pseudo

Meaning of pseudo

adjective
  1. not genuine; spurious or sham.
    we are talking about real journalists and not the pseudo kind
noun
  1. a pretentious or insincere person.
    the arty chat of a campus pseudo

late Middle English (as a noun in the sense ‘false apostle or teacher’): independent use of pseudo-.

combining form, prefix
  1. supposed or purporting to be but not really so; false; not genuine.
    pseudonym
    pseudoscience
  2. resembling or imitating.
    pseudo-hallucination

from Greek pseudēs ‘false’, pseudos ‘falsehood’.

Information about pseudo

Hyphenation of pseudo

pseudo

  • It consists of 1 syllables and 6 chars.
  • pseudo is a word monosyllabic because it has one syllable

pseudo synonyms

Meaning imposter:

imposter, impostor, pretender, fake, faker, fraud, sham, shammer, pseud

Meaning not genuine or true (used in a disapproving manner when deception has been attempted):

bogus

Meaning not genuine; fraudulent:

phoney

Meaning the action of using someone or something as a model:

imitation

Meaning (of a situation or concept) not existing naturally; contrived or false:

artificial

Meaning not authentic or real, but without the intention to deceive:

mock

Meaning (of a product) made or used as a substitute, typically an inferior one, for something else:

ersatz

Meaning simulated or pretended; insincere:

feigned

Meaning not genuine; assumed:

pretended

Meaning artificial:

false

Meaning made in imitation; artificial:

faux

Meaning not being what it purports to be; false or fake:

spurious

Meaning made in exact imitation of something valuable with the intention to deceive or defraud:

counterfeit

Meaning obtained, done by, or involving deception, especially criminal deception:

fraudulent

Meaning giving an appearance or impression different from the true one; misleading:

deceptive

Meaning giving the wrong idea or impression:

misleading

Meaning suppose to be the case, without proof:

assumed

Meaning deliberately created rather than arising naturally or spontaneously:

contrived

Meaning artificial, pretentious, and designed to impress:

affected

Meaning not expressing genuine feelings:

insincere

Meaning not really what it is represented as being; imaginary:

pretend

Meaning a large marine fish with a small barbel on the chin:

cod

pseudo antonyms

Meaning truly what something is said to be; authentic:

genuine

Translation of pseudo

Anagrams of pseudo

psuedo, souped

Words that rhyme with pseudo

Eudo

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