Imitated, simulated, feigned, pretended, etc.: see the verb.

Made in imitation of that which is genuine; imitated, forged: see the verb. Obsolete.

Untruthful, false, mendacious. Obsolete.

Designating something which is not in its pure, genuine, or original form; hybrid, adulterated, debased.

Made in fraudulent imitation of something genuine; counterfeit, false, spurious.

Of apocryphal origin; of spurious creation or character.

Debased or made impure by intermixture or admixture; = adulterated, adj. 2.

Mocking, derisive. Also: mock, sham.

= sophisticated, adj. 3. Obsolete.

That results from adulteration or admixture; counterfeit, impure, debased. Obsolete.

Relating to or characterized by adulteration; that adulterates; admixed, corrupted; debased by contamination. Now rare.

Preceding a noun: designating a person who or thing which parodies, imitates, or deceptively resembles… Of a person. Frequently derogatory.

? Counterfeit, imitation.

figurative. Fabricated, deliberately invented, made up; see the verb.

Military. = false, adj. 14.

That has been adulterated (adulterate, v. 1); made poorer in quality or unusable for its original purpose by the addition of some other substance…

gen. Unreal, counterfeit, sham, ‘imitation’.

Superficially resembling or simulating, but lacking the genuine character or qualities of, something… Of material things.

False, counterfeit. Obsolete. rare.

Falsified, adulterated; impostrous.

Prefixed to adjectives and adverbs, forming compounds with the sense ‘apparently, but not really’, ‘in a counterfeit manner’, ‘pretendingly’.

Not genuine, false. Cf. supposititious, adj. 1b. Obsolete. rare.

Counterfeit, faked.

figurative. Unsubstantial; unreal, one-dimensional.

Falsified in a greater or less degree; not plain, honest, or straightforward.

That is intended to deceive; counterfeit, fictitious, sham. Obsolete.

Designating counterfeit coins manufactured in the English city of Birmingham; (hence) counterfeit, sham, not genuine. Later also: characteristic of…

Of immaterial things: Pretended, feigned, false, counterfeit; not genuine or true. sham fight n. a mimic battle between two divisions of a military…

Falsified; proved false.

Counterfeit, ‘imitation’, sham; not genuine.

attributive. figurative and in extended use. depreciative. With the sense ‘fake, not genuine; cheap, showy, imitation’. Now rare.

figurative. False, counterfeit, substitute; cheap, tawdry.

Not genuine; counterfeit. Cf. Brum, n.1 1.

Esp. of a coin: fake, counterfeit; not genuine. Cf. Brummagem, adj. 1. Obsolete.

Counterfeit, not genuine, sham.

Characterized by spuriousness or falseness.

Counterfeit, spurious, fictitious, sham: ‘originally applied to counterfeit coin’ (Webster).

That imitates the appearance of something else; simulative; fictitious; counterfeit.

attributive or adj. Counterfeit, sham: see sense 4.

That has been doctored (in various senses of the verb); esp. that has been falsified, adulterated, or tampered with.

Counterfeit, artificial; spec. applied to an architectural or sculptural ornament (see quot. 1890). Obsolete. rare.

Chiefly colloquial and derogatory. False or spurious; pretended, fake; so-called. Also, in later use: intellectually or socially pretentious or…

characteristic of Birmingham.

Counterfeit, sham, bogus. Also (more widely): inferior, worthless.

Not authentic.

Counterfeit, imitation, falsified, simulated, spurious; not genuine; bogus, phoney. Of a person: claiming to be, or masquerading or posing as…

Chiefly North American. Esp. of money or a cheque: counterfeit; fraudulent; fake.

Originally and chiefly Australian. Counterfeit; gaudy or cheaply made. Cf. Brummagem, adj. 1.

figurative in reference to tin as a base metal, esp. in comparison with silver: Mean, petty, worthless, counterfeit. (Cf. copper, n.1 compounds…

Made up by the addition of foreign materials; adulterated. Of cotton fabrics: Faced or sized with certain preparations serving to give the…

Originally of money: fake, counterfeit; not genuine.

Forged, counterfeit, falsified; simulated, feigned. Cf. fake, v.2 7.

Worthless, counterfeit, spurious.

Sham, bogus, counterfeit.

Unsatisfactory; disappointing; failing to live up to expectations or hopes.

any of the sham villages said to have been built by Potemkin to give a false impression of prosperity in the Crimea, in advance of Catherine II's…

Made as a mock-up or replica; contrived in imitation, simulated.

Insincere; fake. Also: foolish, stupid.

Australian and New Zealand. Not authentic; false, fake.

British Criminals' slang. False, counterfeit.

Not true or genuine, and thus not worthy of acceptance or belief; inauthentic; (also) not true to life. Cf. authentic, adj. 2a.

Of dubious origins or credentials; not authentic, false, fake, counterfeit. Also bodgied-up.

Of dubious origins or credentials; not authentic, false, fake, counterfeit. Also bodgied-up.