See phony in Webster's New World Roget's A-Z Thesaurus II
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phoney adjective
Fraudulently or deceptively imitative:
bogus, counterfeit, fake, false, fraudulent, sham, spurious, suppositious, supposititious. See trueNot genuine or sincere:
affected, artificial, feigned, insincere, pretended. See trueOf or practicing hypocrisy:
hypocritical, Pecksniffian, pharisaic, pharisaical, sanctimonious, two-faced. See honest
noun
A fraudulent imitation:
counterfeit, fake, forgery, sham. See trueOne who fakes:
charlatan, fake, faker, fraud, humbug, impostor, mountebank, pretender, quack. See trueA person who practices hypocrisy:
hypocrite, pharisee, tartuffe. See honest
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