Word "SHAM" Definitions:


Part of Speech:
Adjective
Definition:
adopted in order to deceive
Synonyms:
assumed, false, fictitious, fictive, pretended, put on
Examples:
sham modesty

Part of Speech:
Verb
Definition:
make a pretence of
Synonyms:
assume, feign, simulate

Part of Speech:
Noun
Definition:
something that is a counterfeit; not what it seems to be
Synonyms:
fake, postiche

Crossword Clues for SHAM

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Hoax Universal 02 Sep 2025
False front Newsday 21 Aug 2025
Hoax The Telegraph Cross Atlantic 15 Aug 2025
Fake The Telegraph Cross Atlantic 04 Aug 2025
"It's a ___!" (fraud)
Deception, or a fancy pillowcase
? alas, mostly fake
Bogus, rubbish actor succeeded at first The Telegraph Cryptic 24 Jul 2025
Endless ignominy is feigned (4)
Bogus thing LA Times Mini 18 Jul 2025
Decorative cover for a pillow
Fake The Telegraph Mini 08 Jul 2025
School meat is not real (4)
Counterfeit Eugene Sheffer 26 Jun 2025
Decoration for a queen, maybe
Fake USA Today 18 Jun 2025
Fake USA Today 18 Jun 2025
Farce USA Today 30 May 2025
Phony display Premier Sunday 18 May 2025
Mock mum in the morning
Part of a bedding set LA Times Daily 14 May 2025
Endless disgrace is not real
Bogus New York Times 27 Apr 2025
Decorative pillow cover Universal 21 Apr 2025
Quiet! Mother's coming back. Fake it (4)
Fake New York Times 14 Apr 2025
Put on maybe Hancock's Half Hour tapes finally, heading north The Telegraph Toughie 27 Mar 2025
Bogus LA Times Daily 23 Mar 2025
This is unreal! New York Times 22 Mar 2025
Fake The Telegraph Mini 19 Mar 2025
Phony LA Times Daily 17 Mar 2025
What is Dwayne Johnson's Irish nickname? "The ___-Rock!"
Dishonest imitation Newsday 12 Mar 2025
Decorative pillowcase New York Times 11 Mar 2025
Pillow cover Thomas Joseph 06 Mar 2025
Phoney found in his hamlet (4)
Fake; mash (anag.) The Telegraph Cross Atlantic 17 Feb 2025
Pillow cover Newsday 09 Feb 2025
Person who feigns silence in the morning The Times Quick Cryptic 08 Feb 2025
Endless pity for fraud The Times Cryptic 03 Feb 2025
Fake version of M*A*S*H (4)
Counterfeit, bogus (4)
Second actor is a fake (4) Mirror Cryptic 15 Jan 2025
In Spanish, a mere pretence (4)
Bogus Mirror Quick 15 Jan 2025
Fake salt served with meat The Sun Two Speed 12 Jan 2025
Bogus The Sun Two Speed 12 Jan 2025
Mock poor actor after series opener (4)
Pillow cover New York Times 15 Dec 2024
Meant to deceive
Fake pity briefly displayed The Sun Two Speed 07 Dec 2024
Pretence has confounded the Frenchman (4)
Bogus The Sun Two Speed 07 Dec 2024
Decorative pillow
Fraudulently inauthentic The Times Concise 02 Dec 2024
The pretence of quiet in the morning (4)
False show Newsday 07 Nov 2024
"It's a ___!" (fraud)
A type of pillow
Fraud results in unending disgrace
Pretend mash is mashed (4)
Totally bogus (rhymes with "wham")
Hoax Wall Street Journal 24 Oct 2024
Fake The Telegraph Quick 23 Oct 2024
Mum, mum, come back! It's only a fake! (4)
Quiet morning pretence (4)
Fake The Telegraph Quick 10 Oct 2024
Pretend The Telegraph Cross Atlantic 24 Sep 2024
A fake or fraud (4)
Detective knocking out American impostor (4)
Person who pretends to be something that he is not (4)
That sort of ham's not the genuine stuff! (4)
"It's a ___!" (fraud)
Pretence, hoax
Southern joint is false (4)
Pretense LA Times Daily 22 Aug 2024
"It's a ___!" (fraud)
Decorative pillow cover New York Times Mini 05 Aug 2024
Bogus Mirror Tea Time 26 Jul 2024
It's totally fake New York Times Mini 20 Jul 2024
Pretence The Telegraph Quick 18 Jul 2024
Pretense Wall Street Journal 16 Jul 2024
Decorative pillowcase New York Times 16 Jul 2024
Fake thing
Fake USA Today 11 Jul 2024
False modesty is endless (4)
Small radio enthusiast is fake (4)
Counterfeit Eugene Sheffer 01 Jul 2024
Pretence The Telegraph Quick 27 Jun 2024
A quiet morning? It's just not true!
