6
unauthentic(adjective, fake, false, bogus)
6
unnatural(fake, false, counterfeit, mock, affected)
5
affectation(noun, performance, show, fake, trick)
5
apocryphal(adjective, wrong, fake, false, counterfeit)
5
artifice(noun, trick, deception, lie, swindle)
5
create(verb, play, fake, trick, pretend)
5
deceptive(adjective, wrong, fake, false, counterfeit)
5
fabrication(noun, fake, trick, copy, deception)
5
falsified(noun, adjective, fake, counterfeit, deceitful)
5
hollow(adjective, wrong, fake, false, counterfeit)
5
hypocrite(noun, fake, counterfeit, deceiver, impersonator)
5
hypocritical
5
illegitimate(fake, deception, false, inferior, bogus)
5
imitative(adjective, fake, informal, pretend, imitation)
5
invent(verb, play, fake, trick, pretend)
5
make like(verb, expression, idiom, act, change)
5
manufactured(adjective, fake, false, counterfeit, mock)
5
masquerade(noun, verb, change, cover, obscure)
5
play possum(verb, expression, idiom, act, cover)
5
postiche
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