4
proxy(noun, extra, substitute, auxiliary, supernumerary)
4
put-on(noun, adjective, fake, trick, copy)
4
replacement(noun, extra, substitute, auxiliary, supernumerary)
4
similitude(noun, copy, similarity)
4
stand-in(noun, model, substitute, mannequin)
4
supposititious(adjective, counterfeit, extra, auxiliary, supernumerary)
4
surrogate(noun, extra, substitute, auxiliary, supernumerary)
3
affectation(noun, behavior, exaggeration, pretension, artifice)
3
alikeness(noun, similarity)
3
approximation(noun, representation)
3
artificiality(noun, show, sham, exaggeration, pretension)
3
closeness(noun, similarity)
3
counterfeiting(noun, reproduction, replication, simulation, substitution)
3
deceit(noun, fake, deception, fraud, pretense)
3
deputy(noun, substitute)
3
effigy(noun, reproduction, fake, figure, copy)
3
equivalent(adjective, duplicate)
3
fictive
3
fill-in(noun, substitute)
3
imitative(adjective, fake, pretend, artificial, simulated)
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