What is another word for ersatz?
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Pronunciation:
[ ˈɜːsats], [ ˈɜːsats], [ ˈɜː_s_a_t_s]
Ersatz refers to an inferior imitation or substitute for something authentic or genuine. Synonyms for ersatz include artificial, fake, imitation, counterfeit, synthetic, simulated, faux, pretend, dummy, and mock. These words can be used interchangeably to describe products or items that are imitations or substitutes for something better. For example, artificial sweeteners can be called ersatz sugar substitutes. Similarly, a designer knockoff bag or a fake diamond ring may be referred to as ersatz fashion accessories. The use of these synonyms for ersatz can lend a negative connotation to something that is seen as inauthentic or lacking in quality.
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Similar words for ersatz:
- false (adjective)
- fictitious (adjective)
- pretentious (adjective)
- similar (adjective)
- substitute (adjective)
- all (adjective)
- bogus (adjective)
- counterfeit (adjective)
- invented (adjective)
- mock (adjective)
- plastic (adjective)
- pseudo (adjective)
- sham (adjective)
- spurious (adjective)
- synthetic (adjective)
- unnatural (adjective)
- copy (noun)
- imitation (noun)
- replication (noun)
Synonyms for Ersatz:
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adj.
• false- Misrepresentative ,
- casuistic ,
- contrary to fact ,
- cooked-up ,
- off the mark ,
- sophistical ,
- bummest ,
- contrary fact ,
- cookedup ,
- counter factual ,
- counter-factual ,
- dis guised ,
- dis honest ,
- dis-guised ,
- dis-honest ,
- in accurate ,
- in correct ,
- in valid ,
- in-valid ,
- madeup ,
- makebelieve ,
- mis representative ,
- mis taken ,
- mis-representative ,
- more concocted ,
- more cooked up ,
- more cooked-up ,
- more cookedup ,
- more deceiving ,
- more misrepresentative ,
- more sophistical ,
- most beguiling ,
- most casuistic ,
- most concocted ,
- most cooked up ,
- most cooked-up ,
- most cookedup ,
- most deceiving ,
- most misrepresentative ,
- off mark ,
- so called ,
- socalled ,
- un founded ,
- un sound ,
- un sounder ,
- un truer ,
- un truest ,
- un-founded ,
- un-sound ,
- un-sounder ,
- un-soundest ,
- un-truer ,
- un-truest ,
- un-truthful .
- figmental ,
- invented ,
- trumped-up ,
- more created ,
- more figmental ,
- more trumped up ,
- most created ,
- most figmental ,
- most trumped up ,
- most trumped-up ,
- most trumpedup ,
- trumpedup .
- Impersonating ,
- Masquerading ,
- affected ,
- deceitful ,
- facade ,
- fake ,
- forced ,
- forged ,
- fraudulent ,
- histrionic ,
- imitation ,
- imposture ,
- la-di-da ,
- mannered ,
- mock ,
- ostentatious ,
- overdone ,
- posing ,
- pretentious ,
- showy ,
- stagy ,
- stiff ,
- stilted ,
- studied ,
- theatrical .
- akin ,
- alike ,
- analogous ,
- close ,
- comparable ,
- imitative ,
- like ,
- semblance ,
- similar ,
- such ,
- twin ,
- uniform .
- Substitutive ,
- proxier ,
- vicarial ,
- more another ,
- more backup ,
- more replacement ,
- more reserve ,
- more substitutive ,
- more surrogate ,
- more vicarial ,
- most another ,
- most replacement ,
- most reserve ,
- most substitutive ,
- most surrogate ,
- most vicarial ,
- pro visional ,
- proxiest ,
- re presentative ,
- re serve ,
- re-placement ,
- re-presentative ,
- re-serve .
- dummier ,
- dummiest ,
- fakest ,
- more imitation ,
- most imitation ,
- not what is cracked be ,
- not what is cracked to be ,
- not what is cracked up be ,
- not what is cracked up to be ,
- not what it is cracked be ,
- not what it is cracked to be ,
- not what it is cracked up be ,
- pre tended ,
- pre-tended .
- crockest ,
- mis leading ,
- mis-leading ,
- more affected ,
- more hollywood ,
- more pirate ,
- more put on ,
- more put-on ,
- more puton ,
- most hollywood ,
- most pirate ,
- most put on ,
- most put-on ,
- most puton ,
- pirate ,
- planter ,
- plantest ,
- puton ,
- snide ,
- two faced ,
- twofaced ,
- wont fly .
- more unauthentic ,
- more ungenuine ,
- most unauthentic ,
- most ungenuine ,
- un authentic ,
- un genuine ,
- un-authentic ,
- un-genuine .
