Counterfeit - Crossword Clue

Crossword Clue Last Updated: 18/03/2025

Below are possible answers for the crossword clue Counterfeit.

5 letter answer(s) to counterfeit

BOGUS
  1. fraudulent; having a misleading appearance
FORGE
  1. a workplace where metal is worked by heating and hammering
  2. come up with (an idea, plan, explanation, theory, or principle) after a mental effort; "excogitate a way to measure the speed of light"
  3. create by hammering; "hammer the silver into a bowl"; "forge a pair of tongues"
  4. furnace consisting of a special hearth where metal is heated before shaping
  5. make a copy of with the intent to deceive; "he faked the signature"; "they counterfeited dollar bills"; "She forged a Green Card"
  6. make out of components (often in an improvising manner); "She fashioned a tent out of a sheet and a few sticks"
  7. make something, usually for a specific function; "She molded the rice balls carefully"; "Form cylinders from the dough"; "shape a figure"; "Work the metal into a sword"
  8. move ahead steadily; "He forged ahead"
  9. move or act with a sudden increase in speed or energy

6 letter answer(s) to counterfeit

ERSATZ
  1. an artificial or inferior substitute or imitation
  2. artificial and inferior; "ersatz coffee"; "substitute coffee"
  3. Being an imitation or a substitute, usually an inferior one; artificial: ersatz coffee made mostly of chicory

4 letter answer(s) to counterfeit

FAKE
  1. (football) a deceptive move made by a football player
  2. a person who makes deceitful pretenses
  3. fraudulent; having a misleading appearance
  4. make a copy of with the intent to deceive; "he faked the signature"; "they counterfeited dollar bills"; "She forged a Green Card"
  5. not genuine or real; being an imitation of the genuine article; "it isn't fake anything; it's real synthetic fur"; "faux pearls"; "false teeth"; "decorated with imitation palm leaves"; "a purse of simulated alligator hide"
  6. Sham
  7. something that is a counterfeit; not what it seems to be
  8. speak insincerely or without regard for facts or truths; "The politician was not well prepared for the debate and faked it"
  9. tamper, with the purpose of deception; "Fudge the figures"; "cook the books"; "falsify the data"
SHAM
  1. a person who makes deceitful pretenses
  2. 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"
  3. False
  4. make a pretence of; "She assumed indifference, even though she was seething with anger"; "he feigned sleep"
  5. make believe with the intent to deceive;
  6. something that is a counterfeit; not what it seems to be

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