counterfeit: Meaning and Definition of

coun•ter•feit

1. made in imitation so as to be passed off fraudulently or deceptively as genuine; not genuine; forged: counterfeit dollar bills.
2. pretended; unreal: counterfeit grief.

1. an imitation intended to be passed off fraudulently or deceptively as genuine; forgery.
2. a copy.
3. a close likeness; portrait.
4. impostor; pretender.

1. to make a counterfeit of; imitate fraudulently; forge.
2. to resemble.
3. to simulate.

1. to make counterfeits, as of money.
2. to feign; dissemble.