counterfeit
adjective
1. not genuine; imitating something superior
- counterfeit emotion
- counterfeit money
- counterfeit works of art
Similar word(s): assumed, false, fictitious, fictive, pretended, sham, bad, forged, base, bogus, fake, phoney, phony, inauthentic, spurious, unauthentic, mock, ostensible, ostensive, pinchbeck, pseudo, synthetic, artificial, unreal, insincere, false, imitative
Sentences with counterfeit as an adjective:
- This counterfeit watch looks like the real thing, but it broke a week after I bought it.
- counterfeit sympathy