The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 4 letter word FAKE , but the solution may also be ERSATZ which is one of the most recent solution (2023 in LA Times).
Not genuine crossword clue answers
Here's a list of possible crossword answers ranked by the most likely to least likely.
| Answer | Likelyness | Letters |
|---|---|---|
| FAKE | 14 % | 4 |
| PSEUDO | 14 % | 6 |
| BOGUS | 14 % | 5 |
| ERSATZ | 10 % | 6 |
| IMITATION | 5 % | 9 |
| FEIGNED | 5 % | 7 |
| ACTED | 5 % | 5 |
| SYNTHETIC | 5 % | 9 |
| FAUX | 5 % | 4 |
| PHONY | 5 % | 5 |
| FALSE | 5 % | 5 |
| SHAM | 5 % | 4 |
| UNTRUE | 5 % | 6 |
| SPURIOUS | 5 % | 8 |
Why may ERSATZ be the right solution?
The word "ERSATZ" means not genuine or fake. It is often used to describe something that is a substitute or imitation of the real thing. Therefore, "ERSATZ" is the right answer for the clue "Not genuine."
Words with a meaning similar to the clue: Not genuine
These words may or may not be a possible solution to this crosswords clue.- fake
- false
- bogus
- spurious
- phony
- phoney
- fraudulent
- dubious
- erroneous
- specious
- nonsensical
- ridiculous
Crossword Answer definitions
FAKE noun- Something which is not genuine, or is presented fraudulently.
- A trick; a swindle.
- A move meant to deceive an opposing player, used for gaining advantage for example when dribbling an opponent.
- To cheat; to swindle; to steal; to rob.
- To modify fraudulently, so as to make an object appear better or other than it really is
- To make a counterfeit, to counterfeit, to forge, to falsify.
- To make a false display of, to affect, to feign, to simulate.
- Not real; false, fraudulent.
- (of people) Insincere.
- One of the circles or windings of a cable or hawser, as it lies in a coil; a single turn or coil.
- To coil (a rope, line, or hawser), by winding alternately in opposite directions, in layers usually of zigzag or figure of eight form, to prevent twisting when running out.
More crossword clues leading to the same solutions
Here's a few more crossword clues - all leading to the identical solution
More clues leading to the result FAKE
More clues leading to the result PSEUDO
- Spurious
- False
- False start?
- Prefix meaning "false"
- False front?
- Prefix meaning "fake"
- Pretended
- Prefix with science
- False: Pref.
- Prefix with intellectual
More clues leading to the result BOGUS
- Fraudulent
- Like funny money
- Like the Piltdown Man
- Phony
- Sham
- Fake
- Like a three-dollar bill
- Like a slug
- Not legitimate
- Counterfeit
More clues leading to the result ERSATZ
- Artificial
- Being an inferior substitute
- Imitation
- Manufactured
- Faux
- Fake
- Margarine, vis- -vis butter
- Sham
- Mock
- Not the real thing
More clues leading to the result IMITATION
- Dupe
- Faux
- Fake
- Knockoff
- "___ of Christ."—Kempis.
- Counterfeit.
- Not the real McCoy.
- Not the real thing.
- Ersatz
- Copy
More clues leading to the result FEIGNED
More clues leading to the result ACTED
- Played the part
- Did summer stock
- Officiated
- Played Polonius
- Portrayed
- Hammed it up
- Hit the big screen
- Took a role
- Took measures
- Behaved
More clues leading to the result SYNTHETIC
More clues leading to the result FAUX
- Artificial
- Imitation
- Imitation, in jewelry ads
- ___ pas
- Beatles tribute band The Fab ___
- Not genuine, as jewels
- --pas: error
- ___ pas: slip
- Ersatz
- Not real
More clues leading to the result PHONY
More clues leading to the result FALSE
- Like some pretenses or teeth
- Kind of alarm or arrest
- Distorted
- Phoney baloney
- Exam answer
- Quiz choice
- Phony
- Quiz answer
- Like a whopper
- Counterfeit
More clues leading to the result SHAM
- Bogus
- Decorative cover
- Fake
- Pillow cover
- Pillow protector
- Sam the __ and the Pharaohs
- Bedding item
- Deceit
- Fraud
- Hoax
More clues leading to the result UNTRUE
- Not right
- Disloyal
- Just not so
- Like many rumors
- Made up
- False
- Like a fabrication
- Contrary to fact
- Proven wrong
- Fictitious