what+it+purports+to+be
31mala fide — (Roget s Thesaurus II) adjective Not being what one purports to be: ambidextrous, disingenuous, insincere, left handed. See HONEST …
32authentic — a. 1. Genuine, real, true, veritable, pure, uncorrupted, unadulterated, not false, not spurious, not fictitious, not apocryphal, what it purports to be. 2. Trustworthy, reliable, authoritative, veritable, true, accurate, according to the facts,… …
33genuine — a. 1. Pure, uncorrupt, unalloyed, unadulterated, true, real, veritable, authentic, what it purports to be. 2. Native, unaffected, sincere …
34sham — /ʃæm / (say sham) noun 1. something that is not what it purports to be; a spurious imitation. 2. Obsolete a hoax. –adjective 3. pretended; counterfeit: sham attacks. 4. designed or used as a sham. –verb (shammed, shamming) –verb (t) 5. to produce …
35specious — specious, spurious Specious, like the Latin word speciosus from which it is derived, began its life meaning ‘having a fine outward appearance’ (from Latin species ‘outward form’), but in the 17c acquired the unfavourable connotations that now… …
36spurious — specious, spurious Specious, like the Latin word speciosus from which it is derived, began its life meaning ‘having a fine outward appearance’ (from Latin species ‘outward form’), but in the 17c acquired the unfavourable connotations that now… …
37colorable — That which is in appearance only, and not in reality, what it purports to be, hence counterfeit, feigned, having the appearance of truth. Windle v. Flinn, 196 Or. 654, 251 P.2d 136, 146 …
38fake — To make or construct falsely. A faked alibi is a made, manufactured, or false alibi. Something that is not what it purports to be; counterfeit. An imposter. See counterfeit forgery …
39colorable — That which is in appearance only, and not in reality, what it purports to be, hence counterfeit, feigned, having the appearance of truth. Windle v. Flinn, 196 Or. 654, 251 P.2d 136, 146 …
40fake — To make or construct falsely. A faked alibi is a made, manufactured, or false alibi. Something that is not what it purports to be; counterfeit. An imposter. See counterfeit forgery …
