appear more valuable, desirable, or real by fraud or pretence. 2. to pretend to have (an illness, emotion, etc): to fake a headache. 3. (Theatre) to improvise (music, stage dialogue, etc) n.

  8. made to look like something else synonym imitation. a fake fur jacket. Don't go out in the sun—get a fake tan from a bottle. We sprayed fake snow over the trees to make it look like winter.