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superfake

superfake noun: a highly realistic counterfeit.

Noun

superfake (plural superfakes)

  1. A highly realistic counterfeit.
    • In the pandemic, superfakes went supernova: A killer combo of quarantine malaise, frenzied stimulus-check hobby spending and the rise of sales via social-media sites like Instagram has propelled consumers’ awareness of — and fervor for — these hyperrealistic copycats to new heights.2023 May 4, Amy X. Wang, Grant Cornett, “Inside the Delirious Rise of ‘Superfake’ Handbags”, in The New York Times, →ISSN

Adjective

superfake (not comparable)

  1. Very fake.
    • There was something behind that superfake smile of hers (a whiff of desperation?) that made Tiernan pretty sure Summer wasn't here to reconnect with her old middle school pals.2012, Hilary Weisman Graham, Reunited, Simon and Schuster, →ISBN, page 35

Forms of superfake

pluralsuperfakes

Origin of superfake

From super- + fake.

Questions about superfake

What does superfake mean?
Superfake means a highly realistic counterfeit.
What part of speech is superfake?
Superfake can be a noun or an adjective.
What is the plural of superfake?
The plural of superfake is superfakes.

Words near superfake in the dictionary

  1. superfactorials
  2. superfactors
  3. superfacts
  4. superfair
  5. superfairness
  6. superfake
  7. superfakes
  8. superfalse
  9. superfalsehood
  10. superfalsity
  11. superfamilial

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Adapted from Wiktionary: superfake (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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