Synonyms of bogus

bogus

adjective

ˈbō-gəs 

1

as in fake

being such in appearance only and made with or manufactured from usually cheaper materials

for that price, you're only going to get furniture covered in bogus leather and not the real stuff

Synonyms & Similar Words

• fake
• faux
• synthetic
• simulated
• artificial
• false
• dummy
• imitation
• imitative
• mock
• ersatz
• sham
• manufactured
• factitious
• counterfeit
• substitute
• pretend
• mimic
• deceptive
• designer
• process
• man-made
• fraudulent
• manipulated
• misleading
• fabricated
• forged
• unauthentic
• pseudo
• engineered
• phoney
• concocted
• phony
• cultured
• adulterated
• spurious
• doctored
• fudged
• feigned
• affected
• juggled
• tampered (with)
• pinchbeck
• brummagem

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• real
• genuine
• natural
• true
• legitimate
• authentic
• valuable
• bona fide
• pure
• quality
• premium
• unadulterated

2

as in counterfeit

being such in appearance only and made or manufactured with the intention of committing fraud

the "designer" watches sold on the street are usually bogus

Synonyms & Similar Words

• counterfeit
• fake
• false
• forged
• phoney
• phony
• spurious
• inauthentic
• sham
• imitation
• ornamental
• snide
• manufactured
• unauthentic
• synthetic
• artificial
• deceptive
• misleading
• mock
• simulated
• queer
• dummy
• factitious
• substitute
• fabricated
• mimic
• cultured
• nonfunctioning
• delusive
• man-made

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• real
• genuine
• authentic
• bona fide
• natural
• actual
• true
• unfaked
• valid

3

as in false

lacking in natural or spontaneous quality

there was often a lot of bogus conviviality at the company's parties

Synonyms & Similar Words

• false
• mock
• fake
• unnatural
• strained
• pseudo
• exaggerated
• mechanical
• artificial
• affected
• simulated
• phony
• spurious
• phoney
• contrived
• assumed
• sham
• forced
• plastic
• factitious
• theatrical
• theatric
• feigned
• cute
• pretended
• unreal
• empty
• hollow
• put-on
• automatic
• calculated
• manufactured
• unrealistic
• formal
• unauthentic
• deliberate
• pat
• hypocritical
• insincere
• fabricated
• canned
• stiff
• hokey
• concocted
• conventional
• labored
• melodramatic
• facile
• unctuous
• wooden
• histrionic
• conscious
• rigid
• impersonal
• stylized
• mealy
• cultivated
• mincing
• premeditated
• two-faced
• cutesy
• artful
• mealymouthed
• overdone
• genteel
• studied
• simpering
• double-dealing
• inflexible
• overacted
• goody-goody
• overrefined
• left-handed

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• genuine
• real
• true
• natural
• spontaneous
• unaffected
• authentic
• realistic
• artless
• right
• bona fide
• sincere
• honest
• easy
• ingenuous
• unforced
• unfeigned
• uncontrived
• smooth
• effortless
• unconscious
• impromptu
• instinctive
• impulsive
• extemporaneous
• unpretending
• unstudied
• unrehearsed
• unprompted

Examples of bogus in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Dozens of bogus testimonies from American actors, singers and athletes about Republican nominee Trump and his Democratic rival Kamala Harris have proliferated on social media ahead of the November election, researchers say, many of them enabled by artificial intelligence image generators. —Chris Morris, Fortune, 20 Sep. 2024

Call the sender to confirm Some scammers are physically pasting bogus codes over legitimate ones. —Alex Perry, The Enquirer, 26 Sep. 2024

There’s demand for this feature because U.S. bank-to-bank transfers can take days to settle–bad actors can exploit the delay by withdrawing money before a (bogus) transaction is finalized. —Jeff Kauflin, Forbes, 25 Sep. 2024

In early 2023, as the drivers were continuing to organize, Amazon began grounding his vehicles for what Ervin described as bogus reasons during daily safety checks that had never raised issues before, such as a scratch on a rear light and a slightly bent license plate. —Tribune News Service, The Mercury News, 24 Sep. 2024

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