2353 lines
49 KiB
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2353 lines
49 KiB
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{
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"faked":{
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"as in fake , phony":{
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"antonyms":[],
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"examples":[],
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"near antonyms":[],
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"related":[],
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"synonyms":[]
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},
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"to elude (an opponent in a sports contest) by making a deceptive or agile movement":{
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"antonyms":[],
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"examples":[
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"the running back faked the defense by stepping to his left and then quickly cutting to the right"
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],
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"near antonyms":[],
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"related":[
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"dodged",
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"evaded",
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"sidestepped",
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"slipped",
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"pump-faked",
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"stutter-stepped",
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"maneuvered (around)"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"deked",
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"faked out",
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"juked"
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]
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},
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"to imitate or copy especially in order to deceive":{
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"antonyms":[],
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"examples":[
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"pranksters faked giant footprints and then claimed that they had seen Bigfoot"
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],
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"near antonyms":[],
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"related":[
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"simulated",
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"duplicated",
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"reduplicated",
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"replicated",
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"reproduced",
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"cribbed",
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"plagiarized",
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"adulterated",
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"doctored",
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"fudged",
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"juggled",
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"manipulated",
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"tampered (with)",
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"concocted",
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"cooked (up)",
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"fabricated",
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"invented"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"counterfeited",
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"forged",
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"phonied"
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]
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},
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"to perform, make, or do without preparation":{
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"antonyms":[],
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"examples":[
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"if you give me the gist of the plan, I can probably fake enough for the speech"
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],
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"near antonyms":[
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"arranged",
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"laid",
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"prepared",
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"readied",
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"considered",
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"contemplated",
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"pondered",
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"studied",
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"exercised",
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"practiced",
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"practised",
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"rehearsed"
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],
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"related":[
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"concocted",
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"contrived",
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"cooked (up)",
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"devised",
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"fabricated",
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"hatched",
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"invented",
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"made up",
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"manufactured",
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"thought (up)",
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"cobbled (together or up)",
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"dashed (off)"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"ad-libbed",
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"clapped (together or up)",
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"clapt (together or up)",
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"extemporized",
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"improvised"
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]
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},
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"to present a false appearance of":{
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"antonyms":[],
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"examples":[
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"while running for class president, Dan was not above faking friendship with people just to get their votes"
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],
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"near antonyms":[],
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"related":[
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"dissimulated",
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"impersonated",
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"let on",
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"masqueraded",
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"playacted",
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"played",
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"posed",
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"forged",
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"imitated",
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"camouflaged",
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"concealed",
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"disguised",
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"masked",
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"feinted",
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"malingered"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"acted",
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"affected",
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"assumed",
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"bluffed",
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"counterfeited",
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"dissembled",
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"feigned",
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"passed (for)",
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"pretended",
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"professed",
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"put on",
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"shammed",
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"simulated"
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]
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},
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"type":[
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"adjective",
