7
fictitious(adjective, wrong, fake, informal, false)
7
forged(adjective, fake, false, counterfeit, mock)
7
phoney orphony
6
copy(noun, reproduction, study, counterfeit, cast)
6
dummy(adjective, fake, false, counterfeit, mock)
6
plastic(adjective, fake, false, mock, artificial)
5
affected(adjective, wrong, fake, false, counterfeit)
5
alternative(extra, crude, auxiliary, substitution, supernumerary)
5
deceitful(adjective, wrong, fake, false, counterfeit)
5
manufactured(adjective, fake, false, counterfeit, mock)
5
pretended(adjective, fake, false, counterfeit, mock)
5
replacement(noun, extra, auxiliary, substitution, supernumerary)
5
surrogate(noun, extra, auxiliary, supernumerary)
4
make-believe(adjective, fake, false, unusual, strange)
4
makeshift(fake, extra, crude, artificial, auxiliary)
4
pinchbeck(noun, substitute)
4
pretend(adjective, fake, false, counterfeit, mock)
4
resembling(adjective, similar, bogus)
4
simulacrum(noun, reproduction, study, type, informal)
4
succedaneum
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