counterfeit
counterfeit is a 11-letter English word with 13 senses as adverb, noun, transitive verb, intransitive verb, verb, and adjective in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: Representing by imitation or likeness; having a resemblance to something else; portrayed. Face value is 16 in Scrabble and 19 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.
Definitions
- adverb. Representing by imitation or likeness; having a resemblance to something else; portrayed.
- adverb. Fabricated in imitation of something else, with a view to defraud by passing the false copy for genuine or original; as, counterfeit antiques; counterfeit coin.
- adverb. Assuming the appearance of something; false; spurious; deceitful; hypocritical; as, a counterfeit philanthropist.
- noun. That which resembles or is like another thing; a likeness; a portrait; a counterpart.
- noun. That which is made in imitation of something, with a view to deceive by passing the false for the true; as, the bank note was a counterfeit.
- noun. One who pretends to be what he is not; one who personates another; an impostor; a cheat.
- transitive verb. To imitate, or put on a semblance of; to mimic; as, to counterfeit the voice of another person.
- transitive verb. To imitate with a view to deceiving, by passing the copy for that which is original or genuine; to forge; as, to counterfeit the signature of another, coins, notes, etc.
- intransitive verb. To carry on a deception; to dissemble; to feign; to pretend.
- intransitive verb. To make counterfeits.
- noun. a copy that is represented as the original
- verb. make a copy of with the intent to deceive
"he faked the signature"
"they counterfeited dollar bills"
- adjective. not genuine; imitating something superior
"counterfeit emotion"
"counterfeit money"
Synonyms
forgery, fake, forge, imitative
Common word forms
counterfeits, counterfeited, counterfeiter, counterfeitly, counterfeiting, counterfeitment, counterfeitness
Words from these letters
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