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"verb"
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]
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},
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"fakeries":{
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"being such in appearance only and made with or manufactured from usually cheaper materials":{
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"examples":[
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"opposed to the unnecessary killing of animals, she'll consider wearing only fake furs"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"artificial",
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"bogus",
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"dummy",
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"ersatz",
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"factitious",
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"false",
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"faux",
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"imitation",
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"imitative",
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"man-made",
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"mimic",
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"mock",
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"pretend",
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"sham",
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"simulated",
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"substitute",
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"synthetic"
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],
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"near synonyms":[
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"cultured",
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"manufactured",
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"process",
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"unauthentic",
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"adulterated",
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"designer",
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"doctored",
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"engineered",
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"fudged",
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"juggled",
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"manipulated",
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"tampered (with)",
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"concocted",
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"fabricated",
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"counterfeit",
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"deceptive",
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"forged",
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"fraudulent",
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"misleading",
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"phony",
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"phoney",
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"affected",
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"brummagem",
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"feigned",
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"pinchbeck",
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"pseudo",
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"spurious"
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],
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"near antonyms":[
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"authentic",
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"bona fide",
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"legitimate",
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"true",
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"premium",
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"quality",
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"valuable",
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"pure",
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"unadulterated"
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],
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"antonyms":[
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"genuine",
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"natural",
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"real"
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]
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},
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"being such in appearance only and made or manufactured with the intention of committing fraud":{
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"examples":[
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"arrested for peddling \"designer\" watches that were fake"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"bogus",
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"counterfeit",
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"false",
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"forged",
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"inauthentic",
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"phony",
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"phoney",
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"queer",
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"sham",
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"snide",
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"spurious",
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"unauthentic"
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],
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"near synonyms":[
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"artificial",
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"factitious",
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"imitation",
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"man-made",
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"mimic",
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"mock",
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"simulated",
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"substitute",
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"synthetic",
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"dummy",
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"nonfunctioning",
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"ornamental",
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"cultured",
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"fabricated",
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"manufactured",
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"deceptive",
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"delusive",
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"misleading"
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],
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"near antonyms":[
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"natural",
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"actual",
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"true",
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"valid"
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],
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"antonyms":[
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"authentic",
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"bona fide",
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"genuine",
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"real",
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"unfaked"
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]
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},
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"lacking in natural or spontaneous quality":{
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"examples":[
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"the boss's pitiful attempts at humor were met with fake laughter"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"affected",
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"artificial",
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"assumed",
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"bogus",
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"contrived",
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"factitious",
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"false",
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"feigned",
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"forced",
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"mechanical",
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"mock",
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"phony",
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"phoney",
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"plastic",
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"pretended",
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"pseudo",
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"put-on",
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"sham",
