Fake and Mythical

Fake

Fake adjective - Being such in appearance only and made with or manufactured from usually cheaper materials.

Mythical and fake are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Mythical" instead an adjective "Fake".

Nearby Words: faked, faking, faker

Mythical

Mythical adjective - Based on, described in, or being a myth.

Fake and mythical are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Fake" instead an adjective "Mythical".

Nearby Words: myth, mythic

Both words in one sentence

  • So, with the help of Wiley (voiced by Ray Goulding), he puts together a scam: a fake holiday where everyone gives everyone else gifts, in the name of a mythical figure called Santa Claus.
    Source: You Mean Xmas
  • Western Animation / The Last Unicorn When Mommy Fortuna catches a real mythical creature (the Unicorn) humans can't see the horn so she must put a fake one on her to make them believe she's a real unicorn.
  • Bookcase Passage In one of the stories in The Incredulity of Father Brown, a decaying manor house occupied by an Impoverished Patrician family has a secret passage hidden by a fake bookcase filled with books about mythical and fraudulent topics.
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