- extra-ordinary ,
- in credible ,
- in sincere ,
- in sincerer ,
- in sincerest ,
- in-credible ,
- in-sincere ,
- in-sincerer ,
- in-sincerest ,
- more staged ,
- more unconforming ,
- most staged ,
- super natural ,
- super-natural ,
- un accountable ,
- un cannier ,
- un canniest ,
- un canny ,
- un conforming ,
- un usual ,
- un-cannier ,
- un-canniest ,
- un-conforming ,
- un-natural ,
- un-usual .
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n.
• copy- counter part ,
- counter parts ,
- counter-part ,
- counter-parts ,
- ectypes ,
- ersatzes ,
- micro fiche ,
- micro fiches ,
- micro-fiche ,
- micro-fiches ,
- photo copies ,
- photo-copies ,
- photo-copy ,
- re flection ,
- re flections ,
- re plica ,
- re plication ,
- re presentation ,
- re presentations ,
- re print ,
- re prints ,
- re production ,
- re productions ,
- re-flection ,
- re-flections ,
- re-plica ,
- re-presentations ,
- re-print ,
- re-prints ,
- re-production ,
- re-productions .
Other synonyms:
- instead ,
- simulation .
- pinchbeck .
- copy .
Other relevant words:
- Aped ,
- Colorable ,
- Counterfeited ,
- Counterfeiting ,
- Falsified ,
- Imitated ,
- Mimicked ,
- Pis Aller ,
- SPARES ,
- Subdititious ,
- Substituent ,
- Titivated ,
- agent ,
- alternate ,
- alternative ,
- analogy ,
- apocryphal ,
- arrangement ,
- assumed ,
- backup ,
- bastard ,
- brummagem ,
- celluloid ,
- change ,
- changeling ,
- cheap ,
- chintzy ,
- colored ,
- comparison ,
- composition ,
- concoction ,
- constitution ,
- construction ,
- contrived ,
- copied ,
- crummy ,
- deputy ,
- dishonest ,
- disingenuous ,
- dissimulating ,
- distorted ,
- double ,
- dummy ,
- embellished ,
- embroidered ,
- equal ,
- equivalent ,
- exchange ,
- fable ,
- fabrication ,
- factitious ,
- faked ,
- falsehood ,
- faux ,
- favoring ,
- feigned ,
- fiction ,
- fictitious ,
- fictive ,
- fill-in ,
- following ,
- forgery ,
- garbled ,
- ghost ,
- ghost writer ,
- ghostwriter ,
- glorified ,
- hokey ,
- hollow ,
- homogeneous ,
- hypocritical ,
- identical ,
- illegitimate ,
- incidental ,
- insincere ,
- insubstantial ,
- invention ,
- junky ,
- jury mast ,
- locum tenens ,
- made-up ,
- make-believe ,
- makeshift ,
- man-made ,
- manmade ,
- meretricious ,
- metaphor ,
- metonymy ,
- mimic ,
- model ,
- not genuine ,
- not unlike ,
- paste ,
- pattern ,
- personnel ,
- perverted ,
- phoney ,
- phony ,
- pinch ,
- plagiarized ,
- plastic ,
- pretend ,
- pretended ,
- production ,
- provisional ,
- proxy ,
- pseudo ,
- put on ,
- quasi ,
- queer ,
- quid pro quo ,
- reduplication ,
- relief ,
- replacement ,
- replication ,
- representative ,
- reproduction ,
- reserve ,
- reserves ,
- ringer ,
- scapegoat ,
- secondary ,
- self-styled ,
- sham ,
- shift ,
- shifty ,
- shoddy ,
- sign ,
- simulacre ,
- simulacrum ,
- simulated ,
- smacking of ,
- so-called ,
- soi-disant ,
- something like ,
- spare ,
- spurious ,
- stand-in ,
- stopgap ,
- story ,
- sub ,
- substitute ,
- substitution ,
- succedaneum ,
- sugary ,
- suggestive of ,
- superseder ,
- supplanter ,
- suppositious ,
- supposititious ,
- surrogate ,
- symbol ,
- synecdoche ,
- temporary ,
- temporary expedient ,
- tentative ,
- tin ,
- tinsel ,
- token ,
- trace ,
- transcription ,
- twisted ,
- unauthentic ,
- understudy ,
- ungenuine ,
- unreal ,
- utility ,
- utility player ,
- vicar ,
- vicarious ,
- vice president ,
- vice-regent ,
- warming pan ,
- warped .
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How to use "Ersatz" in context?
Words can never fully capture the depth of feelings that we experience when we lose something, whether it's a loved one, a pet, or a treasured possession. In those moments, when we are all alone and understand what it truly means to feel bereft, we are confronted with our own mortality and the fleeting nature of happiness.
So when something we value is taken away from us, we feel a sense of loss. This is exacerbated when the thing that was taken away was not just something material like a cherished possession, but also a symbol of something deeper, a connection to a person or past event.
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