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artificial(adjective, fake, deception, false, counterfeit)
23
imitation(noun, adjective, reproduction, fake, informal)
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fake(noun, adjective, reproduction, wrong, copy)
19
counterfeit(adjective, reproduction, study, fake, copy)
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false(adjective, wrong, fake, informal, unusual)
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synthetic(adjective, fake, informal, deception, false)
18
bogus(adjective, wrong, fake, false, counterfeit)
18
sham(noun, adjective, reproduction, fake, informal)
15
mock(adjective, fake, informal, false, counterfeit)
14
substitute(adjective, fake, informal, false, counterfeit)
13
simulated(adjective, fake, deception, false, counterfeit)
12
spurious(adjective, wrong, fake, false, counterfeit)
10
fraudulent(adjective, wrong, fake, false, counterfeit)
10
pseudo(adjective, fake, false, unusual, counterfeit)
9
factitious(adjective, fake, false, unusual, strange)
9
phony(noun, adjective, reproduction, wrong, fake)
8
man-made(adjective, fake, false, mock, artificial)
8
unnatural(adjective, fake, informal, false, mock)
8
unreal(adjective, wrong, fake, false, counterfeit)
7
feigned(adjective, fake, false, unusual, counterfeit)
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