Word
counterfeit, adj.
not genuine; imitating something superior
<adj.all>
counterfeit
imitative
sample sentences
"counterfeit emotion"
"counterfeit money"
"counterfeit works of art"
"a counterfeit prince"
lexical pointers
antonym
genuine
lexical pointers
derivationally related form
imitate
semantic pointers
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