{"id":1113,"date":"2015-09-07T20:58:43","date_gmt":"2015-09-07T15:28:43","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/writing-geeks.com\/?p=1113"},"modified":"2015-09-07T20:58:43","modified_gmt":"2015-09-07T15:28:43","slug":"25-synonyms-for-deceptive-and-fake","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/writinggeeks.in\/blog\/25-synonyms-for-deceptive-and-fake\/","title":{"rendered":"25 Synonyms for Deceptive and Fake"},"content":{"rendered":"

25 Synonyms for \u201cDeceptive\u201d and \u201cFake”<\/span><\/h2>\n

Many words related to deceptive<\/em> and fake<\/em> exist, but some have specific senses for distinctive usage. Here are some alternatives to these terms and the related words deceitful<\/em> and false<\/em> and their connotations.<\/p>\n

Here are 25 Synonyms for “Deceptive” and “Fake”<\/strong><\/p>\n

1. Assumed<\/strong>: pretended, as in \u201can assumed name,\u201d referring to a pseudonym used to conceal one\u2019s identity (and, as a verb, to pretend); also, several unrelated meanings<\/p>\n

2. Beguiling<\/strong>: deceptive, duplicitous, or diverting<\/p>\n

3. Bogus<\/strong>: not genuine<\/p>\n

4. Contrived<\/strong>: false or unnatural<\/p>\n

5. Counterfeit<\/strong>: imitation or insincere<\/p>\n

6. Delusory<\/strong>: deceptive<\/p>\n

7. Dummy<\/strong>: imitation (and, as a noun, a mockup); also, several unrelated meanings<\/p>\n

8. Ersatz<\/strong>: imitation or substitute (and generally inferior to the real thing)<\/p>\n

9. Factitious<\/strong>: artificial or false<\/p>\n

10. Fallacious<\/strong>: deceptive<\/p>\n

11. Faux<\/strong>: imitation (usually in the sense of a design element or fashion item that deliberately mimics a more expensive material or fabric such as marble or fur)<\/p>\n

12. Feigned<\/strong>: fictitious, or not genuine or real<\/p>\n

13. Forged<\/strong>: imitation with intent to deceive; also, an unrelated meaning of being created by pressure and perhaps heat<\/p>\n

14. Fraudulent<\/strong>: deceitful<\/p>\n

15. Jive<\/strong>: deceitful (said of talk); also, superficial or foolish, or other unrelated meanings<\/p>\n

16. Misleading<\/strong>: deceitful<\/p>\n

17. Mock<\/strong>: imitation, in the senses of not being genuine or real<\/p>\n

18. Phony<\/strong>: counterfeit, false, or fictitious; also, hypocritical<\/p>\n

19. Pseudo<\/strong>: false (also a prefix in hyphenated and closed compounds such as pseudo-event<\/em> and pseudopod<\/em>)<\/p>\n

20. Put-on<\/strong>: pretended<\/p>\n

21. Sham<\/strong>: false, not genuine<\/p>\n

22. Simulated<\/strong>: fake but intended or made to look genuine<\/p>\n

23. Specious<\/strong>: deceptively attractive, or appearing genuine or truthful<\/p>\n

24. Spurious<\/strong>: deceitful or imitation<\/p>\n

25. Synthetic<\/strong>: not genuine; also, several unrelated meanings<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

25 Synonyms for \u201cDeceptive\u201d and \u201cFake” Many words related to deceptive and fake exist, but some have specific senses for distinctive usage. Here are some alternatives to these terms and the related words deceitful and false and their connotations. Here are 25 Synonyms for “Deceptive” and “Fake” 1. Assumed: pretended, as in \u201can assumed name,\u201d […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1116,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[29],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-1113","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-vocabulary"},"featured_image_src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/writinggeeks.in\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/deceptive-and-fake.jpg?fit=800%2C521&ssl=1","author_info":{"display_name":"Writing Geeks","author_link":"https:\/\/writinggeeks.in\/blog\/author\/writinggeeks\/"},"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/writinggeeks.in\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/deceptive-and-fake.jpg?fit=800%2C521&ssl=1","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p6uhmH-hX","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/writinggeeks.in\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1113","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/writinggeeks.in\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/writinggeeks.in\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/writinggeeks.in\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/writinggeeks.in\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1113"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/writinggeeks.in\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1113\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1114,"href":"https:\/\/writinggeeks.in\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1113\/revisions\/1114"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/writinggeeks.in\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1116"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/writinggeeks.in\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1113"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/writinggeeks.in\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1113"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/writinggeeks.in\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1113"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}