phonies

Noun

• a person who professes beliefs and opinions that he or she does not hold in order to conceal his or her real feelings or motives
• plural of phony

Verb

Verb Forms: phony, phonied, phonying

• Third-person singular present tense of 'phony'; to act deceptively.

Examples

• He PHONIES a confident look, but inside he’s panicking about his tile rack.

Synonyms

dissembler, dissimulator, hypocrite, phoney, phony, pretender