{
  "Fakarava":{
    "antonyms":[],
    "definitions":{
      "island (atoll) in the South Pacific; principal island of the Tuamotu Archipelago population 651":[]
    },
    "examples":[],
    "first_known_use":{},
    "history_and_etymology":{},
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02ccf\u00e4-k\u00e4-\u02c8r\u00e4-v\u00e4"
    ],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "synonyms":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220707-034205",
    "type":[
      "geographical name"
    ]
  },
  "fake":{
    "antonyms":[
      "counterfeit",
      "forgery",
      "hoax",
      "humbug",
      "phony",
      "phoney",
      "sham"
    ],
    "definitions":{
      ": a device or apparatus used by a magician to achieve the illusion of magic in a trick":[],
      ": a simulated movement in a sports contest (such as a pretended kick, pass, or jump or a quick movement in one direction before going in another) designed to deceive an opponent":[],
      ": a worthless imitation passed off as genuine":[
        "The signature was a fake ."
      ],
      ": counterfeit , simulate , concoct":[
        "faked a heart attack"
      ],
      ": impostor , charlatan":[
        "He told everyone that he was a lawyer, but he was just a fake ."
      ],
      ": improvise , ad-lib":[
        "whistle a few bars \u2026 and I'll fake the rest",
        "\u2014 Robert Sylvester"
      ],
      ": not true, real, or genuine : counterfeit , sham":[
        "He was wearing a fake mustache.",
        "She held up the bowl to the window light and smiled her fakest smile yet \u2026",
        "\u2014 Lee Durkee",
        "From the well-known to the unknown, fake news , misinformation and hate rhetoric are causing harm to many individuals.",
        "\u2014 Dolar Popat"
      ],
      ": one loop of a coil (as of ship's rope or a fire hose) coiled free for running":[],
      ": one that is not what it purports to be: such as":[],
      ": to alter, manipulate, or treat so as to give a spuriously (see spurious sense 2 ) genuine appearance to : doctor":[
        "faked the lab results"
      ],
      ": to coil in fakes":[],
      ": to deceive (an opponent) in a sports contest by means of a fake (see fake entry 2 sense c )":[],
      ": to engage in faking something : pretend":[
        "\u2014 sometimes used with it if you don't have the answers, fake it"
      ],
      ": to give a fake to an opponent":[
        "The runner faked left and then cut to the right."
      ]
    },
    "examples":[
      "Adjective",
      "That blood is clearly fake .",
      "He was wearing a fake mustache."
    ],
    "first_known_use":{
      "15th century, in the meaning defined above":"Verb",
      "1627, in the meaning defined above":"Noun",
      "1819, in the meaning defined at transitive sense 1":"Verb",
      "1829, in the meaning defined above":"Noun",
      "1879, in the meaning defined above":"Adjective"
    },
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "Middle English faken, of obscure origin":"Verb",
      "derivative of fake entry 2":"Adjective",
      "derivative of fake entry 3":"Noun",
      "originally underworld argot, of uncertain origin":"Verb",
      "probably derivative of fake entry 5":"Noun"
    },
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8f\u0101k"
    ],
    "synonym_discussion":"Choose the Right Synonym for fake Noun (1) imposture , fraud , sham , fake , humbug , counterfeit mean a thing made to seem other than it is. imposture applies to any situation in which a spurious object or performance is passed off as genuine. their claim of environmental concern is an imposture fraud usually implies a deliberate perversion of the truth. the diary was exposed as a fraud sham applies to fraudulent imitation of a real thing or action. condemned the election as a sham fake implies an imitation of or substitution for the genuine but does not necessarily imply dishonesty. these jewels are fakes ; the real ones are in the vault humbug suggests elaborate pretense usually so flagrant as to be transparent. creating publicity by foisting humbugs on a gullible public counterfeit applies especially to the close imitation of something valuable. 20-dollar bills that were counterfeits",
    "synonyms":[
      "artificial",
      "bogus",
      "dummy",
      "ersatz",
      "factitious",
      "false",
      "faux",
      "imitation",
      "imitative",
      "man-made",
      "mimic",
      "mock",
      "pretend",
      "sham",
      "simulated",
      "substitute",
      "synthetic"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220706-223650",
    "type":[
      "adjective",
      "noun",
      "verb"
    ]
  },
  "fake book":{
    "antonyms":[],
    "definitions":{
      ": a book that contains the melody lines of popular copyrighted songs without accompanying harmonies and that is published without the permission of the copyright owners":[]
    },
    "examples":[],
    "first_known_use":{},
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "fake entry 3 (to improvise) + book":""
    },
    "pronounciation":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "synonyms":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220707-081705",
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ]
  },
  "fake it":{
    "antonyms":[],
    "definitions":{
      ": to pretend to be something that one is not or to have some knowledge or ability that one does not really have":[
        "He acts like he's my friend, but I can tell that he's just faking it .",
        "He didn't know the words to the song, so he had to fake it ."
