fakin'

Putting on act

Fakin' is a casual spelling of faking, representing dropped-g pronunciation in speech.

It means pretending or counterfeiting: Quit fakin', I know you're awake.

Common in hip-hop and informal writing to convey authentic speech patterns: Stop fakin' the funk.

performance

acting

Temporarily holding position

play-actingInsincere dramatic behavior
role-playingActing out characters
pretendingSimulating what isn't real

feigning · theatrics · dramatizing · posturing · hamming · mugging · pantomiming · staging · performing · make-believe

deception

pretending

Simulating what isn't real

bluffingDeceiving about one's position
deceivingCausing false belief
conningDefrauding through deception

scamming · swindling · duping · misleading · tricking · lying · fibbing · fronting · posing · dissembling

slang

frontin'

Projecting false image

bullSteer before castration
phonyFraudulent person or thing
bogusCounterfeit or fraudulent

imitation

copying

Reproducing something exactly

mimickingCopying another's behavior
imitatingCopying another's manner
counterfeitingMaking fake money

forging · knockoff · replica · reproducing · cloning · aping · parroting · emulating · mirroring · simulating

Opposites

authenticity

fakin'staying true

Maintaining loyalty or integrity

honesty in action

fakin'telling the truth

leveling · coming clean

Phrases

faking itPerforming authenticity without possessing it
faking illness
faking injuryPretending to be hurt
future fakingInsincere pledges about tomorrow
faking it until one makes itProjecting unearned confidence strategically

Family

Familiarity: Top 500,000
Profile: Known to kids · Used worldwide · Timeless · Abstract · Negative · Everyday, not technical · Rated G