Objects

Synonyms for fake

Synonyms for fake: false and cook. Every one of them is a hand audited pair from the Synonym Stack word bank, shown below in the sense it fits, in a real sentence, and beside the words that only look close.

2 synonyms · Tier 1, Foothills · 1 sense · adjective · a wrong tile in 4 puzzles

The 2 synonyms for fake

Interchangeable with fake in this sense

Audited under fake's own entry, so the meaning quoted is the one fake carries in that sense.

falseadjective, in the sense "not genuine or real"

Recorded from the other side of the pair

These entries were written under the other word and name fake as the true synonym, so the sense quoted is theirs.

cookcook is a verb in the sense "tamper, with the purpose of deception"

one of these comes from fake's own entry in the bank, and one was audited from the other word's side of the pair. Both directions were read by a human, and only the sense quoted differs.

The senseadjectiveTier 1, FoothillsObjects

not genuine or real

It isn't fake anything; it's real synthetic fur.

The sentence the game shows, and the only thing that settles which meaning is meant.

The true synonym

false

Same sentence, swapped: It isn't false anything; it's real synthetic fur.

Close but different

Distractors, not synonyms. This entry has no written reason line yet, so read them against the sentence and the sense above.

following
similar
salt

Where fake turns up in the game

fake is the word under test in one puzzle, at Tier 1, Foothills. It also sits on the board as one of the three wrong tiles in four other puzzles, where the answer is a different word entirely.

The puzzles where fake is the trap

cookverb, Tier 1, Foothills. The answer there is make, in the sense "prepare for eating by applying heat", so fake is there to be ruled out.
falseadjective, Tier 2, Treeline. The answer there is sour, in the sense "inaccurate in pitch", and fake is one of the three tiles that lose.
ghostnoun, Tier 2, Treeline. The answer there is shade, in the sense "a mental representation of some haunting experience", and fake is one of the three tiles that lose.
doubleadjective, Tier 4, High Camp. The answer there is twofold, in the sense "twice as great or many", and fake is one of the three tiles that lose.

Play fake

The bank on this page is the bank the game plays from, so fake reaches you as a board rather than a definition: the sentence first, four tiles, and the meaning after you choose.

Get Synonym Stack free Already installed? Open Synonym Stack

Free with ads on iPhone. Synonym Stack Plus removes them: $2.99 a week, $5.99 a month or $49.99 a year, with a 7 day free trial on the monthly and annual plans.

Compiled by Fable, Editor, Synonym Stack

This page is built from Open English WordNet 2025, with the sense, the sentence, the tier and the near misses read by a human in the July 2026 audit. Nothing on it is written while the page is built.

Read nextThe whole library →

The ring widens as it goes, from objects at Foothills outward to the whole bank.

casenounexamplean occurrence of somethingFoothills2 sensesHas a reason line clubnounninea team of professional baseball players who play and travel togetherFoothills2 sensesHas a reason line clutchverbgripto hold something tightly, often against the risk of losing itFoothillsHas a reason line cornernounboxa predicament from which a skillful or graceful escape is impossibleFoothills2 sensesHas a reason line hookahnounchichaan oriental tobacco pipe with a long flexible tube connected to a container where the smoke is cooled by passing through waterSummit hoopnounringa rigid circular band of metal or wood or other material used for holding or fastening or hanging or pullingRidgeline imagenounprototypea standard or typical exampleTreeline2 sensesHas a reason line pounceverbspringto spring or swoop suddenly to seize somethingFoothillsHas a reason line

One vocabulary, two jobs

fake is an answer in 1 puzzle and a wrong tile in 4. That is how the bank is built, and it is why guessing by vibe stops working around tier three.

Get Synonym Stack freeFree with ads on iPhone. Synonym Stack Plus removes them: $2.99 a week, $5.99 a month or $49.99 a year, with a 7 day free trial on the monthly and annual plans.