forged
Hammered into shape
Forged describes something shaped by heating and hammering metal, or made through intense pressure and effort: a forged iron gate, a friendship forged in wartime.
The word also means fraudulently produced to deceive: a forged signature, forged documents.
These senses share the idea of something deliberately made—one through craft, the other through deception.
Involving intentional dishonesty
- fakeNot the real thing
- bogusCounterfeit or fraudulent
- phonyFraudulent person or thing
- falsifiedMade deliberately inaccurate
sham · spurious · fabricated · counterfeit · fraudulent documents · fake passport · altered · tampered
Metal-shaping block
- blacksmithIron-shaping craftsperson
- hammerTool for striking nails
- tongsHinged grasping utensil
- foundryMetal casting facility
smelting · welding · casting · furnace · bellows · quenching · tempering · ironwork
Made tough or unfeeling
- temperedStrengthened through heat treatment
- strengthenedMade more robust
- toughenedMade more durable
- reinforcedMade more resistant
resilient · durable · robust · sturdy · solid · battle-tested · tested · proven
Cut to create form
- blazedBurned with intensity
- pioneeredOriginated or developed first
- createdCaused to exist
- madeProduced or constructed
established · built · constructed · shaped · formed · hewn · cut · cleared
Binding tie or connection
- partnershipShared business arrangement
- agreementShared position between parties
- pactFormal agreement between parties
- treatyBinding pact between nations
union · coalition · relationship · connection · link · ties · unity · compact
fraudulent
Involving intentional dishonesty
falsified · sham · spurious · fabricated · counterfeit · fraudulent documents · fake passport · altered · tampered · doctored
anvil
Metal-shaping block
- blacksmithIron-shaping craftsperson
- hammerTool for striking nails
- tongsHinged grasping utensil
foundry · smelting · welding · casting · furnace · bellows · quenching · tempering · ironwork · steel
hardened
Made tough or unfeeling
- temperedStrengthened through heat treatment
- strengthenedMade more robust
- toughenedMade more durable
reinforced · resilient · durable · robust · sturdy · solid · battle-tested · tested · proven · unbreakable
carved
Cut to create form
made · established · built · constructed · shaped · formed · hewn · cut · cleared · trailblazed
bond
Binding tie or connection
- partnershipShared business arrangement
- agreementShared position between parties
- pactFormal agreement between parties
treaty · union · coalition · relationship · connection · link · ties · unity · compact · accord
hook
Curved catching device
- falsifiedfalsified, doctored, fabricated, fake, faked
- authenticityauthentic, genuine, real, fake, counterfeit
- fakefake, phony, bogus, sham, counterfeit
- fake goodsfake, counterfeit, knockoff, imitation, replica
- madehandmade, crafted, built, constructed, assembled
- authorshipauthorship, author bio, byline, attributed, credited
forgedgenuine
Truly what it claims
authentic · real · legitimate · original · bona fide
forgednatural
Not artificially produced
organic · spontaneous · unformed · raw · unconstructed
- forged aheadAdvanced with determination
- forge aheadProceed with determination
- forging aheadContinuing with determination
- art forgeryFaking valuable artwork
- forged documentsFraudulently created official papers
- forged signatureFraudulently imitated handwritten name
forge, forgery, forging, forger, forge ahead, forges, forgers, forgeries, reforge