Phony synonyms
fō'nē
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Part of speech:
Based on false or misleading information or unjustified assumptions.
Fake is defined as a knock-off, or someone or something that isn't what it appears to be.
Emphasizing or observing the letter but not the spirit of religious law; self-righteous; sanctimonious
Being a hypocrite:
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Of illegitimate birth or of uncertain origin
Behaving with sanctimony:
The definition of an imitation is something that is made to look like something else.
A false banknote, document, work of art, or other imitation of a thing of value, created to be passed off as real; the act of creating such an object.
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.
false (related)
Uttering falsehood; dishonest or deceitful.
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Simulated; feigned:
Concocted or fabricated, especially in order to deceive or mislead; make up:
Lacking authenticity or validity in essence or origin; not genuine:
Not read, studied, or perused:
Engaging in fraud; deceitful.
Based upon supposition
Spurious; substituted for the genuine, counterfeit.
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Affected refers to a pretentious and fake action or speech.
The definition of feigned is pretended or simulated.
Habitually phony or dishonest:
Not genuine or sincere; feigned:
Of or pertaining to the Pharisees. [from 16th c.]
A person who makes elaborate, fraudulent, and often voluble claims to skill or knowledge; a quack or fraud.
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An impostor or impersonator
Something made or done to cheat or deceive; fraud; sham; hoax
One who sets forth a claim, especially a claimant to a throne.
A member of an ancient Jewish sect that emphasized strict interpretation and observance of the Mosaic law in both its oral and written form.
(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.
honest (related)
Characterized by truth; not false:
Someone who dissembles
One who dissimulates.
Falsely moralistic; hypocritical; insincere
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