Definition of counterfeits Counterfeits

/kawˈntɚfɪˌts/ - [kawnterfits] -

We found 3 definitions of counterfeits from 2 different sources.

What does counterfeits mean?

Wiktionary

counterfeits (Noun)
Plural of counterfeit.

Part of speech

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counterfeits, verb, present, 3rd person singular of counterfeit (infinitive).
counterfeits, noun, plural of counterfeit.

WordNet

Noun Plural: counterfeits
counterfeit - a copy that is represented as the original
		forgery
		imitation copying (or trying to copy) the actions of someone else
Adjective
counterfeit - not genuine; imitating something superior; "counterfeit emotion"; "counterfeit money"; "counterfeit works of art"; "a counterfeit prince"
		imitative
		echt, genuine not fake or counterfeit; "a genuine Picasso"; "genuine leather"
		artificial, unreal artificially formal; "that artificial humility that her husband hated"; "contrived coyness"; "a stilted letter of acknowledgment"; "when people try to correct their speech they develop a stilted pronunciation"
		false (used especially of persons) not dependable in devotion or affection; unfaithful; "a false friend"; "when lovers prove untrue"
		insincere lacking sincerity; "a charming but thoroughly insincere woman"; "their praise was extravagant and insincere"
		unreal lacking in reality or substance or genuineness; not corresponding to acknowledged facts or criteria; "ghosts and other unreal entities"; "unreal propaganda serving as news"
		assumed, pretended, put on, sham, fictitious, fictive, false 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"
		forged, bad feeling physical discomfort or pain (`tough' is occasionally used colloquially for `bad'); "my throat feels bad"; "she felt bad all over"; "he was feeling tough after a restless night"
		base debased; not genuine; "an attempt to eliminate the base coinage"
		bastard, bogus, phoney, phony, fake fraudulent; having a misleading appearance
		inauthentic, unauthentic, spurious intended to deceive; "a spurious work of art"
		mock constituting a copy or imitation of something; "boys in mock battle"
		ostensible, ostensive represented or appearing as such; pretended; "His ostensible purpose was charity, his real goal popularity"
		pinchbeck serving as an imitation or substitute; "pinchbeck heroism"
		pseudo (often used in combination) not genuine but having the appearance of; "a pseudo esthete"; "pseudoclassic"

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Wiktionary

counterfeit (Noun)
A non-genuine article; a fake.
counterfeit (Noun)
One who counterfeits; a counterfeiter.
counterfeit (Verb)
To falsely produce what appears to be official or valid; to produce a forged copy of.
counterfeit (Verb)
To produce a faithful copy of.
counterfeit (Verb)
To feign; to mimic.
counterfeit (Verb)
Of a turn or river card, to invalidate a player's hand by making a better hand on the board.
counterfeit (Adjective)
False, especially of money; intended to deceive or carry appearance of being genuine.
counterfeit (Adjective)
Inauthentic.

Webster DictionaryWebster's Unabridged Dictionary 📘

counterfeit (adv.)
Representing by imitation or likeness; having a resemblance to something else; portrayed.
counterfeit (adv.)
Fabricated in imitation of something else, with a view to defraud by passing the false copy for genuine or original; as, counterfeit antiques; counterfeit coin.
counterfeit (adv.)
Assuming the appearance of something; false; spurious; deceitful; hypocritical; as, a counterfeit philanthropist.
counterfeit (n.)
That which resembles or is like another thing; a likeness; a portrait; a counterpart.
counterfeit (n.)
That which is made in imitation of something, with a view to deceive by passing the false for the true; as, the bank note was a counterfeit.
counterfeit (n.)
One who pretends to be what he is not; one who personates another; an impostor; a cheat.
counterfeit (v. t.)
To imitate, or put on a semblance of; to mimic; as, to counterfeit the voice of another person.
counterfeit (v. t.)
To imitate with a view to deceiving, by passing the copy for that which is original or genuine; to forge; as, to counterfeit the signature of another, coins, notes, etc.
counterfeit (v. i.)
To carry on a deception; to dissemble; to feign; to pretend.
counterfeit (v. i.)
To make counterfeits.

OmegaWiki DictionaryOmegaWiki Dictionary Ω

counterfeit
A copy that is represented as the original.
counterfeit
Not genuine; imitating something superior.
counterfeit
To make a copy of with the intent to deceive.

Chambers DictionaryChamber's 20th Century Dictionary 📕

counterfeit
kown′tėr-fit, -fēt, v.t. to imitate: to copy without authority: to forge.—n. something false or copied, or that pretends to be true and original.—adj. pretended: made in imitation of: forged: false.—n. Coun′terfeiter, one who counterfeits.—adv. Coun′terfeitly, in a counterfeit manner: falsely.—n. Coun′ter-fes′ance (Spens.), act of counterfeiting: forgery. [O. Fr. contrefet, from contrefaire, to imitate—L. contra, against, facĕre, to do.]

Part of speech

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counterfeit, verb, present, 1st person singular of counterfeit (infinitive).
counterfeit, verb (infinitive).
counterfeit, noun, singular of counterfeits.