Artificial
Artificial adjective - Being such in appearance only and made with or manufactured from usually cheaper materials.
Usage example: artificial fruit made from wax
Deceptive and artificial are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Deceptive" instead an adjective "Artificial".
Nearby Words: artifice, artificially
Deceptive
Deceptive adjective - Tending or having power to deceive.
Usage example: in his deceptive answer about the vehicle's history, the salesman said that the used car had never been hit by another car
Artificial and deceptive are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Artificial" instead an adjective "Deceptive".
Mutual synonyms
Related pairs
- sham and artificial
- sham and deceptive
- fake and artificial
- fake and deceptive
- phony and artificial
- phony and deceptive
- counterfeit and artificial
- counterfeit and deceptive
- artful and artificial
- artful and deceptive
- false and artificial
- false and deceptive
- fraudulent and artificial
- fraudulent and deceptive
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