      ]
    },
    "examples":[],
    "first_known_use":{},
    "history_and_etymology":{},
    "pronounciation":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "synonyms":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220706-115653",
    "type":[
      "idiom"
    ]
  },
  "fake out":{
    "antonyms":[
      "undeceive"
    ],
    "definitions":{
      ": to deliberately mislead : fool , trick":[]
    },
    "examples":[
      "my friends faked me out for a whole day, letting me think that they had forgotten my birthday",
      "used a quick between-the-legs dribble to fake out the flat-footed defender"
    ],
    "first_known_use":{
      "1949, in the meaning defined above":""
    },
    "history_and_etymology":{},
    "pronounciation":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "synonyms":[
      "bamboozle",
      "beguile",
      "bluff",
      "buffalo",
      "burn",
      "catch",
      "con",
      "cozen",
      "deceive",
      "delude",
      "dupe",
      "fool",
      "gaff",
      "gammon",
      "gull",
      "have",
      "have on",
      "hoax",
      "hoodwink",
      "hornswoggle",
      "humbug",
      "juggle",
      "misguide",
      "misinform",
      "mislead",
      "snooker",
      "snow",
      "spoof",
      "string along",
      "suck in",
      "sucker",
      "take in",
      "trick"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220707-030729",
    "type":[
      "verb"
    ]
  },
  "faked":{
    "antonyms":[],
    "definitions":{
      ": forged sense 2":[
        "discovered the faked documents",
        "Unsuspecting users click on this faked site instead of the real site.",
        "\u2014 Bruce Schneier"
      ],
      ": made, done, or altered with intent to deceive: such as":[],
      ": simulated in order to deceive an opponent":[
        "a faked punt",
        "His first outside shot, however, was blocked, but he came back with a faked shot and then a sweet bounce pass to O'Sullivan for a layup.",
        "\u2014 Ira Berkow"
      ]
    },
    "examples":[],
    "first_known_use":{
      "1890, in the meaning defined above":""
    },
    "history_and_etymology":{},
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8f\u0101kd"
    ],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "synonyms":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220707-111529",
    "type":[
      "adjective"
    ]
  },
  "fakery":{
    "antonyms":[
      "counterfeit",
      "forgery",
      "hoax",
      "humbug",
      "phony",
      "phoney",
      "sham"
    ],
    "definitions":{
      ": a device or apparatus used by a magician to achieve the illusion of magic in a trick":[],
      ": a simulated movement in a sports contest (such as a pretended kick, pass, or jump or a quick movement in one direction before going in another) designed to deceive an opponent":[],
      ": a worthless imitation passed off as genuine":[
        "The signature was a fake ."
      ],
      ": counterfeit , simulate , concoct":[
        "faked a heart attack"
      ],
      ": impostor , charlatan":[
        "He told everyone that he was a lawyer, but he was just a fake ."