Sorry excuse for a pillowcase? New York Times 23 Jun 2024
Fake Commuter 14 Jun 2024
Such hams are not the genuine type
The Finnish amnesty was a bit of a farce (4)
Hoax, pretence The Times Concise 04 Jun 2024
Decorative pillowcase Universal 04 Jun 2024
It's a pity it hasn't finished with make-believe (4)
Pretended to mash it differently
False tail dropped off? Shame! (4)
Call for peace by American that's false (4)
Pretence will be endless disgrace (4)
Fake New York Times 14 May 2024
Pretense Commuter 10 May 2024
Pretence produces endless ignominy (4)
Cause for regret mostly false (4)
Feint bringing endless disgrace The Times Cryptic 30 Apr 2024
Deception Newsday 14 Apr 2024
Counterfeit hams?
It's a pity last letter's been removed by charlatan
Hoax LA Times Daily 10 Apr 2024
Something false (4)
Counterfeit, phoney (4)
Fake USA Today 20 Mar 2024
Fraud Universal 17 Mar 2024
What is Dwayne Johnson's Irish nickname? "The ___-Rock!"
Fake remake of M*A*S*H (4)
Counterfeit Eugene Sheffer 14 Mar 2024
Bogus LA Times Daily 14 Mar 2024
Majority of scandal is false (4)
Pretense Wall Street Journal 07 Mar 2024
A pillowcase or a pretender
Fake, bogus (4)
Friend is just short of being a fool (4)
Hoax, con (4)
Phony USA Today 20 Feb 2024
Farce; travesty
Fake cured meat put behind last of packets (4)
Counterfeit or false (4)
Quiet in the morning? It's all pretence (4)
Phony, fake, bogus New York Times Mini 02 Feb 2024
Hoax Universal 18 Jan 2024
Pretence The Sun Two Speed 16 Jan 2024
Fake salt served with meat The Sun Two Speed 16 Jan 2024
Just for appearances LA Times Daily 13 Jan 2024
Fake New York Times 03 Jan 2024
Pretense Universal 03 Jan 2024
Counterfeit Eugene Sheffer 29 Dec 2023
Phony deal Newsday 28 Dec 2023
Mock, trollop & mining waste (4)
Dishonest imitation Newsday 24 Dec 2023
Pillow cover Commuter 23 Dec 2023
Sam the ___ & the Pharaohs
Con job Family Time 04 Dec 2023
Counterfeit Eugene Sheffer 01 Dec 2023
Bedding item?
Fraud USA Today 30 Nov 2023
Counterfeit Eugene Sheffer 24 Nov 2023
Deception Newsday 12 Nov 2023
Fraudulent or phony, say (anagram of "hams")
Fraud Wall Street Journal 21 Oct 2023
Endless remorse for fraud The Times Quick Cryptic 17 Oct 2023
Hoax Newsday 12 Oct 2023
Fake The Telegraph Quick 12 Oct 2023
"It's a ___!" (fraud)
Pillow cover New York Times 20 Sep 2023
Pretence The Telegraph Quick 14 Sep 2023
Pillow cover USA Today 22 Aug 2023
Fraud LA Times Daily 13 Aug 2023
That's bogus! Universal 22 Jul 2023
Imitation The Guardian Quick 21 Jun 2023
Decorative pillow cover New York Times 19 Jun 2023
Pretence The Telegraph Quick 08 Jun 2023
Fancy pillowcase LA Times Daily 08 Jun 2023
Totally bogus (rhymes with "wham")
Fake Universal 21 May 2023
Pretense Wall Street Journal 20 May 2023
Fraudulent thing Universal 19 May 2023
Deceitful trick Newsday 09 May 2023
Dishonest imitation Newsday 10 Apr 2023
Dishonest imitation Newsday 22 Mar 2023
"It's a ___!" (fraud)
Phony LA Times Daily 12 Mar 2023
False front Newsday 05 Mar 2023
Fake The Telegraph Quick 02 Mar 2023
Something fake Universal 20 Feb 2023
Make-believe New York Times 19 Jan 2023
Counterfeit Eugene Sheffer 10 Jan 2023
Coordinating pillowcase LA Times Daily 03 Jan 2023
Pretence The Telegraph Quick 22 Dec 2022
False front Newsday 02 Oct 2022
Fake The Telegraph Quick 02 Oct 2022
Deception Newsday 29 Sep 2022
Deceptive activity Newsday 14 Sep 2022
"It's a ___!" (fraud)
Pillow covering Family Time 25 Jul 2022
Ersatz LA Times Daily 23 Jul 2022
