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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Like plastic smiles
Mock husband bitten by small horse The Times Quick Cryptic 04 Oct 2025
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 The Washington Post 17 Jan 2021
Pretender LA Times Daily 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
Bogus
Hypocrite, say
Person who's all pretense
Like so-called "Monopoly money"
Counterfeit
Ersatz
Fake USA Today 30 Nov 2015
Counterfeit LA Times Daily 16 Jun 2015
Counterfeit
Fake
Impostor New York Times 21 Aug 2014
Counterfeit
Insincere type
Like a three-dollar bill
Impostor
Insincere
Ersatz
Insincere
Bogus
One full of baloney
Frequent insult in "The Catcher in the Rye"
Fake
Not genuine
Concocted
Like the 28-Down of underage drinkers
Bogus
Fake
Fake
Fraud
Fraud
Charlatan
Bogus
Charlatan
Ersatz
Impostor
Deceiving
Impostor
Impostor
Not legit
Hypocrite
Impostor
Like some ID
Like a three dollar bill
Quack
Four-flusher
Like a three-dollar bill
Like a $3 bill
Not legit
Bogus
Hokey
Bogus
Insincere
Counterfeit
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
Four-flusher.
Fourflusher
Imposter: Slang.
Spurious: Slang.
Four-flusher's pal.
Fourflusher.
False: Slang.
Not genuine: Slang.
Like a gold brick.
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