Bogus

/ˈboʊ.ɡəs/

Synonyms for "bogus" (124 found)

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Closest matches (25)

Adjective(8 words)

fakeartificial processartificial systembaseless bastardbogus interjectioncounterfeit delusive

affected apocryphal artificial assumed bastard brummagem colorable colored counterfeit counterfeited deceptive distorteddressed up

Noun(2 words)

bs duff

Verb(2 words)

bullshitted constructed

Strong matches (37)

dummy embellished embroidered ersatz factitious fake faked false falsified feigned fictitious fictive forged fraudulent garbled glossy illegitimate imitation

Verb(2 words)

fabricated flimflammed

Noun(7 words)

fabricatingfake jewelryfaking feigning flimflam forgery goldbricking

Adjective(10 words)

fake jewelfalse assertionfalse cluefalso fraud fraudulentfraudulent actfraudulent claimhoaxillegitimate business

Related words (62)

junkymake believemake-believeman mademan-made mock perverted phony pinchbeck plastic pretended pseudoput onput-on quasi queer self-styled sham shoddy simulated

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snideso calledso-called soi-disant sophistic spurious supposititious synthetic tin tinsel titivated twisted unauthentic ungenuine unnatural unreal warped

Adjective(12 words)

misbegotten nonsense phoney phonier phoniest phony shamsham evidencespuriousspurious claimunfounded unsubstantiated

Noun(9 words)

mock descriptormost illegitimatephoneying phonyingpretend confidencepseudoscientific argumentationpseudoscientific reasoningquack ripoff

Verb(4 words)

phonied shammed spoofed trumped

Related word relations

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6 relation types

More general

6 entries

colloquial exclamationdeceptivediscourse markerfalse interjectionlinguistic exclamation

More specific

7 entries

bogus assumptionbogus certificatebogus claimbogus databogus justificationbogus reasoningverbal exclamation

Collocations

8 entries

bogus argumentbogus claimbogus databogus datasetbogus evidencebogus invoicebogus reportbogus results

Inflections

2 entries

more bogusmost bogus

Derivations

3 entries

bogosity bogusly bogusness

similar

2 entries

counterfeit imitative

Sample sentences

24 total sentences available.

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It's bogus.

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This is completely bogus.

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Sami opened a bank account with a bogus Egyptian ID.

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Totally bogus.

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