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"simulated",
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"spurious",
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"strained",
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"unnatural"
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],
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"near synonyms":[
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"automatic",
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"canned",
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"concocted",
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"fabricated",
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"hokey",
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"labored",
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"manufactured",
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"pat",
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"unauthentic",
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"unreal",
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"unrealistic",
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"double-dealing",
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"empty",
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"facile",
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"hollow",
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"hypocritical",
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"insincere",
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"left-handed",
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"mealy",
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"mealymouthed",
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"two-faced",
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"unctuous",
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"exaggerated",
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"histrionic",
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"melodramatic",
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"overacted",
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"overdone",
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"theatrical",
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"theatric",
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"cute",
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"cutesy",
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"genteel",
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"goody-goody",
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"mincing",
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"overrefined",
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"simpering",
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"conventional",
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"formal",
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"impersonal",
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"inflexible",
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"rigid",
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"stiff",
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"stylized",
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"wooden",
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"artful",
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"calculated",
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"conscious",
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"cultivated",
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"deliberate",
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"premeditated",
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"studied"
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],
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"near antonyms":[
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"authentic",
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"bona fide",
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"real",
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"realistic",
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"right",
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"true",
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"honest",
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"ingenuous",
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"sincere",
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"unpretending",
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"easy",
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"effortless",
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"smooth",
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"extemporaneous",
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"impromptu",
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"impulsive",
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"instinctive",
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"unconscious",
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"unprompted",
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"unrehearsed",
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"unstudied"
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],
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"antonyms":[
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"artless",
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"genuine",
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"natural",
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"spontaneous",
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"unaffected",
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"uncontrived",
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"unfeigned",
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"unforced"
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]
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},
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"not being or expressing what one appears to be or express":{
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"examples":[
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"the fake friendliness of the sales rep made me want to gag"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"artificial",
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"backhanded",
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"counterfeit",
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"double",
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"double-dealing",
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"double-faced",
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"feigned",
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"hypocritical",
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"insincere",
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"Janus-faced",
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"jive",
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"left-handed",
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"lip",
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"mealy",
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"mealymouthed",
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"Pecksniffian",
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"phony",
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"phoney",
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"phony-baloney",
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"phoney-baloney",
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"pretended",
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"two-faced",
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"unctuous"
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],
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"near synonyms":[
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"affected",
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"assumed",
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"claptrap",
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"contrived",
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"forced",
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"mechanical",
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"put-on",
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"simulated",
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"strained",
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"unnatural",
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"empty",
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"hollow",
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"meaningless",
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"deceitful",
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"devious",
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"dishonest",
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"false",
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"untruthful",
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"facile",
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"glib",
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"superficial",
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"bogus",
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"sham",
