ersatz | Definition of ersatz

Synonyms and Antonyms of ersatz

being such in appearance only and made with or manufactured from usually cheaper materials

like everything else the restaurant served, the whipped cream on the dessert was ersatz

Synonyms of ersatz

artificial, bogus, dummy, factitious, fake, false, faux, imitation, imitative, man-made, mimic, mock, pretend, sham, simulated, substitute, synthetic

Words Related to ersatz

cultured, manufactured, process

adulterated, designer, doctored, engineered, fudged, juggled, manipulated, tampered (with)

concocted, fabricated

counterfeit, deceptive, forged, fraudulent, misleading, phony (also phoney)

affected, brummagem, feigned, pinchbeck, pseudo, spurious

Near Antonyms of ersatz

authentic, bona fide, legitimate, true

premium, quality, valuable

pure, unadulterated

Antonyms of ersatz

genuine, natural, real