fake

Meaning

Adj

1. Not real; false, fraudulent.
2. Insincere

Noun

1. Something which is not genuine, or is presented fraudulently.
2. A move meant to deceive an opposing player, used for gaining advantage for example when dribbling an opponent.
3. (archaic) A trick; a swindle

Verb

1. (transitive) To make a counterfeit, to counterfeit, to forge, to falsify.
2. (transitive) To make a false display of, to affect, to feign, to simulate.
3. (archaic) To cheat; to swindle; to steal; to rob.
4. (archaic) To modify fraudulently, so as to make an object appear better or other than it really is
5. (ambitransitive) To improvise, in jazz.

Noun

One of the circles or windings of a cable or hawser, as it lies in a coil; a single turn or coil.

Verb

To coil (a rope, line, or hawser), by winding alternately in opposite directions, in layers usually of zigzag or figure of eight form, to prevent twisting when running out.

Opposite of

authentic, genuine

Synonyms

counterfeit

imitation

sham

false

forge

pretend

falsify

copy

artificial

phony

fraud

simulate

feign

bogus

imitate

impostor

spurious

forgery

phoney

forged

untrue

imposter

mimic

fudge

faux

misrepresent

mock

hoax

impersonate

adulterate

wangle

charlatan

shammer

feint

fictitious

trick

deception

assume

pretender

duplicate

emulate

dupe

fabricate

juke

manipulate

impersonator

bastard

cheat

disguise

delude

Translations

faux

falsificar

falsificar

falsear

fausser

Fälschung

falsifier

imitare

falsejar

falso

falsear

falsch

fälschen

falsificare

falsificar

Pronounced as (IPA)

/feɪ̯k/

Etymology

Cognate with Dutch: veeg

Cognate with German: fegen

Cognate with Old English: fācn

Cognate with Old Norse: fjúka

Inherited from Middle English: faken

In summary

The origin is not known with certainty, although first attested in 1775 C.E. in British criminals' slang. It is probably from feak, feague (“to give a better appearance through artificial means, spruce up, embellish”), itself from German Low German fegen, from Middle Low German vēgen, from Old Saxon fegōn, from Proto-West Germanic *fegōn (“to clean up, polish”).
Akin to Dutch veeg (“a swipe”), Dutch vegen (“to sweep, wipe”); German fegen (“to sweep, to polish”). Compare also Old English fācn (“deceit, fraud”). Perhaps related also to Old Norse fjúka (“to fade, vanquish, disappear”), Old Norse feikn (“strange, scary, unnatural”).