Phony

/ˈfoʊni/

Synonyms for "phony" (293 found)

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Closest matches (59)

Adjective(7 words)

bogus fakeartificial systembastard charlatancontrived narrativecounterfeit

actor affected affecter agent alike alternate alternative analogy ape aped apocryphal artificial assumed backup bastard blagueur bluff bluffer bogus brummagem

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Noun(2 words)

dissembler dissimulator

Strong matches (88)

dummy echo echoer echoist ectype embellished embroidered equal equivalent ersatz exchange factitiousfair copyfair-weather friendfaithful copyfake faked fakement faker false

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false friendfalsified favoring feigned fictitious fictive fill-in flam following forged forger forgery fourflusherframe upframe-up fraud garbled gaudy ghost ghostwriter gyp hoax hokeyhollow manhomogeneous humbug hypocrite hypocritical icon identical illegitimate image imitated imitation imitator impersonator impostor imposturejoseph surfacejunk junky like likenesslocum tenensmake believemake-believe makeshift malingererman mademan of strawman-made mannerist mealymouth metaphor metonymy

Noun(3 words)

dummy pistolhypocrite jive

Adjective(10 words)

fakerfalse alibifalse cluefeigned fraud fraudulentfraudulent actillegitimate businessimpostor insincere

Related words (146)

mime mimer mimic mimicked mimicker mock mocker mockingbird monkey mountebanknearly reproducednext best thingnot unlikepaper tigerparrot paste pasticcio pastiche pecksniff performer

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personnel perverted pharisee picture pinchpinch hitterpinchbeck plagiarist plagiarized playactor poll-parrot polly polly-parrot portrait poser poseur pretended pretender provisional proxy pseudoput onput up jobput-onput-up jobquack quacksalver quackster quasi queer relief replacement representation representative resemblance resembling reserve reserves ringerrip offrip-off saltimbancosanctimonious fraudsecond stringsecondary self-styled semblance sham shammer sheep shoddy sign similar similitude simulacrum simulated simulatorsmacking ofsnide snufflerso calledso-called soi-disantsomething likespare spares spoof spuriousstand instand-in stopgapstraw mansub substituent substitute substitution succedaneumsuggestive ofsummer soldiersuperseder supplanter supposititious surrogate swindle symbol synecdoche synthetic tartuffe temporary tentativethird stringtin tinsel titivated token twisted unauthentic understudy ungenuineuniform withunnatural unreal utilityutility playervicar vicariousvice presidentvice-president vice-regent warpedwhited sepulcher

Adjective(7 words)

phoney phonierposed grinpretendedsham artistsham evidencesuperficial

Noun(6 words)

phoney plastic potemkinpretend confidencepretendersimulated system

Verb(2 words)

shammed spoofed

Related word relations

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6 relation types

More general

11 entries

beguiler cheat cheater deceiver deception falsity fraud insincerity slicker trickster

More specific

11 entries

bogus productcharlatanfake documentfraudsterfraudulent invoiceimpostorphony apologyphony concernphony praisephony smilesham claim

Collocations

9 entries

phony apologyphony claimsphony credentialsphony dataphony evidencephony excusephony praisephony reputationphony sympathy

Inflections

3 entries

more phonymost phonyphonies

Derivations

2 entries

phoney phoniness

similar

2 entries

counterfeit imitative

Sample sentences

16 total sentences available.

Tatoeba + Wiktionary

I got sucked in on a lot of phony deals.

Source: tatoeba (24665)

My mother says that the child's illnesses are phony.

Source: tatoeba (47542)

Japan disproved phony accusations of computer chip dumping.

Source: tatoeba (54583)

It's phony.

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