counterfeiter Definition

counterfeit
adj

1. Made in imitation of a genuine article, especially with the purpose of deceiving; forged.

Thesaurus: forged, false, fictitious, spurious, ersatz, bogus, fake, pseudo.
2. Not genuine; insincere.

Thesaurus: insincere, assumed, pretended, affected, sham, mock, artificial, staged, put-on.

noun

1. An imitation, especially one designed to deceive; a forgery.

Thesaurus: copy, fake, fraud, imitation, reproduction, sham, phoney.

verb counterfeited, counterfeiting

1. To copy for a dishonest purpose; to forge.
2. To pretend.

Thesaurus: cheat, deceive, dissemble, feign, pretend, simulate.

Derivative: counterfeiter
noun

Etymology: 13c: from French contrefait, ultimately from Latin contra- against + facere to make.