Factitious
Factitious adjective - Being such in appearance only and made with or manufactured from usually cheaper materials.
Usage example: presumably the statue is of factitious marble, because for that price you're not going to get the real stuff
Unauthentic and factitious are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Unauthentic" instead an adjective "Factitious".
Nearby Word: factitiously
Unauthentic
Unauthentic adjective - Being such in appearance only and made or manufactured with the intention of committing fraud.
Usage example: trying to sell unauthentic autographs of American presidents
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Synonyms for Unauthentic
Factitious and unauthentic are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Factitious" instead an adjective "Unauthentic".
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Related pairs
- sham and factitious
- sham and unauthentic
- affected and factitious
- affected and unauthentic
- artificial and factitious
- artificial and unauthentic
- fake and factitious
- fake and unauthentic
- ersatz and factitious
- ersatz and unauthentic
- phony and factitious
- phony and unauthentic
- counterfeit and factitious
- counterfeit and unauthentic
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Unauthentic and Factitious. (2016). Retrieved 2026, August 16, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/factitious/unauthentic
Factitious & Unauthentic. N.p., 2016. Web. 16 Aug. 2026. <https://thesaurus.plus/related/factitious/unauthentic>.
Unauthentic or Factitious. 2016. Accessed August 16, 2026. https://thesaurus.plus/related/factitious/unauthentic.
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