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"campy",
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"facetious",
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"jocular",
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"tongue-in-cheek",
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"canting",
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"pharisaical",
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"pious",
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"sanctimonious",
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"self-righteous",
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"simon-pure"
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],
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"near antonyms":[
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"direct",
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"forthright",
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"frank",
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"heart-to-heart",
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"open",
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"plain",
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"straightforward"
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],
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"antonyms":[
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"artless",
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"candid",
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"genuine",
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"heartfelt",
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"honest",
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"sincere",
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"undesigning",
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"unfeigned"
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]
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},
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"an imitation that is passed off as genuine":{
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"examples":[
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"experts declared that one of the museum's prized paintings was actually a fake"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"counterfeit",
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"forgery",
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"hoax",
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"humbug",
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"phony",
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"phoney",
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"sham"
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],
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"near synonyms":[
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"copycat",
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"knockoff",
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"copy",
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"facsimile",
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"replica",
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"reproduction",
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"dummy",
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"mock-up",
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"fraud",
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"gaff",
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"imposture",
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"spoof",
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"swindle",
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"simulation",
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"synthetic",
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"bastard",
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"brummagem",
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"duffer",
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"shoddy"
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],
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"near antonyms":[
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"original"
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],
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"antonyms":[]
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},
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"one who makes false claims of identity or expertise":{
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"examples":[
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"a hidden-camera investigation revealed that the so-called psychic was a fake"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"charlatan",
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"faker",
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"fakir",
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"fraud",
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"hoaxer",
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"humbug",
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"impostor",
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"imposter",
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"mountebank",
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"phony",
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"phoney",
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"pretender",
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"quack",
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"quacksalver",
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"ringer",
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"sham"
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],
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"near synonyms":[
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"copycat",
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"imitator",
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"impersonator",
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"mimic",
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"actor",
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"bluffer",
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"counterfeiter",
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"deceiver",
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"dissembler",
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"duper",
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"feigner",
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"misleader",
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"operator",
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"trickster",
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"poseur",
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"cozener",
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"defrauder",
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"dodger",
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"fraudster",
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"scammer",
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"scamster",
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"sharper",
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"sharpie",
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"sharpy",
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"skinner",
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"swindler"
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],
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"near antonyms":[
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"ace",
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"adept",
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"authority",
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"crackerjack",
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"crackajack",
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"expert",
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"maestro",
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"master",
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"past master",
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"professional",
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"virtuoso",
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"whiz",
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"wizard"
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],
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"antonyms":[]
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},
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"to imitate or copy especially in order to deceive":{
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"examples":[
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"pranksters faked giant footprints and then claimed that they had seen Bigfoot"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"counterfeit",
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"forge",
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"phony"
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],
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"near synonyms":[
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"simulate",
