COUNTERFEITER (counterfeiter)

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Irregular inflected form: counterfeiter   

 Dictionary entry overview: What does counterfeiter mean? 

• COUNTERFEITER (noun)
  The noun COUNTERFEITER has 1 sense:

1. someone who makes copies illegally

  Familiarity information: COUNTERFEITER used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• COUNTERFEITER (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Someone who makes copies illegally

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Synonyms:

counterfeiter; forger

Hypernyms ("counterfeiter" is a kind of...):

beguiler; cheat; cheater; deceiver; slicker; trickster (someone who leads you to believe something that is not true)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "counterfeiter"):

coiner (a maker of counterfeit coins)

paperhanger (someone who passes bad checks or counterfeit paper money)

Derivation:

counterfeit (make a copy of with the intent to deceive)