phony

Plural: 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
• A person who assumes an identity or quality other than their own.
• A person who professes beliefs or opinions that they do not hold.
• Anything fraudulent or fake.

Adjective Satellite

• fraudulent; having a misleading appearance

Adj

• Fraudulent; fake; having a misleading appearance.

Verb

Verb Forms: phonied, phonying, phonies

• To alter something to make it appear genuine or real; to fake.
• To fake.

Adjective

• Not genuine or real; fake or counterfeit.

Examples

• A good jeweler should be able to tell a real stone from a phony one.
• He claims to be a doctor, but he's nothing but a fast-talking phony.
• He tried to PHONY his way through the game, hoping no one noticed his made-up words.
• He's such a phony, he doesn't believe half of what he says.
• His PHONY smile couldn’t hide his disappointment at the terrible tile rack.

Synonyms

bastard, bogus, dissembler, dissimulator, fake, hypocrite, phoney, pretender, Scandaroon, Spanish athlete, bamboozler, bouncer, bullshitter, cheat, cheater, cogger, cony-catcher, counterfeit, crammer, deceiver, deceptor, fabricator, fabulist, faker, falser, gabber, grifter, guiler, liar, losenger, mocker, pseudologist, rook, shammer, swike, swindler, treacher, trickster, trucker, wernard

Antonyms

authentic, genuine

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