Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun fakeer
1 sense of fakeer
Sense 1
fakir, fakeer, faqir, faquir -- (a Muslim or Hindu mendicant monk who is regarded as a holy man)
=> saint, holy man, holy person, angel -- (person of exceptional holiness)
=> Muslim, Moslem -- (a believer in or follower of Islam)
Antonyms of adj fake
2 senses of fake
Sense 1
bogus, fake, phony, phoney, bastard -- (fraudulent; having a misleading appearance)
INDIRECT (VIA counterfeit) -> genuine, echt -- (not fake or counterfeit; "a genuine Picasso"; "genuine leather")
Sense 2
fake, false, faux, imitation, simulated -- (not genuine or real; being an imitation of the genuine article; "it isn't fake anything; it's real synthetic fur"; "faux pearls"; "false teeth"; "decorated with imitation palm leaves"; "a purse of simulated alligator hide")
INDIRECT (VIA artificial) -> natural -- (existing in or produced by nature; not artificial or imitation; "a natural pearl"; "natural gas"; "natural silk"; "natural blonde hair"; "a natural sweetener"; "natural fertilizers")
Similarity of adj fake
2 senses of fake
Sense 1
bogus, fake, phony, phoney, bastard -- (fraudulent; having a misleading appearance)
=> counterfeit (vs. genuine), imitative -- (not genuine; imitating something superior; "counterfeit emotion"; "counterfeit money"; "counterfeit works of art"; "a counterfeit prince")
Sense 2
fake, false, faux, imitation, simulated -- (not genuine or real; being an imitation of the genuine article; "it isn't fake anything; it's real synthetic fur"; "faux pearls"; "false teeth"; "decorated with imitation palm leaves"; "a purse of simulated alligator hide")
=> artificial (vs. natural), unreal -- (contrived by art rather than nature; "artificial flowers"; "artificial flavoring"; "an artificial diamond"; "artificial fibers"; "artificial sweeteners")