Phony synonyms
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Part of speech:
Based on false or misleading information or unjustified assumptions.
Speaking or behaving in an artificial way to make an impression.
The definition of an imitation is something that is made to look like something else.
Fake is defined as a knock-off, or someone or something that isn't what it appears to be.
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.
Simulated; feigned:
Concocted or fabricated, especially in order to deceive or mislead; make up:
Lacking authenticity or validity in essence or origin; not genuine:
unread
Not read, studied, or perused:
Engaging in fraud; deceitful.
Based upon supposition
Spurious; substituted for the genuine, counterfeit.
The definition of feigned is pretended or simulated.
Habitually phony or dishonest:
Not genuine or sincere; feigned:
Being a hypocrite:
Falsely moralistic; hypocritical; insincere
Emphasizing or observing the letter but not the spirit of religious law; self-righteous; sanctimonious
Of or pertaining to the Pharisees. [from 16th c.]
Behaving with sanctimony:
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
true (related)
(Logic) Of the state in Boolean logic that indicates an affirmative or positive result.
honest (related)
Characterized by truth; not false:
Of illegitimate birth or of uncertain origin
Someone who dissembles
One who dissimulates.
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