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"duplicate",
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"reduplicate",
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"replicate",
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"reproduce",
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"crib",
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"plagiarize",
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"adulterate",
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"doctor",
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"fudge",
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"juggle",
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"manipulate",
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"tamper (with)",
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"concoct",
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"cook (up)",
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"fabricate",
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"invent"
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],
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"near antonyms":[],
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"antonyms":[]
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},
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"to present a false appearance of":{
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"examples":[
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"while running for class president, Dan was not above faking friendship with people just to get their votes"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"act",
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"affect",
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"assume",
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"bluff",
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"counterfeit",
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"dissemble",
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"feign",
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"pass (for)",
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"pretend",
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"profess",
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"put on",
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"sham",
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"simulate"
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],
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"near synonyms":[
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"dissimulate",
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"impersonate",
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"let on",
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"masquerade",
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"play",
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"playact",
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"pose",
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"forge",
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"imitate",
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"camouflage",
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"conceal",
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"disguise",
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"mask",
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"feint",
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"malinger"
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],
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"near antonyms":[],
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"antonyms":[]
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},
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"to perform, make, or do without preparation":{
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"examples":[
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"if you give me the gist of the plan, I can probably fake enough for the speech"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"ad-lib",
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"clap (together or up)",
|
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"extemporize",
|
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"improvise"
|
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],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"concoct",
|
|
"contrive",
|
|
"cook (up)",
|
|
"devise",
|
|
"fabricate",
|
|
"hatch",
|
|
"invent",
|
|
"make up",
|
|
"manufacture",
|
|
"think (up)",
|
|
"cobble (together or up)",
|
|
"dash (off)"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"arrange",
|
|
"lay",
|
|
"prepare",
|
|
"ready",
|
|
"consider",
|
|
"contemplate",
|
|
"ponder",
|
|
"study",
|
|
"exercise",
|
|
"practice",
|
|
"practise",
|
|
"rehearse"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to elude (an opponent in a sports contest) by making a deceptive or agile movement":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the running back faked the defense by stepping to his left and then quickly cutting to the right"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"deke",
|
|
"fake out",
|
|
"juke"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"dodge",
|
|
"evade",
|
|
"sidestep",
|
|
"slip",
|
|
"pump-fake",
|
|
"stutter-step",
|
|
"maneuver (around)"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"the inclination or practice of misleading others through lies or trickery":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"if the product were any good, the company wouldn't have to resort to fakery to get people to buy it"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"artifice",
|
|
"cheating",
|
|
"cozenage",
|
|
"craft",
|
|
"craftiness",
|
|
"crookedness",
|
|
"crookery",
|
|
"cunning",
|
|
"cunningness",
|
|
"deceit",
|
|
"deceitfulness",
|
|
"deception",
|
|
"deceptiveness",
|
|
"dishonesty",
|
|
"dissembling",
|
|
"dissimulation",
|
|
"double-dealing",
|
|
"dupery",
|
|
"duplicity",
|
|
"foxiness",
|
|
"fraud",
|
|
"guile",
|
|
"guilefulness",
|
|
"wiliness"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"equivocation",
|
|
"lying",
|
|
"mendacity",
|
|
"prevarication",
|
|
"chicane",
|
|
"chicanery",
|
|
"fraudulence",
|
|
"hanky-panky",
|
|
"jugglery",
|
|
"legerdemain",
|
|
"mountebankery",
|
|
"obliquity",
|
|
"skulduggery",
|
|
"skullduggery",
|
|
"subterfuge",
|
|
"swindling",
|
|
"trickery",
|
|
"wile",
|
|
"falsehood",
|
|
"falsity",
|
|
"fib",
|
|
"untruth",
|
|
"hypocrisy",
|
|
"insincerity",
|
|
"sanctimoniousness",
|
|
"two-facedness",
|
|
"artfulness",
|
|
"caginess",
|
|
"cageyness",
|
|
"deviousness",
|
|
"shrewdness",
|
|
"treacherousness",
|
|
"underhandedness",
|
|
"unscrupulousness",
|
|
"covertness",
|
|
"furtiveness",
|
|
"secrecy",
|
|
"shadiness",
|
|
"sneakiness",
|
|
"stealthiness",
|
|
"oiliness",
|
|
"shiftiness",
|
|
"slickness",
|
|
"slipperiness",
|
|
"slyness",
|
|
"smoothness"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"candidness",
|
|
"candor",
|
|
"directness",
|
|
"frankness",
|
|
"openness",
|
|
"plainness",
|
|
"plainspokenness",
|
|
"honesty",
|
|
"probity",
|
|
"dependability",
|
|
"reliability",
|
|
"reliableness",
|
|
"solidity",
|
|
"trustability",
|
|
"trustiness",
|
|
"trustworthiness",
|
|
"decency",
|
|
"goodness",
|
|
"incorruptibility",
|
|
"integrity",
|
|
"righteousness",
|
|
"truthfulness",
|
|
"uprightness",
|
|
"virtuousness"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"artlessness",
|
|
"forthrightness",
|
|
"good faith",
|
|
"guilelessness",
|
|
"ingenuousness",
|
|
"sincerity"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective",
|
|
"noun",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"fakery":{
|
|
"the inclination or practice of misleading others through lies or trickery":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"if the product were any good, the company wouldn't have to resort to fakery to get people to buy it"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"artifice",
|
|
"cheating",
|
|
"cozenage",
|
|
"craft",
|
|
"craftiness",
|
|
"crookedness",
|
|
"crookery",
|
|
"cunning",
|
|
"cunningness",
|
|
"deceit",
|
|
"deceitfulness",
|
|
"deception",
|
|
"deceptiveness",
|
|
"dishonesty",
|
|
"dissembling",
|
|
"dissimulation",
|
|
"double-dealing",
|
|
"dupery",
|
|
"duplicity",
|
|
"foxiness",
|
|
"fraud",
|
|
"guile",
|
|
"guilefulness",
|
|
"wiliness"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"equivocation",
|
|
"lying",
|
|
"mendacity",
|
|
"prevarication",
|
|
"chicane",
|
|
"chicanery",
|
|
"fraudulence",
|
|
"hanky-panky",
|
|
"jugglery",
|
|
"legerdemain",
|
|
"mountebankery",
|
|
"obliquity",
|
|
"skulduggery",
|
|
"skullduggery",
|
|
"subterfuge",
|
|
"swindling",
|
|
"trickery",
|
|
"wile",
|
|
"falsehood",
|
|
"falsity",
|
|
"fib",
|
|
"untruth",
|
|
"hypocrisy",
|
|
"insincerity",
|
|
"sanctimoniousness",
|
|
"two-facedness",
|
|
"artfulness",
|
|
"caginess",
|
|
"cageyness",
|
|
"deviousness",
|
|
"shrewdness",
|
|
"treacherousness",
|
|
"underhandedness",
|
|
"unscrupulousness",
|
|
"covertness",
|
|
"furtiveness",
|
|
"secrecy",
|
|
"shadiness",
|
|
"sneakiness",
|
|
"stealthiness",
|
|
"oiliness",
|
|
"shiftiness",
|
|
"slickness",
|
|
"slipperiness",
|
|
"slyness",
|
|
"smoothness"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"candidness",
