ersatz
/AIR-zahts/adjectiveused as an inferior substitute; artificial
“The café serves an ersatz espresso from pods.”
- Synonyms
- fake, imitation, substitute
- Antonyms
- genuine, authentic
- Memory hook
- ersatz: German for replacement — never the real thing.
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