Deception Universal 17 Jul 2022
Counterfeit Eugene Sheffer 11 Jul 2022
Counterfeit Premier Sunday 03 Jul 2022
Phony USA Today 23 Jun 2022
Fake USA Today 20 Jun 2022
Counterfeit Eugene Sheffer 18 Jun 2022
Beginning to see bad actor's insincere The Telegraph Cryptic 06 Jun 2022
Con game Family Time 29 May 2022
Something fake Universal 24 May 2022
Fraud or hoax, say
Fake USA Today 15 May 2022
Pretence The Telegraph Quick 11 May 2022
Dishonest fake Newsday 09 May 2022
Fake The Telegraph Quick 24 Apr 2022
Phony Premier Sunday 17 Apr 2022
Fake news’s ending poor actor The Times Cryptic 15 Apr 2022
Fake USA Today 26 Mar 2022
Counterfeit Eugene Sheffer 24 Mar 2022
Covering for a pillow Family Time 14 Mar 2022
Hoax Universal 23 Feb 2022
Knockoff handbag, say Universal 11 Feb 2022
"It's a ___!" (fraud)
Fake Thomas Joseph 26 Jan 2022
That's bogus! Universal 18 Jan 2022
Bogus New York Times 17 Jan 2022
Con game Family Time 16 Jan 2022
Fake USA Today 12 Jan 2022
Decorative pillow cover USA Today 06 Jan 2022
Bogus Universal 29 Dec 2021
Fake USA Today 25 Dec 2021
Your head-to-pillow barrier Family Time 12 Dec 2021
Fraud Wall Street Journal 08 Dec 2021
Decorative pillow cover Universal 01 Dec 2021
Cover for a pillow Family Time 17 Oct 2021
False undertaking Newsday 16 Sep 2021
Bogus Thomas Joseph 14 Aug 2021
Counterfeit Eugene Sheffer 07 Aug 2021
Pillow cover Wall Street Journal 02 Aug 2021
Pretence The Telegraph Quick 21 Jul 2021
Feign Canadiana 19 Jul 2021
Phony LA Times Daily 17 Jul 2021
Phony The Washington Post 17 Jul 2021
Feign endless embarrassment for one's actions
Pillow cover USA Today 25 May 2021
Second character surviving flood is a fraud The Telegraph Cryptic 22 Apr 2021
Say nothing?  Am false!
Fake USA Today 28 Mar 2021
Phony Universal 19 Mar 2021
"It's a ___!" (fraud)
Humiliation? Mostly pretence The Telegraph Cryptic 03 Mar 2021
Hoax Eugene Sheffer 02 Mar 2021
Counterfeit; imposter The Guardian Speedy 31 Jan 2021
Bogus The Washington Post Sunday 03 Jan 2021
False display
Not legit Newsday 27 Nov 2020
Pretend to be quiet in the morning
Short chap filing hard copy
Fake salt served with meat The Sun Two Speed 25 Oct 2020
Bogus The Sun Two Speed 25 Oct 2020
Ultimately defines actor as one acting other than they are
Decorative pillowcase USA Today 20 Oct 2020
Totally bogus (rhymes with "wham")
Pretence; bogus The Times Concise 19 Sep 2020
Pillow cover New York Times 01 Sep 2020
Fake The Washington Post 04 Aug 2020
Fake priest will ignore article The Telegraph Cryptic 09 Jun 2020
Fake salt with sliced pork The Sun Two Speed 11 May 2020
Counterfeit Universal 09 Mar 2020
Pillow covering Family Time 03 Feb 2020
Bogus
Phony
Phony New York Times 06 Jan 2020
Bogus son given meat The Sun Two Speed 29 Dec 2019
Pretence The Sun Two Speed 29 Dec 2019
False display The Washington Post Sunday 22 Dec 2019
"It's a ___!" (fraud)
Dishonest imitation Newsday 03 Dec 2019
False pretense Jonesin 03 Dec 2019
False front USA Today 05 Nov 2019
Bogus New York Times 14 Oct 2019
False undertaking Newsday 11 Oct 2019
Fancy pillowcase The Washington Post 01 Oct 2019
Fancy pillowcase LA Times Daily 01 Oct 2019
Pretense Wall Street Journal 01 Oct 2019
Pillow prettifier USA Today 14 Sep 2019
Counterfeit Thomas Joseph 11 Sep 2019
Counterfeit Eugene Sheffer 05 Sep 2019
Pretense The Washington Post Sunday 01 Sep 2019
Imposture New York Times 17 Aug 2019
Fake New York Times 14 Aug 2019
Counterfeit Premier Sunday 04 Aug 2019
