Sham

/ʃæm/

Synonyms for "sham" (400 found)

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Noun(9 words)

fake fraud artifice bogus champagne charade charades charlatans counterfeit

actact a partacting adulterated affect affectation affected affectedness airsairs and gracesalibi ape apocryphal apology apparent appearance artificial artificiality assume assumed

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Verb(4 words)

affect assume constructed dissemble

Adjective(2 words)

assumed delusive

Strong matches (120)

dissimulate dissimulation distorteddo a bitdramatics dramatizedressed updummy eclat embellished embroidered ersatz etalage excuse exhibition exhibitionism facade face factitious fake

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faked fakement faker fakery faking falsefalse airfalse frontfalse showfalsehood falsified falsity fanfaronade farce feign feignedfeigned belieffeigning feint fictitious fictive figure flair flam flaunt flaunting flimflam flourish forged forgeryfour flushfour-flush four-flushing fourflusherframe upframe-up fraud fraudulent front gammon garbled gaudy gilt glorified glossgo through the motionsguise handle histrionics histrionize hoax hokey hollow humbug humbuggery hypocrisy hypocrite hypocritical hypocriticalness illegitimate image imitate imitation impersonator impostor

Verb(2 words)

dissimulating feign

Adjective(8 words)

dummy descriptorfake jewelfalsefalse assertionfalso fictitious fictiveillegitimate business

Noun(25 words)

fabricate fabricating fabricationfake displayfake jewelryfaker fakes falsify farces feign feigned feint feints fobbing forge frauds fraudulent fronts gimcracks goldbricking

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hypocrite ignoramuses imitationimitation patternimposter

Related words (200)

Noun(32 words)

impostor impostors impostures insinceremock descriptormock-upmost illegitimatemummery phoneying phoneys phonies phoniness phony phonying postiche potemkin pretence pretences pretend pretended

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pretender pretending pretenses pseud pseudo ripoffsrole playerscam scams shammer simulate trickery

imposture insincerity invent invention junk junkylame excuselay it on thicklet onlet on likelielocus standimade-upmake a pretensemake a show ofmake as ifmake believemake likemake out likemake-believe

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malingererman mademan-made manifestation mannerism mask masquerademere showmeretriciousness mimic mislead mock mockery mountebankostensible motiveostentationoutward showoveract pageant pageantry parade paste pecksniffery perverted pharisaicalness pharisaism phoney phony pinchbeck plagiarized plaster plastic playplay a partplay a sceneplay possumplayact playactingpoor excusepose poser poseur posing posture presupposition pretend pretended pretender pretense pretension pretext profess protestationprunes and prismspseudopublic imagepublic motiveput offput onput on airsput up jobput-off put-onput-up jobputting on airsquack quacksalver quackster quasi queer refuge representation ringerrip offrip-off saltimbanco sanctimoniousness sanctimony screen seeming self-styled sell semblance shammer shoddy showshowing offshowing-off simulacrum simulate simulated simulationsmoke screensnideso calledso-called soi-disant sophistic speciousness spectacle splash splurge spoof spurious staginessstalking horsestalking-horse stratagem stylishness substitute subterfuge supposititious swindle synthetic tartuffery tartuffism theatrics tin tinsel titivated travesty tricktug the heartstringstwisted unauthentic ungenuine unnatural unnaturalness unreal varnish vaunt veil warped wearwhited sepulcherwindow dressing

Verb(6 words)

jobbed mocked phonied playacts pretend simulate

Adjective(1 words)

mock

Adjective(5 words)

mock legislaturephoney phoniest pretendedput on

Related word relations

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6 relation types

More general

19 entries

act beguiler belie cheat cheater deceit deceive deceiver deception dissemble fake falsehood imitation misrepresent pretend

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More specific

18 entries

bogusbogus claimcounterfeitfake classroom demofake credentialsfake documentsfake performancefalse actfalsified recordsfeignedforged signaturesfraudulentimitation artifactmock trialphonyphony product

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Collocations

16 entries

complete shamsham apologysham certificatesham claimsham contractsham credentialssham datasham educationsham electionsham evidencesham illnesssham marriagesham performancesham productsham websitetotal sham

Inflections

5 entries

more shammost shamshammed shamming shams

Derivations

4 entries

shammed shammer shamming shamness

similar

5 entries

counterfeit imitative makemake believepretend

Sample sentences

21 total sentences available.

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The Bermuda Triangle is a sham.

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Because so many people want a European passport, sham marriages are on the rise.

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With all its sham, drudgery and broken dreams; it is still a beautiful world.

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It's a complete sham.

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