I got sucked in on a lot of phony deals.
Source: tatoeba (24665)
Phony
//ˈfoʊni//
Synonyms for "phony" (303 found)
Ranked by relevance and common usage.
Closest matches (61)
Strong matches (91)
Noun(15 words)
deputydissimulatordistorteddoubledressed updummyechoechoerechoistectypeembellishedembroideredequalequivalentersatzexchangefactitiousfair copyfair-weather friendfaithful copy
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fakefakedfakementfakerfalsefalse friendfalsifiedfavoringfeignedfictitiousfictivefill-inflamfollowingforgedforgerforgeryfourflusherframe upframe-upfraudgarbledgaudyghostghostwritergyphoaxhokeyhollow manhomogeneoushumbughypocriticaliconidenticalillegitimateimageimitatedimitationimitatorimpersonatorimpostorimposturejoseph surfacejunkjunkylikelikenesslocum tenensmake believemake-believemakeshiftmalingererman mademan of straw
Adjective(1 words)
Adjective(1 words)
Related words (151)
man-mademanneristmealymouthmetaphormetonymymimemimermimicmimickedmimickermockmockermockingbirdmonkeymountebanknearly reproducednext best thingnot unlikepaper tigerparrot
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pastepasticciopastichepecksniffperformerpersonnelpervertedphariseephoneypicturepinchpinch hitterpinchbeckplagiaristplagiarizedplayactorpoll-parrotpollypolly-parrotportraitposerposeurpretendedpretenderprovisionalproxypseudoput onput up jobput-onput-up jobquackquacksalverquacksterquasiqueerreliefreplacementrepresentationrepresentativeresemblanceresemblingreservereservesringerrip offrip-offsaltimbancosanctimonious fraudsecond stringsecondaryself-styledsemblanceshamshammersheepshoddysignsimilarsimilitudesimulacrumsimulatedsimulatorsmacking ofsnidesnufflerso calledso-calledsoi-disantsomething likesparesparesspoofspuriousstand instand-instopgapstraw mansubsubstituentsubstitutesubstitutionsuccedaneumsuggestive ofsummer soldiersupersedersupplantersupposititioussurrogateswindlesymbolsynecdochesynthetictartuffetemporarytentativethird stringtintinseltitivatedtokentwistedunauthenticunderstudyungenuineuniform withunnaturalunrealutilityutility playervicarvicariousvice presidentvice-presidentvice-regentwarpedwhited sepulcher
Noun(13 words)
Adjective(1 words)
Related word relations
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6 entriesAntonyms
2 entriesSynonyms
5 entriesderived
15 entriesetymologically related_to
1 entriesrelated to
3 entriessimilar
2 entriesTranslations
83 translations across 20 languages.
Arabic
4 entries- بَهْرَج adj (fraudulent; fake)
- خَرَّاص adj (fraudulent; fake)
- مُتَصَنِّع noun (a person who assumes an identity or quality other than their own)
- مُتَصَنِّع noun (a person who professes beliefs or opinions that they do not hold)
Bulgarian
4 entries- измамен adj (fraudulent; fake)
- мошенически adj (fraudulent; fake)
- измамник noun (a person who assumes an identity or quality other than their own)
- лицемер noun (a person who professes beliefs or opinions that they do not hold)
Chinese Mandarin
2 entries- 假 adj (fraudulent; fake)
- 说慌话的人 noun (a person who professes beliefs or opinions that they do not hold)
Czech
2 entries- falešný adj (fraudulent; fake)
- pokrytec noun (a person who professes beliefs or opinions that they do not hold)
Dutch
2 entries- nagemaakt adj (fraudulent; fake)
- onecht adj (fraudulent; fake)
Esperanto
1 entries- falsa adj (fraudulent; fake)
Finnish
4 entries- epäaito adj (fraudulent; fake)
- vale adj (fraudulent; fake)
- väärennetty adj (fraudulent; fake)
- väärä adj (fraudulent; fake)
French
4 entries- contrefait adj (fraudulent; fake)
- falsifié adj (fraudulent; fake)
- faux adj (fraudulent; fake)
- frauduleux adj (fraudulent; fake)
Georgian
2 entries- ყალბი adj (fraudulent; fake)
- ცრუ adj (fraudulent; fake)
German
4 entries- falsch adj (fraudulent; fake)
- gefälscht adj (fraudulent; fake)
- unecht adj (fraudulent; fake)
- verlogen adj (fraudulent; fake)
Hebrew
1 entries- מזויף adj (fraudulent; fake)
Hungarian
1 entries- hamis adj (fraudulent; fake)
Italian
3 entries- falso adj (fraudulent; fake)
- fasullo adj (fraudulent; fake)
- impostore noun (a person who assumes an identity or quality other than their own)
Japanese
4 entries- 偽 adj (fraudulent; fake)
- 偽物の adj (fraudulent; fake)
- 贋 adj (fraudulent; fake)
- 詐欺師 noun (a person who assumes an identity or quality other than their own)
Latin
1 entries- simulātor noun (a person who assumes an identity or quality other than their own)
Ottoman Turkish
3 entries- ساخته adj (fraudulent; fake)
- یالان adj (fraudulent; fake)
- یالانجی adj (fraudulent; fake)
Portuguese
4 entries- de araque adj (fraudulent; fake)
- falso adj (fraudulent; fake)
- falso noun (a person who professes beliefs or opinions that they do not hold)
- impostor noun (a person who assumes an identity or quality other than their own)
Russian
4 entries- ненастоя́щий adj (fraudulent; fake)
- подде́льный adj (fraudulent; fake)
- фальши́вый adj (fraudulent; fake)
- прики́дчик noun (a person who assumes an identity or quality other than their own)
Spanish
4 entries- falaz adj (fraudulent; fake)
- falso adj (fraudulent; fake)
- fraudulento adj (fraudulent; fake)
- mendaz adj (fraudulent; fake)
Swedish
4 entries- falsk adj (fraudulent; fake)
- förljugen adj (fraudulent; fake)
- lögnaktig adj (fraudulent; fake)
- oäkta adj (fraudulent; fake)
Sample sentences
16 total sentences available.
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.
Source: tatoeba (684035)
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