counterfeit

About 1.02 uses per million words.

Meaning

1. adjective False, especially of money; intended to deceive or carry appearance of being genuine.

   This counterfeit watch looks like the real thing, but it broke a week after I bought it.

2. adjective Inauthentic.

   counterfeit sympathy

3. adjective Assuming the appearance of something; deceitful; hypocritical.
4. noun A non-genuine article; a fake.
5. noun One who counterfeits; a counterfeiter.
6. noun That which resembles another thing; a likeness; a portrait; a counterpart.
7. noun An impostor; a cheat.
8. verb To falsely produce what appears to be official or valid; to produce a forged copy of.

   to counterfeit the signature of another, coins, notes, etc.

Similar words

forged assumed pretended phony sham phoney fake bogus spurious inauthentic

Often followed by

money of coin the and goods or coins presentment

Word family

counterfeited counterfeiter counterfeiters counterfeiting counterfeits