|
|
"candor",
|
|
"directness",
|
|
"frankness",
|
|
"openness",
|
|
"plainness",
|
|
"plainspokenness",
|
|
"honesty",
|
|
"probity",
|
|
"dependability",
|
|
"reliability",
|
|
"reliableness",
|
|
"solidity",
|
|
"trustability",
|
|
"trustiness",
|
|
"trustworthiness",
|
|
"decency",
|
|
"goodness",
|
|
"incorruptibility",
|
|
"integrity",
|
|
"righteousness",
|
|
"truthfulness",
|
|
"uprightness",
|
|
"virtuousness"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"artlessness",
|
|
"forthrightness",
|
|
"good faith",
|
|
"guilelessness",
|
|
"ingenuousness",
|
|
"sincerity"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"fakes":{
|
|
"an imitation that is passed off as genuine":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"experts declared that one of the museum's prized paintings was actually a fake"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"originals"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"copycats",
|
|
"knockoffs",
|
|
"copies",
|
|
"facsimiles",
|
|
"replicas",
|
|
"reproductions",
|
|
"dummies",
|
|
"mock-ups",
|
|
"frauds",
|
|
"gaffs",
|
|
"impostures",
|
|
"spoofs",
|
|
"swindles",
|
|
"simulations",
|
|
"synthetics",
|
|
"bastards",
|
|
"brummagems",
|
|
"duffers",
|
|
"shoddies"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"counterfeits",
|
|
"forgeries",
|
|
"hoaxes",
|
|
"humbug",
|
|
"phonies",
|
|
"phoneys",
|
|
"shams"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"one who makes false claims of identity or expertise":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a hidden-camera investigation revealed that the so-called psychic was a fake"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"aces",
|
|
"adepts",
|
|
"authorities",
|
|
"crackerjacks",
|
|
"crackajacks",
|
|
"experts",
|
|
"maestros",
|
|
"maestri",
|
|
"masters",
|
|
"past masters",
|
|
"professionals",
|
|
"virtuosos",
|
|
"virtuosi",
|
|
"whizzes",
|
|
"wizards"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"copycats",
|
|
"imitators",
|
|
"impersonators",
|
|
"mimics",
|
|
"actors",
|
|
"bluffers",
|
|
"counterfeiters",
|
|
"deceivers",
|
|
"dissemblers",
|
|
"duper",
|
|
"feigners",
|
|
"misleaders",
|
|
"operators",
|
|
"tricksters",
|
|
"poseurs",
|
|
"cozeners",
|
|
"defrauders",
|
|
"dodgers",
|
|
"fraudsters",
|
|
"scammers",
|
|
"scamsters",
|
|
"sharpers",
|
|
"sharpies",
|
|
"skinners",
|
|
"swindlers"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"charlatans",
|
|
"fakers",
|
|
"fakirs",
|
|
"frauds",
|
|
"hoaxers",
|
|
"humbugs",
|
|
"impostors",
|
|
"imposters",
|
|
"mountebanks",
|
|
"phonies",
|
|
"phoneys",
|
|
"pretenders",
|
|
"quacks",
|
|
"quacksalvers",
|
|
"ringers",
|
|
"shams"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to elude (an opponent in a sports contest) by making a deceptive or agile movement":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the running back faked the defense by stepping to his left and then quickly cutting to the right"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"dodges",
|
|
"evades",
|
|
"sidesteps",
|
|
"slips",
|
|
"pump-fakes",
|
|
"stutter-steps",
|
|
"maneuvers (around)"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"dekes",
|
|
"fakes out",
|
|
"jukes"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to imitate or copy especially in order to deceive":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"pranksters faked giant footprints and then claimed that they had seen Bigfoot"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"simulates",
|
|
"duplicates",
|
|
"reduplicates",
|
|
"replicates",
|
|
"reproduces",
|
|
"cribs",
|
|
"plagiarizes",
|
|
"adulterates",
|
|
"doctors",
|
|
"fudges",
|
|
"juggles",
|
|
"manipulates",
|
|
"tampers (with)",
|
|
"concocts",
|
|
"cooks (up)",
|
|
"fabricates",
|
|
"invents"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"counterfeits",
|
|
"forges",
|
|
"phonies"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to perform, make, or do without preparation":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"if you give me the gist of the plan, I can probably fake enough for the speech"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"arranges",
|
|
"lays",
|
|
"prepares",
|
|
"readies",
|
|
"considers",
|
|
"contemplates",
|
|
"ponders",
|
|
"studies",
|
|
"exercises",
|
|
"practices",
|
|
"practises",
|
|
"rehearses"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"concocts",
|
|
"contrives",
|
|
"cooks (up)",
|
|
"devises",
|
|
"fabricates",
|
|
"hatches",
|
|
"invents",
|
|
"makes up",
|
|
"manufactures",
|
|
"thinks (up)",
|
|
"cobbles (together or up)",
|
|
"dashes (off)"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"ad-libs",
|
|
"claps (together or up)",
|
|
"extemporizes",
|
|
"improvises"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to present a false appearance of":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"while running for class president, Dan was not above faking friendship with people just to get their votes"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"dissimulates",
|
|
"impersonates",
|
|
"lets on",
|
|
"masquerades",
|
|
"playacts",
|
|
"plays",
|
|
"poses",
|
|
"forges",
|
|
"imitates",
|
|
"camouflages",
|
|
"conceals",
|
|
"disguises",
|
|
"masks",
|
|
"feints",
|
|
"malingers"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"acts",
|
|
"affects",
|
|
"assumes",
|
|
"bluffs",
|
|
"counterfeits",
|
|
"dissembles",
|
|
"feigns",
|
|
"passes (for)",
|
|
"pretends",
|
|
"professes",
|
|
"puts on",
|
|
"shams",
|
|
"simulates"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"faking out":{
|
|
"to cause to believe what is untrue":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"my friends faked me out for a whole day, letting me think that they had forgotten my birthday"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bamboozling",
|
|
"beguiling",
|
|
"bluffing",
|
|
"buffaloing",
|
|
"burning",
|
|
"catching",
|
|
"conning",
|
|
"cozening",
|
|
"deceiving",
|
|
"deluding",
|
|
"duping",
|
|
"fooling",
|
|
"gaffing",
|
|
"gammoning",
|
|
"gulling",
|
|
"having",
|
|
"having on",
|
|
"hoaxing",
|
|
"hoodwinking",
|
|
"hornswoggling",
|
|
"humbugging",
|
|
"juggling",
|
|
"misguiding",
|
|
"misinforming",
|
|
"misleading",
|
|
"snookering",
|
|
"snowing",
|
|
"spoofing",
|
|
"stringing along",
|
|
"suckering",
|
|
"sucking in",
|
|
"taking in",
|
|
"tricking"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"kidding",
|
|
"putting on",
|
|
"teasing",
|
|
"bleeding",
|
|
"cheating",
|
|
"chiseling",
|
|
"chiselling",
|
|
"defrauding",
|
|
"diddling",
|
|
"euchring",
|
|
"fleecing",
|
|
"flimflamming",
|
|
"hustling",
|
|
"mulcting",
|
|
"rooking",
|
|
"shortchanging",
|
|
"skinning",
|
|
"squeezing",
|
|
"sticking",
|
|
"stinging",
|
|
"swindling"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"debunking",
|
|
"exposing",
|
|
"revealing",
|
|
"showing up",
|
|
"uncloaking",
|
|
"uncovering",
|
|
"unmasking",
|
|
"disclosing",
|
|
"divulging",
|
|
"telling",
|
|
"unveiling",
|
|
"disabusing",
|
|
"disenchanting",
|
|
"disillusioning"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"undeceiving"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to elude (an opponent in a sports contest) by making a deceptive or agile movement":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"used a quick between-the-legs dribble to fake out the flat-footed defender"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"dekeing",
|
|
"faking",
|
|
"juking"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"dodging",
|
|
"evading",
|
|
"sidestepping",
|
|
"slipping",
|
|
"pump-faking",
|
|
"stutter-stepping",
|
|
"maneuvering (around)"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
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"antonyms":[]
|
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},
|
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"type":[
|
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"verb"
|
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]
|
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},
|
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"fake":{
|
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"being such in appearance only and made with or manufactured from usually cheaper materials":{
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"examples":[
|
|
"opposed to the unnecessary killing of animals, she'll consider wearing only fake furs"
|
|
],
|
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"synonyms":[
|
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"artificial",
|
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"bogus",
|
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"dummy",
|
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"ersatz",
|
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"factitious",
|
|
"false",
|
|
"faux",
|
|
"imitation",
|
|
"imitative",
|
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"man-made",
|
|
"mimic",
|
|
"mock",
|
|
"pretend",
|
|
"sham",
|
|
"simulated",
|
|
"substitute",
|
|
"synthetic"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"cultured",
|
|
"manufactured",
|
|
"process",
|
|
"unauthentic",
|
|
"adulterated",
|
|
"designer",
|
|
"doctored",
|
|
"engineered",
|
|
"fudged",
|
|
"juggled",
|
|
"manipulated",
|
|
