counterfeits

Meaning of counterfeits

plural noun
  1. a fraudulent imitation of something else.
    he knew the tapes to be counterfeits
verb, 3rd person present
  1. imitate fraudulently.
    my signature is extremely hard to counterfeit

Middle English (as a verb): from Anglo-Norman French countrefeter, from Old French contrefait, past participle of contrefaire, from Latin contra- ‘in opposition’ + facere ‘make’.

Information about counterfeits

  • The singular form of counterfeits is: counterfeit.
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Hyphenation of counterfeits

coun-ter-feits

  • It consists of 3 syllables and 12 chars.
  • counterfeits is a word trisyllabic because it has three syllables

counterfeits synonyms

Meaning a thing that is not genuine; a forgery or sham:

fake

Meaning a forged document, signature, banknote, or work of art:

forgery

Meaning a thing made to be similar or identical to another:

copy

Meaning a copy of a work of art, especially a print or photograph of a painting:

reproduction

Meaning an exact copy or model of something, especially one on a smaller scale:

replica

Meaning a thing intended to simulate or copy something else:

imitation

Meaning the fact or quality of being alike; resemblance:

likeness

Meaning a person or thing that closely resembles another, especially someone who looks very similar to a famous person:

lookalike

Meaning a prototype or mock-up, especially of a book or the layout of a page:

dummy

Meaning a person or thing acting or serving in place of another:

substitute

Meaning a person or thing intended to deceive others, typically by unjustifiably claiming or being credited with accomplishments or qualities:

fraud

Meaning a thing that is not what it is purported to be:

sham

Meaning a fraudulent person or thing:

phoney

Meaning a person who attacks and robs ships at sea:

pirate

Meaning a victim of deception:

dupe

Meaning make or shape (a metal object) by heating it in a fire or furnace and hammering it:

forge

Meaning produce a copy of:

reproduce

Meaning make an exact copy of; reproduce:

replicate

Meaning take or follow as a model:

imitate

Meaning imitate the appearance or character of:

simulate

Meaning pretend to be affected by (a feeling, state, or injury):

feign

Meaning alter (information, a document, or evidence) so as to mislead:

falsify

counterfeits antonyms

Meaning the earliest form of something, from which copies may be made:

original

Words that rhyme with counterfeits

conceits, deceits, misconceits, preconceits, forfeits, surfeits, geits, Fahrenheits, Yiddishkeits, gemutlichkeits, freits, Yahrzeits, yahrzeits

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