Phoney

Synonyms for "phoney" (48 found)

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Closest matches (10)

counterfeit artificial bogus charlatan counterfeiter deceitful deceiver

Adjective(1 words)

bad

Adjective(2 words)

bastard bogus

Strong matches (14)

dishonest double-dealer ersatz factitious fake faker false forgery fraud fraudulent

Noun(2 words)

dissembler dissimulator

Adjective(1 words)

fake

Adjective(1 words)

fauxthentic

Related words (24)

hoax humbug hypocrite hypocritical imitation impostor insincere mock mountebank paste phony pretended pretender quack sham spurious synthetic trickster unreal

Noun(3 words)

hypocrite phony pretender

Adjective(1 words)

illegitimate

Adjective(1 words)

phony

Related word relations

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6 relation types

More general

6 entries

beguiler cheat cheater deceiver slicker trickster

Synonyms

2 entries

counterfeit hypocrite

derived

2 entries

Phoney War phoneyness

form of

1 entries

phony

has context

1 entries

british

similar

3 entries

counterfeit imitative

Sample sentences

3 total sentences available.

Tatoeba + Wiktionary

Sami had a felony conviction for writing phoney checks.

Source: tatoeba (6568285)

Sami was really phoney and weird.

Source: tatoeba (7164956)

He tried to escape with the phoney money.

Source: tatoeba (12956272)

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