ERSATZ Synonyms

• not genuine or real; being an imitation of the genuine article

• the doctrine that representations of nature or human behavior should be accurate imitations

• something copied or derived from an original

• copying (or trying to copy) the actions of someone else

• a representation of a person that is exaggerated for comic effect

• not genuine or real; being an imitation of the genuine article

• a person or thing that takes or can take the place of another

• an athlete who plays only when a starter on the team is replaced

• someone who takes the place of another (as when things get dangerous or difficult)

• capable of substituting in any of several positions on a team

• serving or used in place of another

• artificial and inferior

• put in the place of another; switch seemingly equivalent items

• be a substitute

• act as a substitute

• a reproduction of a written record (e.g. of a legal or school record)

• a thing made to be similar or identical to another thing

• matter to be printed; exclusive of graphical materials

• material suitable for a journalistic account

• copy down as is

• reproduce someone's behavior or looks

• reproduce or make an exact copy of

• make a replica of

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

• a person who makes deceitful pretenses

• (football) a deceptive move made by a football player

• fraudulent; having a misleading appearance

• not genuine or real; being an imitation of the genuine article

• make a copy of with the intent to deceive

• tamper, with the purpose of deception

• speak insincerely or without regard for facts or truths

• copy that is not the original; something that has been copied

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

• a person who makes deceitful pretenses

• adopted in order to deceive

• make a pretence of

• make believe with the intent to deceive

• not genuine or real; being an imitation of the genuine article

• reproduced or made to resemble; imitative in character

• involving or of the nature of synthesis (combining separate elements to form a coherent whole) as opposed to analysis

• systematic combining of root and modifying elements into single words

• of a proposition whose truth value is determined by observation or facts

• a compound made artificially by chemical reactions

• not of natural origin; prepared or made artificially

• artificial as if portrayed in a film

• not genuine or natural

• cake flavored with ginger

• get rid of (someone who may be a threat) by killing

• cut the price of

• take by theft

• write quickly

• stop pursuing or acting