FAKERY Synonyms
There are 8 hypernyms of the word fakery. (close relations)
Best Alternative Words for FAKERY
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artifice | nounn | |||||||
noun • a deceptive maneuver (especially to avoid capture) | ||||||||
charlatanism | nounn | |||||||
noun • the dishonesty of a charlatan | ||||||||
cheating | nounn | |||||||
noun • a deception for profit to yourself adjective satellite • not faithful to a spouse or lover • violating accepted standards or rules | ||||||||
chicanery | nounn | |||||||
noun • the use of tricks to deceive someone (usually to extract money from them) | ||||||||
craftiness | nounn | |||||||
noun • shrewdness as demonstrated by being skilled in deception • the quality of being crafty | ||||||||
cunning | adjectiveadj | |||||||
noun • shrewdness as demonstrated by being skilled in deception • crafty artfulness (especially in deception) adjective satellite • attractive especially by means of smallness or prettiness or quaintness • marked by skill in deception • showing inventiveness and skill | ||||||||
deceit | nounn | |||||||
noun • the quality of being fraudulent • a misleading falsehood • the act of deceiving | ||||||||
deception | nounn | |||||||
noun • a misleading falsehood • the act of deceiving • an illusory feat; considered magical by naive observers | ||||||||
dishonesty | nounn | |||||||
noun • the quality of being dishonest • lack of honesty; acts of lying or cheating or stealing | ||||||||
duplicity | nounn | |||||||
noun • a fraudulent or duplicitous representation • acting in bad faith; deception by pretending to entertain one set of intentions while acting under the influence of another | ||||||||
forgery | nounn | |||||||
noun • a copy that is represented as the original • criminal falsification by making or altering an instrument with intent to defraud | ||||||||
fraud | nounn | |||||||
noun • intentional deception resulting in injury to another person • a person who makes deceitful pretenses • something intended to deceive; deliberate trickery intended to gain an advantage • the act of swindling by some fraudulent scheme | ||||||||
guile | nounn | |||||||
noun • shrewdness as demonstrated by being skilled in deception • the quality of being crafty • the use of tricks to deceive someone (usually to extract money from them) | ||||||||
hoax | nounn | |||||||
noun • something intended to deceive; deliberate trickery intended to gain an advantage verb • subject to a playful hoax or joke | ||||||||
imposture | nounn | |||||||
noun • pretending to be another person | ||||||||
pretense | nounn | |||||||
noun • the act of giving a false appearance • pretending with intention to deceive • imaginative intellectual play • a false or unsupportable quality • an artful or simulated semblance | ||||||||
sham | nounn | |||||||
noun • something that is a counterfeit; not what it seems to be • a person who makes deceitful pretenses adjective satellite • adopted in order to deceive verb • make a pretence of • make believe with the intent to deceive | ||||||||
skulduggery | nounn | |||||||
noun • verbal misrepresentation intended to take advantage of you in some way | ||||||||
subterfuge | nounn | |||||||
noun • something intended to misrepresent the true nature of an activity | ||||||||
trickery | nounn | |||||||
noun • verbal misrepresentation intended to take advantage of you in some way • the use of tricks to deceive someone (usually to extract money from them) |