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Another word for phony

Adjective

  1. Fraudulently or deceptively imitative

    2. See also:

    true

  2. Not genuine or sincere

    3. See also:

    true

  3. Of or practicing hypocrisy

    4. See also:

    honest

Another word for phony

Noun

  1. A fraudulent imitation

    2. See also:

    true

  2. One who fakes

    3. See also:

    true

  3. A person who practices hypocrisy

    4. See also:

    honest

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Another word for phony

Modifier
    2. See also:

    false

Another word for phony

Noun
    2. See also:

    impostor

    fake

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Sentence Examples

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

  • 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.

  • The replica industry generates billions of dollars in the sale of non-taxed phony merchandise.

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

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