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Another word for phony

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phony

modif.

affected, imitation, artificial; see false 3.

phony Synonyms

phony

n.

fake, forgery, fraud, quack, charlatan; see also fake, impostor.

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Another word for phony

also phoney adjective

Fraudulently or deceptively imitative:
bogus, counterfeit, fake, false, fraudulent, sham, spurious, suppositious, supposititious. See true
Not genuine or sincere:
affected, artificial, feigned, insincere, pretended. See true
Of or practicing hypocrisy:
hypocritical, Pecksniffian, pharisaic, pharisaical, sanctimonious, two-faced. See honest

noun

A fraudulent imitation:
counterfeit, fake, forgery, sham. See true
One who fakes:
charlatan, fake, faker, fraud, humbug, impostor, mountebank, pretender, quack. See true
A person who practices hypocrisy:
hypocrite, pharisee, tartuffe. See honest

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There are a few ways to distinguish the real designer sunglasses from a phony.
The dishonest or sometimes phony methods applied to these free divinations practices do nothing to aid the legitimacy of the fortune telling arts.
Reinvention for the purposes of dating is phony and it's also a hard act to keep up.
The replica industry generates billions of dollars in the sale of non-taxed phony merchandise.
Visually, it is not too cartoon-like, and the dialog between characters doesn't look too phony or out of sequence.

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