"tampered (with)",
|
|
"concocted",
|
|
"fabricated",
|
|
"counterfeit",
|
|
"deceptive",
|
|
"forged",
|
|
"fraudulent",
|
|
"misleading",
|
|
"phony",
|
|
"phoney",
|
|
"affected",
|
|
"brummagem",
|
|
"feigned",
|
|
"pinchbeck",
|
|
"pseudo",
|
|
"spurious"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"authentic",
|
|
"bona fide",
|
|
"legitimate",
|
|
"true",
|
|
"premium",
|
|
"quality",
|
|
"valuable",
|
|
"pure",
|
|
"unadulterated"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"genuine",
|
|
"natural",
|
|
"real"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"being such in appearance only and made or manufactured with the intention of committing fraud":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"arrested for peddling \"designer\" watches that were fake"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bogus",
|
|
"counterfeit",
|
|
"false",
|
|
"forged",
|
|
"inauthentic",
|
|
"phony",
|
|
"phoney",
|
|
"queer",
|
|
"sham",
|
|
"snide",
|
|
"spurious",
|
|
"unauthentic"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"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"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"authentic",
|
|
"bona fide",
|
|
"genuine",
|
|
"real",
|
|
"unfaked"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"lacking in natural or spontaneous quality":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the boss's pitiful attempts at humor were met with fake laughter"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"affected",
|
|
"artificial",
|
|
"assumed",
|
|
"bogus",
|
|
"contrived",
|
|
"factitious",
|
|
"false",
|
|
"feigned",
|
|
"forced",
|
|
"mechanical",
|
|
"mock",
|
|
"phony",
|
|
"phoney",
|
|
"plastic",
|
|
"pretended",
|
|
"pseudo",
|
|
"put-on",
|
|
"sham",
|
|
"simulated",
|
|
"spurious",
|
|
"strained",
|
|
"unnatural"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"automatic",
|
|
"canned",
|
|
"concocted",
|
|
"fabricated",
|
|
"hokey",
|
|
"labored",
|
|
"manufactured",
|
|
"pat",
|
|
"unauthentic",
|
|
"unreal",
|
|
"unrealistic",
|
|
"double-dealing",
|
|
"empty",
|
|
"facile",
|
|
"hollow",
|
|
"hypocritical",
|
|
"insincere",
|
|
"left-handed",
|
|
"mealy",
|
|
"mealymouthed",
|
|
"two-faced",
|
|
"unctuous",
|
|
"exaggerated",
|
|
"histrionic",
|
|
"melodramatic",
|
|
"overacted",
|
|
"overdone",
|
|
"theatrical",
|
|
"theatric",
|
|
"cute",
|
|
"cutesy",
|
|
"genteel",
|
|
"goody-goody",
|
|
"mincing",
|
|
"overrefined",
|
|
"simpering",
|
|
"conventional",
|
|
"formal",
|
|
"impersonal",
|
|
"inflexible",
|
|
"rigid",
|
|
"stiff",
|
|
"stylized",
|
|
"wooden",
|
|
"artful",
|
|
"calculated",
|
|
"conscious",
|
|
"cultivated",
|
|
"deliberate",
|
|
"premeditated",
|
|
"studied"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"authentic",
|
|
"bona fide",
|
|
"real",
|
|
"realistic",
|
|
"right",
|
|
"true",
|
|
"honest",
|
|
"ingenuous",
|
|
"sincere",
|
|
"unpretending",
|
|
"easy",
|
|
"effortless",
|
|
"smooth",
|
|
"extemporaneous",
|
|
"impromptu",
|
|
"impulsive",
|
|
"instinctive",
|
|
"unconscious",
|
|
"unprompted",
|
|
"unrehearsed",
|
|
"unstudied"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"artless",
|
|
"genuine",
|
|
"natural",
|
|
"spontaneous",
|
|
"unaffected",
|
|
"uncontrived",
|
|
"unfeigned",
|
|
"unforced"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"not being or expressing what one appears to be or express":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the fake friendliness of the sales rep made me want to gag"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"artificial",
|
|
"backhanded",
|
|
"counterfeit",
|
|
"double",
|
|
"double-dealing",
|
|
"double-faced",
|
|
"feigned",
|
|
"hypocritical",
|
|
"insincere",
|
|
"Janus-faced",
|
|
"jive",
|
|
"left-handed",
|
|
"lip",
|
|
"mealy",
|
|
"mealymouthed",
|
|
"Pecksniffian",
|
|
"phony",
|
|
"phoney",
|
|
"phony-baloney",
|
|
"phoney-baloney",
|
|
"pretended",
|
|
"two-faced",
|
|
"unctuous"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"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"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"artless",
|
|
"candid",
|
|
"genuine",
|
|
"heartfelt",
|
|
"honest",
|
|
"sincere",
|
|
"undesigning",
|
|
"unfeigned"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"an imitation that is passed off as genuine":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"experts declared that one of the museum's prized paintings was actually a fake"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"counterfeit",
|
|
"forgery",
|
|
"hoax",
|
|
"humbug",
|
|
"phony",
|
|
"phoney",
|
|
"sham"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"copycat",
|
|
"knockoff",
|
|
"copy",
|
|
"facsimile",
|
|
"replica",
|
|
"reproduction",
|
|
"dummy",
|
|
"mock-up",
|
|
"fraud",
|
|
"gaff",
|
|
"imposture",
|
|
"spoof",
|
|
"swindle",
|
|
"simulation",
|
|
"synthetic",
|
|
"bastard",
|
|
"brummagem",
|
|
"duffer",
|
|
"shoddy"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"original"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"one who makes false claims of identity or expertise":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a hidden-camera investigation revealed that the so-called psychic was a fake"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"charlatan",
|
|
"faker",
|
|
"fakir",
|
|
"fraud",
|
|
"hoaxer",
|
|
"humbug",
|
|
"impostor",
|
|
"imposter",
|
|
"mountebank",
|
|
"phony",
|
|
"phoney",
|
|
"pretender",
|
|
"quack",
|
|
"quacksalver",
|
|
"ringer",
|
|
"sham"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"copycat",
|
|
"imitator",
|
|
"impersonator",
|
|
"mimic",
|
|
"actor",
|
|
"bluffer",
|
|
"counterfeiter",
|
|
"deceiver",
|
|
"dissembler",
|
|
"duper",
|
|
"feigner",
|
|
"misleader",
|
|
"operator",
|
|
"trickster",
|
|
"poseur",
|
|
"cozener",
|
|
"defrauder",
|
|
"dodger",
|
|
"fraudster",
|
|
"scammer",
|
|
"scamster",
|
|
"sharper",
|
|
"sharpie",
|
|
"sharpy",
|
|
"skinner",
|
|
"swindler"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"ace",
|
|
"adept",
|
|
"authority",
|
|
"crackerjack",
|
|
"crackajack",
|
|
"expert",
|
|
"maestro",
|
|
"master",
|
|
"past master",
|
|
"professional",
|
|
"virtuoso",
|
|
"whiz",
|
|
"wizard"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to imitate or copy especially in order to deceive":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"pranksters faked giant footprints and then claimed that they had seen Bigfoot"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"counterfeit",
|
|
"forge",
|
|
"phony"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"simulate",
|
|
"duplicate",
|
|
"reduplicate",
|
|
"replicate",
|
|
"reproduce",
|
|
"crib",
|
|
"plagiarize",
|
|
"adulterate",
|
|
"doctor",
|
|
"fudge",
|
|
"juggle",
|
|
"manipulate",
|
|
"tamper (with)",
|
|
"concoct",
|
|
"cook (up)",
|
|
"fabricate",
|
|
"invent"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to present a false appearance of":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"while running for class president, Dan was not above faking friendship with people just to get their votes"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"act",
|
|
"affect",
|
|
"assume",
|
|
"bluff",
|
|
"counterfeit",
|
|
"dissemble",
|
|
"feign",
|
|
"pass (for)",
|
|
"pretend",
|
|
"profess",
|
|
"put on",
|
|
"sham",
|
|
"simulate"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"dissimulate",
|
|
"impersonate",
|
|
"let on",
|
|
"masquerade",
|
|
"play",
|
|
"playact",
|
|
"pose",
|
|
"forge",
|
|
"imitate",
|
|
"camouflage",
|
|
"conceal",
|
|
"disguise",
|
|
"mask",
|
|
"feint",
|
|
"malinger"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to perform, make, or do without preparation":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"if you give me the gist of the plan, I can probably fake enough for the speech"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"ad-lib",
|
|
"clap (together or up)",
|
|
"extemporize",
|
|
"improvise"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"concoct",
|
|
"contrive",
|
|
"cook (up)",
|
|
"devise",
|
|
"fabricate",
|
|
"hatch",
|
|
"invent",
|
|
"make up",
|
|
"manufacture",
|
|
"think (up)",
|
|
"cobble (together or up)",
|
|
"dash (off)"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"arrange",
|
|
"lay",
|
|
"prepare",
|
|
"ready",
|
|
"consider",
|
|
"contemplate",
|
|
"ponder",
|
|
"study",
|
|
"exercise",
|
|
"practice",
|
|
"practise",
|
|
"rehearse"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to elude (an opponent in a sports contest) by making a deceptive or agile movement":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the running back faked the defense by stepping to his left and then quickly cutting to the right"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"deke",
|
|
"fake out",
|
|
"juke"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"dodge",
|
|
"evade",
|
|
"sidestep",
|
|
"slip",
|
|
"pump-fake",
|
|
"stutter-step",
|
|
"maneuver (around)"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective",
|
|
"noun",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"fake out":{
|
|
"to cause to believe what is untrue":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"my friends faked me out for a whole day, letting me think that they had forgotten my birthday"
|
|
],
|
|
