Meanings
- not comparableFake (as documents); falsified.
Forged identification documents were used to enter the building.
1 more example
Toward the end of the war, Benoit was sent off on his own with forged papers; he wound up working as a horse groom at a chalet in the Loire valley. Mandelbrot describes this harrowing youth with great sangfroid.
2013 January 28, Brian Hayes, “Father of Fractals”, in American Scientist, volume 101, number 1, page 62
- participlepastpast participle of forge. To force forward against opposition.
He forged forward against the current, even as it tried to sweep him down river.
Synonyms & antonyms
adjectivereproduced fraudulently
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Translations
French falsifié
- falsifiéfake (as documents)
German gefälscht, Schmiede-
- gefälschtfake (as documents)
- Schmiede-fabricated by forging
- geschmiedetfabricated by forging
Persian ساختگی
- ساختگی (sâxtegi)fake (as documents)
Polish podrobiony, fałszywy
- podrobionyfake (as documents)
- fałszywyfake (as documents)
- kutyfabricated by forging
Portuguese forjado, forjado
- forjadofake (as documents)
- forjadofabricated by forging
Romanian făurit
- făuritfabricated by forging
Russian поддельный, кованый
- поддельный (poddelʹnyj)fake (as documents)
- кованый (kovanyj)fabricated by forging
Spanish falsificado, forjado
- falsificadofake (as documents)
- forjadofabricated by forging
Turkish sahte, dövülü
- sahtefake (as documents)
- dövülüfabricated by forging
Rhymes & wordplay
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Cite this entry
forged. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/forged
“forged.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/forged. Accessed November 2, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “forged,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/forged.
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