Word "PHONY" Definitions:


Part of Speech:
Noun
Definition:
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:
dissembler, dissimulator, hypocrite, phoney, pretender

Part of Speech:
Adjective
Definition:
fraudulent; having a misleading appearance
Synonyms:
bastard, bogus, fake, phoney

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Inauthentic person USA Today 13 Jun 2025
Animal eating hard humbug (5)
Fake Commuter 12 Dec 2024
Fake Commuter 22 Oct 2024
Forged Newsday 31 Aug 2024
Counterfeit Universal 22 Aug 2024
Concocted Newsday 10 Feb 2024
Total fake USA Today 08 Jan 2024
Insincere Commuter 03 Jan 2024
Knockoff New York Times 17 Nov 2023
Fake New York Times 27 Sep 2023
Fake New York Times 03 Aug 2023
Full of beans LA Times Daily 07 Apr 2023
Charlatan Wall Street Journal 22 Dec 2022
Bogus New York Times 17 Jan 2022
Bogus Thomas Joseph 01 Nov 2021
Counterfeit Wall Street Journal 06 Jul 2021
Counterfeit Newsday 02 May 2021
Fake Eugene Sheffer 03 Apr 2021
Pretender LA Times Daily 17 Jan 2021
Pretender The Washington Post 17 Jan 2021
Apt rhyme for 'baloney' New York Times 06 Dec 2020
Hypocrite, e.g USA Today 25 Oct 2020
Insincere USA Today 14 Jun 2020
Spurious Wall Street Journal 28 Sep 2019
Mock Newsday 31 Aug 2019
Poser Wall Street Journal 20 Apr 2019
Spurious
Poser
Faker New York Times 07 Aug 2018
Plastic Newsday 10 Mar 2018
Faker
Faker than fake Jonesin 05 Dec 2017
Like so-called "Monopoly money" USA Today 10 Oct 2017
Counterfeit Universal 27 Aug 2017
Hypocrite, say New York Times 15 Aug 2017
Ersatz New York Times 16 Jul 2017
Person who's all pretense New York Times 24 May 2017
Bogus Newsday 30 Apr 2017
Bogus Thomas Joseph 27 Mar 2017
Henry taken in by five fivers, counterfeit
Bogus New York Times 25 Jan 2017
Person who's all pretense
Hypocrite, say
Ersatz
Bogus
Counterfeit
Like so-called "Monopoly money"
Fake USA Today 30 Nov 2015
Counterfeit LA Times Daily 16 Jun 2015
Counterfeit
Fake
Impostor New York Times 21 Aug 2014
Ersatz
Insincere
Insincere type
Like a three-dollar bill
Insincere
Counterfeit
Impostor
Bogus
Frequent insult in "The Catcher in the Rye"
One full of baloney
Fake
Not genuine
Concocted
Bogus
Like the 28-Down of underage drinkers
Fraud
Fake
Fraud
Fake
Charlatan
Charlatan
Ersatz
Bogus
Impostor
Impostor
Impostor
Not legit
Hypocrite
Deceiving
Like some ID
Impostor
Four-flusher
Quack
Like a three dollar bill
Like a $3 bill
Like a three-dollar bill
Not legit
Bogus
Bogus
Hokey
Counterfeit
Insincere
Imposter
61 Bogus
Ersatz
Sham
Sham
Fake
Like a three-dollar bill
Like stage money
Ersatz
Adjective for a $3 bill
Sham
Like a $3 bill
Spurious: Slang.
Four-flusher's pal.
Fourflusher.
False: Slang.
Fourflusher
Not genuine: Slang.
Like a gold brick.
Four-flusher.
Imposter: Slang.
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