Defenition of the word phony
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Defenition of the word phony
- Someone who dissembles.
- fraudulent; having a misleading appearance
- a person who professes beliefs and opinions that they do not hold
- a person who professes beliefs and opinions that he does not hold
- a person who professes beliefs and opinions that he or she does not hold in order to conceal his or her real feelings or motives
Synonyms for the word phony
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- bastard
- bogus
- charlatan
- cheat
- copy
- counterfeit
- dissembler
- fake
- false
- fraud
- hoax
- hypocrite
- imposter
- not genuine
- phoney
- play-actor
- pretender
- rip off
- sham
- snake oil
- spurious
Similar words in the phony
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- counterfeit
- imitative
- phony
- phonying
Hyponyms for the word phony
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- charmer
- smoothie
- smoothy
- sweet talker
- Tartufe
- Tartuffe
- whited sepulcher
- whited sepulchre
Hypernyms for the word phony
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- beguiler
- cheat
- cheater
- deceiver
- slicker
- trickster
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