FAUX: Synonyms and Related Words. What is Another Word for FAUX?

Need another word that means the same as “faux”? Find 28 synonyms and 30 related words for “faux” in this overview.

The synonyms of “Faux” are: fake, false, imitation, simulated, imaginary, imagined, pretended, make-believe, made-up, fancied, unreal, fanciful, fictitious, fictive, mythical, feigned, mock, imitative, sham, artificial, ersatz, dummy, spurious, bogus, counterfeit, fraudulent, forged, pseudo

Faux as an Adjective

Definitions of "Faux" as an adjective

According to the Oxford Dictionary of English, “faux” as an adjective can have the following definitions:

• Made in imitation; artificial.
• Not genuine; fake or false.
• Not genuine or real; being an imitation of the genuine article.

Synonyms of "Faux" as an adjective (28 Words)

artificial	Artificially formal. Artificial sweeteners.
bogus	Fraudulent; having a misleading appearance. A bogus insurance claim.
counterfeit	Pretended; sham. Counterfeit works of art.
ersatz	Artificial and inferior. Ersatz emotion.
fake	Not genuine; imitation or counterfeit. Fake designer clothing.
false	Used in names of plants animals and gems that superficially resemble the thing properly so called e g false oat. He was feeding false information to his customers.
fancied	Formed or conceived by the imagination. A fancied wrong.
fanciful	Indulging in or influenced by fancy. A fanciful pattern with intertwined vines and flowers.
feigned	Simulated or pretended; insincere. Feigned sympathy.
fictitious	Occurring in or invented for fiction. A fictitious address.
fictive	Created by the imagination. The novel s fictive universe.
forged	Reproduced fraudulently. A forged twenty dollar bill.
fraudulent	Intended to deceive. Fraudulent psychics.
imaginary	Not based on fact; unreal- F.D.Roosevelt. A small child s imaginary friends.
imagined	(of something unreal or untrue) believed to exist or be so. They suffered from ill health real or imagined throughout their lives.
imitation	Not genuine or real being an imitation of the genuine article. Decorated with imitation palm leaves.
imitative	(of a word) reproducing a natural sound (e.g. fizz) or pronounced in a way that is thought to correspond to the appearance or character of the object or action described (e.g. blob). Acting is an imitative art.
made-up	Having been paved.
make-believe	Imagined as in a play.
mock	Not authentic or real, but without the intention to deceive. Mock GCSEs.
mythical	Based on or told of in traditional stories; lacking factual basis or historical validity. A mythical age of contentment and social order.
pretended	Adopted in order to deceive. Eating ice cream with pretended unconcern.
pseudo	Not genuine; spurious or sham. We are talking about real journalists and not the pseudo kind.
sham	Adopted in order to deceive. A clergyman who arranged a sham marriage.
simulated	Manufactured in imitation of some other material. A simulated leather handbag.
spurious	Intended to deceive. Separating authentic and spurious claims.
unreal	Lacking material form or substance unreal. Ghosts and other unreal entities.

Usage Examples of "Faux" as an adjective

• His faux-macho banter caused offence.
• Their faux concern for the well-being of the voters didn't fool many.
• A faux-fur jacket.
• A rope of faux pearls.
• Faux pearls.

Associations of "Faux" (30 Words)

artifact	A man-made object taken as a whole.
artificial	Artificially formal. An artificial limb.
baloney	Pretentious or silly talk or writing. I don t buy it it s all a load of baloney.
bogus	Not genuine or true (used in a disapproving manner when deception has been attempted. A bogus insurance claim.
charlatan	A person falsely claiming to have a special knowledge or skill. A self confessed con artist and charlatan.
counterfeit	A fraudulent imitation of something else. Counterfeit works of art.
ersatz	An artificial or inferior substitute or imitation. Ersatz coffee.
factitious	Artificially created or developed. A largely factitious national identity.
faithless	Without religious faith. They were ungodly and faithless.
fake	Fraudulent; having a misleading appearance. He faked his own death.
feigned	Simulated or pretended; insincere. Her eyes widened with feigned shock.
feint	A mock attack or movement in warfare, made in order to distract or deceive an enemy. The midfielder feinted to shoot.
forgery	A copy that is represented as the original. He was found guilty of forgery.
hoax	Subject to a playful hoax or joke. A hoax 999 call.
hypocrite	A person who professes beliefs and opinions that he or she does not hold in order to conceal his or her real feelings or motives. The story tells of respectable Ben who turns out to be a cheat and a hypocrite.
imitation	The doctrine that representations of nature or human behavior should be accurate imitations. Decorated with imitation palm leaves.
imitative	Following a model or example without any attempt at originality. I found the film pretentious and imitative.
inauthentic	Not in fact what it is said to be. People close to death could not waste time being inauthentic.
mendacious	Intentionally untrue. A mendacious statement.
mimetic	Characterized by or of the nature of or using mimesis. A mimetic dance.
phony	Fraudulent; having a misleading appearance.
pretended	Adopted in order to deceive. Eating ice cream with pretended unconcern.
pseudo	(often used in combination) not genuine but having the appearance of. We are talking about real journalists and not the pseudo kind.
sham	A person who pretends to be someone or something they are not. She shams indifference.
simulate	Create a representation or model of. It was impossible to force a smile to simulate pleasure.
simulated	(of an emotion) pretended or feigned. She howled in simulated anguish.
specious	Misleading in appearance, especially misleadingly attractive. A specious claim.
spurious	Ostensibly valid, but not actually valid. The dominions of both rulers passed away to their spurious or doubtful offspring.
synthetic	A synthetic material or chemical especially a textile fibre. Synthetic leather.