Phony synonyms

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impostor
Someone who attempts to deceive by using an assumed name or identity.
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bogus
Based on false or misleading information or unjustified assumptions.
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pharisaic
Emphasizing or observing the letter but not the spirit of religious law; self-righteous; sanctimonious
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fake
Fake is defined as a knock-off, or someone or something that isn't what it appears to be.
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hypocritical
Being a hypocrite:
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bastard
Of illegitimate birth or of uncertain origin
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sanctimonious
Behaving with sanctimony:
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imitation
The definition of an imitation is something that is made to look like something else.
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fraud
The assumption of a false identity to such deceptive end.
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quack
The definition of a quack is the sound a duck makes, or a person who claims to have a specific skilled that he does not have.
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false (related)
Uttering falsehood; dishonest or deceitful.
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counterfeit
Simulated; feigned:
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fictitious
Concocted or fabricated, especially in order to deceive or mislead; make up:
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spurious
Lacking authenticity or validity in essence or origin; not genuine:
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unread
Not read, studied, or perused:
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fraudulent
Engaging in fraud; deceitful.
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suppositious
Based upon supposition
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supposititious
Spurious; substituted for the genuine, counterfeit.
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affected
Affected refers to a pretentious and fake action or speech.
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feigned
The definition of feigned is pretended or simulated.
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insincere
Habitually phony or dishonest:
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pretended
Not genuine or sincere; feigned:
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pharisaical
Of or pertaining to the Pharisees. [from 16th c.]
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two-faced
Having two faces or plane surfaces
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forgery
Anything forged
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charlatan
A person who makes elaborate, fraudulent, and often voluble claims to skill or knowledge; a quack or fraud.
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humbug
Something made or done to cheat or deceive; fraud; sham; hoax
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mountebank
One who sells by deception; a con artist; a charlatan.
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pretender
One who sets forth a claim, especially a claimant to a throne.
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hypocrite
Someone who practices hypocrisy, who pretends to hold beliefs, or whose actions are not consistent with their claimed beliefs. [from early 13th c.]
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pharisee
A member of an ancient Jewish sect that emphasized strict interpretation and observance of the Mosaic law in both its oral and written form.
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tartuffe
(Person, proper) The title character, a religious hypocrite, of a satirical comedy (1664-69) by Molière
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true (related)
(Logic) Of the state in Boolean logic that indicates an affirmative or positive result.
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honest (related)
Characterized by truth; not false:
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phoney
Alternative form of phony.
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dissembler
Someone who dissembles
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dissimulator
One who dissimulates.
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pecksniffian
Falsely moralistic; hypocritical; insincere
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  • 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 replica industry generates billions of dollars in the sale of non-taxed phony merchandise.

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