cooked-up

ADJECTIVE

false

Synonyms

STRONGEST

bogus deceitful dishonest distorted erroneous fake fanciful faulty fictitious fraudulent improper inaccurate incorrect invalid misleading mistaken phony specious spurious unfounded unreal untrue untruthful

WEAK

apocryphal beguiling casuistic concocted contrary to fact counterfactual deceiving delusive ersatz fallacious fishy illusive imaginary inexact lying mendacious misrepresentative off the mark sham sophistical trumped-up unsound

Antonyms

STRONGEST

accurate authentic correct fair faithful frank genuine honest moral open proven real right sincere sound true trustworthy truthful valid

WEAK

actual factual just known precise reliable straight substantiated

ADJECTIVE

fictitious

Synonyms

STRONGEST

apocryphal bogus counterfeit fabricated false fanciful fictional imaginary make believe misleading mythical phony sham spurious

WEAK

artificial assumed chimerical concocted created deceptive delusive delusory dishonest ersatz factitious fake faked fantastic fashioned feigned fictive figmental hyped-up illusory imagined improvised invented made mock romantic simulated suppositious supposititious synthetic trumped-up unreal

Antonyms

STRONGEST

authentic factual genuine honest real sincere true truthful

WEAK

actual certain confirmed proven sure

ADJECTIVE

framed

Synonyms

STRONG

faked fixed planted

WEAK

set up trumped-up

ADJECTIVE

invented

Synonyms

STRONGEST

assumed created fabricated fanciful fictional imaginary imagined made-up simulated unreal

STRONG

concocted counterfeit fake faked fashioned feigned improvised made misleading mock sham

WEAK

apocryphal artificial bogus chimerical deceptive delusive delusory dishonest ersatz factitious false fantastic fantastical fictive figmental hyped-up illusory make believe mythical phony romantic spurious suppositious supposititious synthetic trumped-up

Antonyms

STRONGEST

genuine real true

STRONG

truthful

ADJECTIVE

trumped-up

Synonyms

WEAK

bogus concocted deceitful devised dishonest fabricated fake false falsified fictitious fishy framed fraudulent imaginary incorrect invalid invented lying made up misleading phony sham unfounded unsound untrue

Example Sentences

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But the homeless estimates Pratt decries aren’t something those two have cooked up in a boardroom.

From Slate • Jun. 3, 2026

When you consider all the ingredients and put them together in one pot, you could only conclude Novak Djokovic and Joao Fonseca cooked up a French Open classic.

From BBC • May 29, 2026

He’s the set-piece specialist who has cooked up every dead-ball scheme at the club since joining the club from Manchester City in 2021.

From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 26, 2025

According to a blockbuster exposé by Ben Terris at New York Magazine, Noem and Lewandowski cooked up a scheme to have Noem named as Trump’s secretary of homeland security.

From Salon • Oct. 17, 2025

“She cooked up sweet milk for you, too, with nutmeg, cinnamon, and sugar. Said you was to have some with your gingerbread.”

From "Chains" by Laurie Halse Anderson

cooked-up

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