"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"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"kid",
|
|
"put on",
|
|
"tease",
|
|
"bleed",
|
|
"cheat",
|
|
"chisel",
|
|
"defraud",
|
|
"diddle",
|
|
"euchre",
|
|
"fleece",
|
|
"flimflam",
|
|
"hustle",
|
|
"mulct",
|
|
"rook",
|
|
"shortchange",
|
|
"skin",
|
|
"squeeze",
|
|
"stick",
|
|
"sting",
|
|
"swindle"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"debunk",
|
|
"expose",
|
|
"reveal",
|
|
"show up",
|
|
"uncloak",
|
|
"uncover",
|
|
"unmask",
|
|
"disclose",
|
|
"divulge",
|
|
"tell",
|
|
"unveil",
|
|
"disabuse",
|
|
"disenchant",
|
|
"disillusion"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"undeceive"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to elude (an opponent in a sports contest) by making a deceptive or agile movement":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"used a quick between-the-legs dribble to fake out the flat-footed defender"
|
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],
|
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"synonyms":[
|
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"deke",
|
|
"fake",
|
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"juke"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
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"dodge",
|
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"evade",
|
|
"sidestep",
|
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"slip",
|
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"pump-fake",
|
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"stutter-step",
|
|
"maneuver (around)"
|
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],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
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"type":[
|
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"verb"
|
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]
|
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},
|
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"fakes out":{
|
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"to cause to believe what is untrue":{
|
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"examples":[
|
|
"my friends faked me out for a whole day, letting me think that they had forgotten my birthday"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bamboozles",
|
|
"beguiles",
|
|
"bluffs",
|
|
"buffaloes",
|
|
"burns",
|
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"catches",
|
|
"cons",
|
|
"cozens",
|
|
"deceives",
|
|
"deludes",
|
|
"dupes",
|
|
"fools",
|
|
"gaffs",
|
|
"gammons",
|
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"gulls",
|
|
"has",
|
|
"has on",
|
|
"hoaxes",
|
|
"hoodwinks",
|
|
"hornswoggles",
|
|
"humbugs",
|
|
"juggles",
|
|
"misguides",
|
|
"misinforms",
|
|
"misleads",
|
|
"snookers",
|
|
"snows",
|
|
"spoofs",
|
|
"strings along",
|
|
"suckers",
|
|
"sucks in",
|
|
"takes in",
|
|
"tricks"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"kids",
|
|
"puts on",
|
|
"teases",
|
|
"bleeds",
|
|
"cheats",
|
|
"chisels",
|
|
"defrauds",
|
|
"diddles",
|
|
"euchres",
|
|
"fleeces",
|
|
"flimflams",
|
|
"hustles",
|
|
"mulcts",
|
|
"rooks",
|
|
"shortchanges",
|
|
"skins",
|
|
"squeezes",
|
|
"sticks",
|
|
"stings",
|
|
"swindles"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"debunks",
|
|
"exposes",
|
|
"reveals",
|
|
"shows up",
|
|
"uncloaks",
|
|
"uncovers",
|
|
"unmasks",
|
|
"discloses",
|
|
"divulges",
|
|
"tells",
|
|
"unveils",
|
|
"disabuses",
|
|
"disenchants",
|
|
"disillusions"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"undeceives"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to elude (an opponent in a sports contest) by making a deceptive or agile movement":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"used a quick between-the-legs dribble to fake out the flat-footed defender"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"dekes",
|
|
"fakes",
|
|
"jukes"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"dodges",
|
|
"evades",
|
|
"sidesteps",
|
|
"slips",
|
|
"pump-fakes",
|
|
"stutter-steps",
|
|
"maneuvers (around)"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"faking":{
|
|
"to imitate or copy especially in order to deceive":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"pranksters faked giant footprints and then claimed that they had seen Bigfoot"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"counterfeiting",
|
|
"forging",
|
|
"phonying"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"simulating",
|
|
"duplicating",
|
|
"reduplicating",
|
|
"replicating",
|
|
"reproducing",
|
|
"cribbing",
|
|
"plagiarizing",
|
|
"adulterating",
|
|
"doctoring",
|
|
"fudging",
|
|
"juggling",
|
|
"manipulating",
|
|
"tampering (with)",
|
|
"concocting",
|
|
"cooking (up)",
|
|
"fabricating",
|
|
"inventing"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to present a false appearance of":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"while running for class president, Dan was not above faking friendship with people just to get their votes"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"acting",
|
|
"affecting",
|
|
"assuming",
|
|
"bluffing",
|
|
"counterfeiting",
|
|
"dissembling",
|
|
"feigning",
|
|
"passing (for)",
|
|
"pretending",
|
|
"professing",
|
|
"putting on",
|
|
"shamming",
|
|
"simulating"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"dissimulating",
|
|
"impersonating",
|
|
"letting on",
|
|
"masquerading",
|
|
"playacting",
|
|
"playing",
|
|
"posing",
|
|
"forging",
|
|
"imitating",
|
|
"camouflaging",
|
|
"concealing",
|
|
"disguising",
|
|
"masking",
|
|
"feinting",
|
|
"malingering"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to perform, make, or do without preparation":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"if you give me the gist of the plan, I can probably fake enough for the speech"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"ad-libbing",
|
|
"clapping (together or up)",
|
|
"extemporizing",
|
|
"improvising"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"concocting",
|
|
"contriving",
|
|
"cooking (up)",
|
|
"devising",
|
|
"fabricating",
|
|
"hatching",
|
|
"inventing",
|
|
"making up",
|
|
"manufacturing",
|
|
"thinking (up)",
|
|
"cobbling (together or up)",
|
|
"dashing (off)"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"arranging",
|
|
"laying",
|
|
"preparing",
|
|
"readying",
|
|
"considering",
|
|
"contemplating",
|
|
"pondering",
|
|
"studying",
|
|
"exercising",
|
|
"practicing",
|
|
"practising",
|
|
"rehearsing"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to elude (an opponent in a sports contest) by making a deceptive or agile movement":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the running back faked the defense by stepping to his left and then quickly cutting to the right"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"dekeing",
|
|
"faking out",
|
|
"juking"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"dodging",
|
|
"evading",
|
|
"sidestepping",
|
|
"slipping",
|
|
"pump-faking",
|
|
"stutter-stepping",
|
|
"maneuvering (around)"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"fakir":{
|
|
"a dishonest person who uses clever means to cheat others out of something of value":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a traveling carnival that was run by fakirs preying on small-town rubes"
|
|
],
|
|
"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"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"double-crosser",
|
|
"double-dealer",
|
|
"bluffer",
|
|
"charlatan",
|
|
"fake",
|
|
"faker",
|
|
"humbug",
|
|
"impostor",
|
|
"imposter",
|
|
"mountebank",
|
|
"phony",
|
|
"phoney",
|
|
"pretender",
|
|
"quack",
|
|
"quacksalver",
|
|
"ringer",
|
|
"sham",
|
|
"adventurer",
|
|
"fox",
|
|
"gamesman",
|
|
"knave",
|
|
"prankster",
|
|
"rascal",
|
|
"rogue",
|
|
"fast-talker",
|
|
"slick",
|
|
"slicker",
|
|
"slickster",
|
|
"slyboots",
|
|
"smoothy",
|
|
"smoothie",
|
|
"wheeler-dealer",
|
|
"plotter",
|
|
"schemer",
|
|
"sneak",
|
|
"sneaker",
|
|
"blackleg",
|
|
"cardsharp",
|
|
"cardsharper"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"one who makes false claims of identity or expertise":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a fakir peddling patent medicines that were mostly liquor and sugar"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"charlatan",
|
|
"fake",
|
|
"faker",
|
|
"fraud",
|
|
"hoaxer",
|
|
"humbug",
|
|
"impostor",
|
|
"imposter",
|
|
"mountebank",
|
|
"phony",
|
|
"phoney",
|
|
"pretender",
|
|
"quack",
|
|
"quacksalver",
|
|
"ringer",
|
|
"sham"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"copycat",
|
|
"imitator",
|
|
"impersonator",
|
|
"mimic",
|
|
"actor",
|
|
"bluffer",
|
|
"counterfeiter",
|
|
"deceiver",
|
|
"dissembler",
|
|
"duper",
|
|
"feigner",
|
|
"misleader",
|
|
"operator",
|
|
"trickster",
|
|
"poseur",
|
|
"cozener",
|
|
"defrauder",
|
|
"dodger",
|
|
"fraudster",
|
|
"scammer",
|
|
"scamster",
|
|
"sharper",
|
|
"sharpie",
|
|
"sharpy",
|
|
"skinner",
|
|
"swindler"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"ace",
|
|
"adept",
|
|
"authority",
|
|
"crackerjack",
|
|
"crackajack",
|
|
"expert",
|
|
"maestro",
|
|
"master",
|
|
"past master",
|
|
"professional",
|
|
"virtuoso",
|
|
"whiz",
|
|
"wizard"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
}
|
|
} |