forgeable

Able to hammer

Forgeable describes something that can be forged.

Metal is forgeable when it can be heated and shaped: Iron is more forgeable than cast steel.

Documents or signatures are forgeable when they can be convincingly faked: Her handwriting was too distinctive to be easily forgeable.

In computing, forgeable refers to data that can be falsified or spoofed: forgeable IP addresses.

counterfeit

fake

Not the real thing

replicable · copyable · spurious · bogus · duplicable · fabricated · knockoff · phony · sham · deceptive

metalworking

anvil

Metal-shaping block

tongs · furnace · heat · temper · quench · cast · foundry · smelting · welding · ironwork

malleable

ductile

Able to deform permanently

shapable · bendable · plastic · yielding · soft · formable · transformable · annealed · softened

metals

iron

Element twenty-six

  • steelCarbon-hardened iron alloy
  • bronzeCopper-tin alloy
  • copperReddish-brown metallic element

alloy · titanium · aluminum · brass · wrought-iron · nickel · cobalt · magnesium

vulnerable

exploitable

Able to be abused

manipulable · crackable · bypassable · insecure

Opposites
material workability

forgeableunforgeable

Impossible to falsely replicate

unworkable · brittle · inflexible · rigid · refractory

document/signature authenticity

forgeableunforgeable

Impossible to falsely replicate

tamper-proof · secure · inimitable · uncopyable · unduplicable

Family

forge, forgery, forged, fabricate, fabrication, forging, forger, forges, forgers

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