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Definitions for Faker

[1] a person who fakes.
[2] a petty swindler.
[3] a peddler or street vendor of articles of dubious value.
[4] prepare or make (something specious, deceptive, or fraudulent): to fake a report showing nonexistent profits.
[5] to conceal the defects of or make appear more attractive, interesting, valuable, etc., usually in order to deceive: The story was faked a bit to make it more sensational.
[6] to pretend; simulate: to fake illness.
[7] to accomplish by trial and error or by improvising: I don't know the job, but I can fake it.
[8] to trick or deceive (an opponent) by making a fake (often followed by out ): The running back faked out the defender with a deft move and scored.
[9] Jazz . to improvise: to fake an accompaniment. to play (music) without reading from a score.
[10] to fake something; pretend.
[11] to give a fake to an opponent.
[12] anything made to appear otherwise than it actually is; counterfeit: This diamond necklace is a fake.
[13] a person who fakes; faker: The doctor with the reputed cure for cancer proved to be a fake.
[14] a spurious report or story.
[15] Sports . a simulated play or move intended to deceive an opponent.
[16] designed to deceive or cheat; not real; counterfeit.
[17] fake out , Slang . to trick; deceive: She faked me out by acting friendly and then stole my job. to surprise, as by a sudden reversal: They thought we weren't coming back, but we faked them out by showing up during dinner.
[18] (tr) to cause (something inferior or not genuine) to appear more valuable, desirable, or real by fraud or pretence
[19] to pretend to have (an illness, emotion, etc) to fake a headache
[20] to improvise (music, stage dialogue, etc)
[21] an object, person, or act that is not genuine; sham, counterfeit, or forgery
[22] not genuine; spurious
[23] (tr usually foll by down ) to coil (a rope) on deck
[24] one round of a coil of rope

Words related to Faker

quack, impersonator, fraud, liar, mountebank, deceiver, impostor, phony, forger, counterfeiter, pretender, fabricator, charlatan, shammer

Words nearby Faker

fajita, fajitas, fake, fake book, fake news, faker, fakery, fakir, fal la, falafel, falange

Origin of Faker

11805–15; orig. vagrants' slang: to do for, rob, kill (someone), shape (something); perhaps variant of obsolete feak, feague to beat, akin to Dutch veeg a slap, vegen to sweep, wipe

Words that may be confused with Faker

faker, fakir

Word origin for Faker

Middle English faken , perhaps via Lingua Franca from Italian facciare to make or do; see fake 1

Synonyms for Faker

charlatan, coiner, counterfeiter, deceiver, fabricator, forger, fraud, impersonator, impostor, liar, mountebank, phony, pretender, quack, shammer