Phony Synonyms

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Not genuine or sincere
(Adjective)
Synonyms:
  1. affected
  2. artificial
  3. feigned
  4. insincere
  5. pretended
Of or practicing hypocrisy
(Adjective)
Synonyms:
  1. hypocritical
  2. pecksniffian
  3. pharisaic
  4. pharisaical
  5. sanctimonious
  6. two-faced
A fraudulent imitation
(Noun)
Synonyms:
  1. counterfeit
  2. fake
  3. forgery
  4. sham
A person who practices hypocrisy
(Noun)
Synonyms:
  1. hypocrite
  2. pharisee
  3. tartuffe

Phony Sentence Examples

  • Sure, it looks like a phony and we've got to check it out, but my money says it's a drowning.

  • This prank is a bit more sophisticated than the phony dog poop that people used to buy at joke shops.

  • You wouldn't want to order tickets over the Internet just to have your information stolen or to be given phony tickets.

  • Reinvention for the purposes of dating is phony and it's also a hard act to keep up.

  • The dishonest or sometimes phony methods applied to these free divinations practices do nothing to aid the legitimacy of the fortune telling arts.

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