prepare or make (something specious, deceptive, or fraudulent)

to fake a report showing nonexistent profits.

to conceal the defects of or make appear more attractive, interesting, valuable, etc., usually in order to deceive

The story was faked a bit to make it more sensational.

to pretend; simulate

to fake illness.

to accomplish by trial and error or by improvising

I don't know the job, but I can fake it.

to trick or deceive (an opponent) by making a fake (often fol. by out )

The running back faked out the defender with a deft move and scored.

Jazz .

to improvise

to fake an accompaniment.

to play (music) without reading from a score.

to fake something; pretend.

to give a fake to an opponent.

anything made to appear otherwise than it actually is; counterfeit

This diamond necklace is a fake.

a person who fakes; faker

The doctor with the reputed cure for cancer proved to be a fake.

a spurious report or story.

Sports . a simulated play or move intended to deceive an opponent.

designed to deceive or cheat; not real; counterfeit. ?

fake out, Slang .

to trick; deceive

She faked me out by acting friendly and then stole my job.

to surprise, as by a sudden reversal

They thought we weren't coming back, but we faked them out by showing up during dinner.

adjective

genuine , original , real , true , truthful

noun

original , reality

adjective

affected , artificial , assumed , bogus , concocted , counterfeit , fabricated , fictitious , forged , fraudulent , invented , make-believe , mock , phony , pretended , pseudo * , reproduction , sham , simulated , spuriousnotes:a fake is a work of art that is deliberately made or altered to appear better , older , or other than what it is; a forgery is a fraudulent imitation of another thing that already exists , false , spurious , suppositious , supposititious

noun

actor , bluffer , charlatan , cheat , counterfeit , deception , fabrication , faker , flimflam * , forgery , four-flusher , fraud , gold brick , hoax , imitation , imposition , imposture , junque , make-believe , mountebank , phony , plant * , pretender , pretense , pseudo * , put-on , reproduction , scam , sham * , sleight , spoof , swindle , tricknotes:a fake is a work of art that is deliberately made or altered to appear better , older , or other than what it is; a forgery is a fraudulent imitation of another thing that already exists , humbug , impostor , quack , sham

verb

act , affect , assume , bluff , copy , counterfeit , disguise , dissimulate , fabricate , feign , forge , put on , put on an act * , sham , simulate , spoofnotes:a fake is a work of art that is deliberately made or altered to appear better , older , or other than what it is; a forgery is a fraudulent imitation of another thing that already exists , pretend , falsify , doctor , fictionalize , fictionize , dissemble , play-act , pose , ad-lib , extemporize , make up , (slang) cheat , bogus , cheat , defraud , fabrication , false , fictitious , forged , fraudulent , fraudulently , fudge , hoax , humbug , imitation , imposter , invented , manipulate , manufacture , phony , scam , spurious , supposititious , swindle