      ],
      ": improvise , ad-lib":[
        "whistle a few bars \u2026 and I'll fake the rest",
        "\u2014 Robert Sylvester"
      ],
      ": not true, real, or genuine : counterfeit , sham":[
        "He was wearing a fake mustache.",
        "She held up the bowl to the window light and smiled her fakest smile yet \u2026",
        "\u2014 Lee Durkee",
        "From the well-known to the unknown, fake news , misinformation and hate rhetoric are causing harm to many individuals.",
        "\u2014 Dolar Popat"
      ],
      ": one loop of a coil (as of ship's rope or a fire hose) coiled free for running":[],
      ": one that is not what it purports to be: such as":[],
      ": to alter, manipulate, or treat so as to give a spuriously (see spurious sense 2 ) genuine appearance to : doctor":[
        "faked the lab results"
      ],
      ": to coil in fakes":[],
      ": to deceive (an opponent) in a sports contest by means of a fake (see fake entry 2 sense c )":[],
      ": to engage in faking something : pretend":[
        "\u2014 sometimes used with it if you don't have the answers, fake it"
      ],
      ": to give a fake to an opponent":[
        "The runner faked left and then cut to the right."
      ]
    },
    "examples":[
      "Adjective",
      "That blood is clearly fake .",
      "He was wearing a fake mustache."
    ],
    "first_known_use":{
      "15th century, in the meaning defined above":"Verb",
      "1627, in the meaning defined above":"Noun",
      "1819, in the meaning defined at transitive sense 1":"Verb",
      "1829, in the meaning defined above":"Noun",
      "1879, in the meaning defined above":"Adjective"
    },
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "Middle English faken, of obscure origin":"Verb",
      "derivative of fake entry 2":"Adjective",
      "derivative of fake entry 3":"Noun",
      "originally underworld argot, of uncertain origin":"Verb",
      "probably derivative of fake entry 5":"Noun"
    },
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8f\u0101k"
    ],
    "synonym_discussion":"Choose the Right Synonym for fake Noun (1) imposture , fraud , sham , fake , humbug , counterfeit mean a thing made to seem other than it is. imposture applies to any situation in which a spurious object or performance is passed off as genuine. their claim of environmental concern is an imposture fraud usually implies a deliberate perversion of the truth. the diary was exposed as a fraud sham applies to fraudulent imitation of a real thing or action. condemned the election as a sham fake implies an imitation of or substitution for the genuine but does not necessarily imply dishonesty. these jewels are fakes ; the real ones are in the vault humbug suggests elaborate pretense usually so flagrant as to be transparent. creating publicity by foisting humbugs on a gullible public counterfeit applies especially to the close imitation of something valuable. 20-dollar bills that were counterfeits",
    "synonyms":[
      "artificial",
      "bogus",
      "dummy",
      "ersatz",
      "factitious",
      "false",
      "faux",
      "imitation",
      "imitative",
      "man-made",
      "mimic",
      "mock",
      "pretend",
      "sham",
      "simulated",
      "substitute",
      "synthetic"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220707-070504",
    "type":[
      "adjective",
      "noun",
      "verb"
    ]
  },
  "fakir":{
    "antonyms":[],
    "definitions":{
      ": a Muslim mendicant : dervish":[],
      ": an itinerant Hindu ascetic or wonder-worker":[]
    },
    "examples":[
      "a traveling carnival that was run by fakirs preying on small-town rubes",
      "a fakir peddling patent medicines that were mostly liquor and sugar",
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "To be fair, the new nationalists have done their best, explicitly and repeatedly, to distance their emerging movement from white nationalists, alt-right fakirs , strident isolationists, and other assorted cranks. \u2014 John Hood, National Review , 28 Aug. 2019"
    ],
    "first_known_use":{
      "1609, in the meaning defined at sense 1a":""
    },
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "Arabic faq\u012br , literally, poor man":""
    },
    "pronounciation":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "synonyms":[
      "bilk",
      "bilker",
      "cheat",
      "cheater",
      "chiseler",
      "chiseller",
      "confidence man",
      "cozener",
      "defrauder",
      "dodger",
      "finagler",
      "fraudster",
      "hoaxer",
      "scammer",
      "scamster",
      "shark",
      "sharper",
      "sharpie",
      "sharpy",
      "skinner",
      "swindler",
      "tricker",
      "trickster"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220707-020548",
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ]
  }
}