Phony display The Washington Post Sunday 28 Jul 2019
Fraud having seconds with meat The Sun Two Speed 14 Jul 2019
Bogus LA Times Daily 03 Jul 2019
Bogus The Washington Post 03 Jul 2019
Counterfeit USA Today 20 Jun 2019
Something fake Universal 17 Jun 2019
Pretense Newsday 29 May 2019
Witch doctor dismissing article as false
Ersatz The Washington Post Sunday 07 Apr 2019
Mock meat initially served for starters
Pillow cover Wall Street Journal 16 Mar 2019
Put-up job USA Today 15 Mar 2019
Phony baloney Newsday 03 Mar 2019
Total fraud Universal 13 Feb 2019
Hoax Newsday 10 Feb 2019
Hoax Universal 25 Jan 2019
Bogus Universal 01 Jan 2019
Fancy pillowcase
Bogus
Total fraud
Something fake
Bogus
Imposture
Fake
Hoax
Pretense
Pillow cover
Put-up job
Pillow prettifier
False front
Counterfeit
Bedding accessory
Pillow covering Universal 27 Dec 2018
Bedding accessory USA Today 20 Dec 2018
Counterfeit or insincere Irish Times Simplex 26 Nov 2018
Bit of bedroom decor LA Times Daily 24 Nov 2018
Bit of bedroom decor The Washington Post 24 Nov 2018
Con job Universal 17 Nov 2018
It's a pretence when embarrassment's not complete The Telegraph Cryptic 13 Nov 2018
Feign Canadiana 12 Nov 2018
Fake display Premier Sunday 11 Nov 2018
Clumsy actor on front of stage not genuine
Fraud New York Times 25 Oct 2018
Fake news's ending bad actor
"It's a ___!" (fraud)
Pillow accessory USA Today 28 Aug 2018
Deception Newsday 28 Aug 2018
Pretense LA Times Daily 23 Aug 2018
Pretense The Washington Post 23 Aug 2018
Bogus; pretence The Times Concise 16 Aug 2018
Street-vendor Gucci bag, e.g USA Today 09 Aug 2018
Fake Thomas Joseph 04 Aug 2018
Fake pity briefly displayed The Sun Two Speed 29 Jul 2018
Decorative pillowcase New York Times 24 Jun 2018
Con's feeling of guilt is endless
Debunking candidate Newsday 09 Jun 2018
Bogus or fake
Some Spanish-American deception Irish Times Crosaire 04 Jun 2018
Phony Premier Sunday 03 Jun 2018
Con game Family Time 20 May 2018
Fake LA Times Daily 18 May 2018
Hoax The Washington Post Sunday 13 May 2018
False show Newsday 11 May 2018
Last of the Christmas meat is anything but the real McCoy Irish Times Crosaire 04 Apr 2018
Half of liquid cleansers may be fake
Fake
Pillow accessory
Street-vendor Gucci bag, e.g.
Decorative pillowcase
Fraud
Pillow covering
Con job
Bit of bedroom decor
Pretense
Bogus, false The Times Concise 22 Dec 2017
Mock the entrance of Shakespearean actor The Sun Two Speed 20 Dec 2017
Deceptive practice USA Today 18 Dec 2017
Bedding accessory The Washington Post 20 Nov 2017
Bedding accessory LA Times Daily 20 Nov 2017
Counterfeit Wall Street Journal 04 Nov 2017
Pity, for the most part, is pretence The Telegraph Cryptic 25 Oct 2017
Endless humiliation for phoney The Telegraph Cryptic 20 Oct 2017
Deception Universal 09 Sep 2017
Son (Noah's son) is phoney
Something or someone that is a phony (rhymes with "ram")
Misrepresentation Canadiana 13 Mar 2017
Counterfeit, fake The Times Concise 13 Mar 2017
Ersatz Wall Street Journal 09 Mar 2017
Make-believe USA Today 14 Jan 2017
Bedding accessory
Deception
Deceptive practice
Make-believe
Pretence produces endless embarrassment
Fake The Telegraph Quick 08 Nov 2016
Piece of fiction LA Times Daily 06 Nov 2016
Imitation New York Times 29 Oct 2016
Con artist's operation Universal 26 Sep 2016
Farce Newsday 03 Sep 2016
Quiet in morning not what it seems
Pretence The Telegraph Quick 04 Aug 2016
Pretence Canadiana 18 Jul 2016
