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phoney
pho·ney P0254100 (fō′nē)adj. & n. Variant of phony.phoney (ˈfəʊnɪ) or phony adj, -nier or -niest1. not genuine; fake2. (of a person) insincere or pretentiousn, pl -neys or -nies3. an insincere or pretentious person4. something that is not genuine; a fake[C20: origin uncertain] ˈphoneyness, ˈphoniness nThesaurus| Noun | 1. |  phoney - a person who professes beliefs and opinions that he or she does not hold in order to conceal his or her real feelings or motivesdissembler, dissimulator, hypocrite, phony, pretenderbeguiler, cheater, deceiver, trickster, slicker, cheat - someone who leads you to believe something that is not truecharmer, smoothie, smoothy, sweet talker - someone with an assured and ingratiating mannerTartufe, Tartuffe - a hypocrite who pretends to religious piety (after the protagonist in a play by Moliere)whited sepulcher, whited sepulchre - a person who is inwardly evil but outwardly professes to be virtuous | | Adj. | 1. | phoney - fraudulent; having a misleading appearancebastard, bogus, fake, phonycounterfeit, imitative - not genuine; imitating something superior; "counterfeit emotion"; "counterfeit money"; "counterfeit works of art"; "a counterfeit prince" |
phoney (Informal)adjective1. fake, affected, assumed, trick, put-on, false, forged, imitation, sham, pseudo (informal), counterfeit, feigned, spurious He used a phoney accent.
fake real, original, genuine, authentic, sincere, unaffected, bona fide, dinkum (Austral & N.Z. informal), unfeigned, unassumed2. bogus, false, fake, pseudo (informal), ersatz phoney `experts'noun1. faker, fraud, fake, pretender, humbug, impostor, pseud (informal) He was a liar, a cheat, and a phoney.2. fake, sham, forgery, counterfeit This passport is a phoney.phony also phoney
adjective1. Fraudulently or deceptively imitative:bogus, counterfeit, fake, false, fraudulent, sham, spurious, suppositious, supposititious.2. Not genuine or sincere:affected, artificial, feigned, insincere, pretended.3. Of or practicing hypocrisy:hypocritical, Pecksniffian, pharisaic, pharisaical, sanctimonious, two-faced.noun1. A fraudulent imitation:counterfeit, fake, forgery, sham.2. One who fakes:charlatan, fake, faker, fraud, humbug, impostor, mountebank, pretender, quack.3. A person who practices hypocrisy:hypocrite, pharisee, tartuffe.Translations
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Related to phoney: Phoney WarSynonyms for phoneyadj fakeSynonyms- fake
- affected
- assumed
- trick
- put-on
- false
- forged
- imitation
- sham
- pseudo
- counterfeit
- feigned
- spurious
Antonyms- real
- original
- genuine
- authentic
- sincere
- unaffected
- bona fide
- dinkum
- unfeigned
- unassumed
adj bogusSynonyms- bogus
- false
- fake
- pseudo
- ersatz
noun fakerSynonyms- faker
- fraud
- fake
- pretender
- humbug
- impostor
- pseud
noun fakeSynonyms- fake
- sham
- forgery
- counterfeit
Synonyms for phoneynoun a person who professes beliefs and opinions that he or she does not hold in order to conceal his or her real feelings or motivesSynonyms- dissembler
- dissimulator
- hypocrite
- phony
- pretender
Related Words- beguiler
- cheater
- deceiver
- trickster
- slicker
- cheat
- charmer
- smoothie
- smoothy
- sweet talker
- Tartufe
- Tartuffe
- whited sepulcher
- whited sepulchre
adj fraudulentSynonymsRelated Words |