4
ungenuine(adjective, fake, false, deceitful, bogus)
4
vicarious(extra, auxiliary, substitution, supernumerary)
3
alike(adjective, similar)
3
alternate(extra, auxiliary, supernumerary)
3
assumed(adjective, fake, false, unusual, counterfeit)
3
changeling
3
chemical(adjective, fake, artificial)
3
copied(adjective, fake, false, counterfeit, sham)
3
double
3
faked(adjective, fake, false, counterfeit, mock)
3
faux(adjective, fake, false, counterfeit, pretend)
3
forced(adjective, fake, pretentious, artificial)
3
insincere(adjective, fake, unusual, strange, counterfeit)
3
like(adjective, similar)
3
locum tenens(expression, idiom, substitution)
3
pretentious(adjective, wrong, fake, false, counterfeit)
3
shoddy
3
similar(adjective, similar)
3
stopgap(extra, crude, auxiliary, substitution, supernumerary)
3
substitution(noun, reproduction, impression, reflection, replication)
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