something that is a counterfeit; not what it seems to be

[ Syn: fake , postiche ]

a person who makes deceitful pretenses

[ Syn: imposter , impostor , pretender , fake , faker , fraud , shammer , pseudo , pseud , role player ]

adopted in order to deceive; an assumed name; an assumed cheerfulness; a fictitious address; fictive sympathy; a pretended interest; a put-on childish voice; sham modesty

[ Syn: assumed , false , fictitious , fictive , pretended , put on ]

make a pretence of; She assumed indifference, even though she was seething with anger; he feigned sleep

[ Syn: simulate , assume , feign ]

make believe with the intent to deceive; He feigned that he was ill; He shammed a headache

[ Syn: feign , pretend , affect , dissemble ]