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1. Not genuine; imitating something superior
   "counterfeit emotion"; "counterfeit money"; "counterfeit works of art"; "a counterfeit prince"
   - imitative

1. A copy that is represented as the original
   - forgery

1. Make a copy of with the intent to deceive
   "they counterfeited dollar bills"
   - forge, fake

Derived forms: counterfeits, counterfeiting, counterfeited

See also: artificial, assumed, bad, base, bogus, cod [Brit], counterfeiter, fake, false, fictitious, fictive, forged, inauthentic, insincere, mock, ostensible, ostensive, phoney, phony, pinchbeck, pretended, pseudo, put on, sham, spurious, synthetic, unauthentic, unreal

Type of: imitation, re-create

Antonym: genuine

Encyclopedia: Counterfeit