Synset

not genuine; imitating something superior
<adj.all>

sample sentences

"counterfeit emotion"
"counterfeit money"
"counterfeit works of art"
"a counterfeit prince"

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derivationally related form

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also see

artificial, unreal false insincere unreal

similar to

pretended, fictive, assumed, false, fictitious, put on, sham bad, forged base fake, phony, bogus, phoney, bastard unauthentic, inauthentic, spurious mock ostensible, ostensive pinchbeck pseudo synthetic