1. Something that is a counterfeit; not what it seems to be
   - fake, postiche 
2. A person who makes deceitful pretences
   - imposter, impostor, pretender, fake, faker, fraud, shammer, pseudo, pseud, role player

1. Make a pretence of
   - simulate, assume, feign 
2. Make believe with the intent to deceive
   "He shammed a headache"
   - feign, pretend, affect, dissemble

1. Adopted in order to deceive
   "sham modesty"
   - assumed, false, fictitious, fictive, pretended, put on

Derived forms: shams, shammed, shamming

See also: counterfeit, imitative, shammer

Type of: act, beguiler, belie, cheat, cheater, deceiver, dissemble, imitation, misrepresent, pretend, slicker, trickster

Encyclopedia: Sham

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