Coordinating pillowcase The Chronicle of Higher Education 08 Jul 2016
False alarm ends -- quiet ahead The Telegraph Cryptic 07 Jul 2016
Counterfeit The Telegraph Quick 20 Jun 2016
Bogus The Times Concise 19 May 2016
Faux New York Times 12 Apr 2016
Counterfeit The Guardian Speedy 13 Mar 2016
Bedding item USA Today 25 Feb 2016
Bogus Wall Street Journal 17 Feb 2016
Charlatan Wall Street Journal 06 Feb 2016
Ersatz LA Times Daily 15 Jan 2016
Coordinating pillowcase
Ersatz
Piece of fiction
Con artist's operation
Imitation
Fake bedding item? USA Today 20 Dec 2015
Something bogus Newsday 12 Nov 2015
Decorative bedroom item LA Times Daily 05 Nov 2015
Ersatz Newsday 03 Oct 2015
Hoax New York Times 01 Sep 2015
Fake pillow cover? Universal 20 Aug 2015
Phony Eugene Sheffer 04 May 2015
Bogus son acting without subtlety The Times Cryptic 04 May 2015
Fraud Eugene Sheffer 09 Mar 2015
Fake bedding item? Universal 10 Feb 2015
False The Telegraph Quick 02 Feb 2015
Pillow cover Newsday 25 Jan 2015
Bedding accessory
False show
Hoax
Something bogus
Pink Spiders "___ On"
Fake bedding item?
Fake pillow cover?
Hoax
Fake bedding item?
Counterfeit
Decorative bedroom item
Total fraud
Ersatz
Pillow cover
Misrepresentation
Pretence produces endless embarrassment
Quiet morning? Don't you believe it!
Mock appeal for peace by dreamers in the centre
Its appearance is deceiving
Fraud
Pillow cover
Fakery
Fancy pillowcase
Bedding item
Bogus thing
Deception
Con game
English punks ___ 69
Sam the ___ and the Pharaohs
Pretense
Bedding item
Pillowcase
Fraud
Phony
Impostor
Fake
Fake
Dog and pony show
Pillow cover
Hoax
Comforter go-with
Fancy pillowcase
Pillow covering
Hoax
Pretense
Pillowcase
Counterfeit
Phony display
Charade
Pretense
Coordinating pillowcase
Hoax
Ersatz
Counterfeit
Fast shuffle
Coordinating pillowcase
Fake
Phony deal
Fake
Sam the ___ and the Pharaohs
Phony deal
Fraud
Pretense
Make-believe
Milli Vanilli, for example
Bedroom accessory
Pillow protector
Bedroom accessory
Deceitful trick
Make-believe
Fake
Phony
False pretense
Pillow cover
Unreal
Fraud
It's not what it pretends to be
Ersatz
Phony
Decorative pillow cover
Bogus
Con
Fraud
Con
It's not what it looks like
Hoax
Faux
Pretend
It's not what it pretends to be
Mockery
Bedding item
"Rolez" watch, e.g.
Sam the ___ and the Pharaohs
Con game
Prado handbag, e.g.
Pillow protector
Mockery
Pillow cover
Pillow covering
Cover for a pillow
Counterfeit
Bogus
Pillow covering
Cover for a pillow
Counterfeit
Runner-up to Secretariat in the Kentucky Derby and the Preakness
Fakery
False front
Fraud
Simulated
Counterfeit
Pretense
Hoax
Bed accessory
Pillow protector
Counterfeit
Deception
Phony operation
"Wooly Bully" band Sam the ___ and the Pharaohs
Imitation
Pretend
Sting, e.g.
Counterfeit
"Prado" handbag, e.g.
False pretense
Ersatz
Spurious imitation
Put-on
Sam the __ and the Pharaohs
Pillow cover
Fake
Decorative cover
Bogus
Pretense
It's not real
Phony
Phony
Make-believe
Impostor
Imitation
Phony
It's not real
Imitation
False pretense
Imposture
Dummy
False front
Impostor
$10 Rolex, say
Subterfuge
Pillow covering
Pillow covering
Pretended
Sam was this, with the Pharaohs
Empty pretense
Fancy cover
Put-on
Fancy cover
Pillow case
Masquerade
Pillow protector
Hoax
Fraud
Bedding item
Put-on
Pillow cover
Ersatz
Mockery
Fraud
Impostor
Pillow cover
Dummy
Ersatz
False
Bedding item
Counterfeit
Pretense
Empty pretense
Faux
Hoax
Mock
Deceit
Sam the ___ and the Pharaohs ('60s pop group)
Fake
Only make-believe
Pillow cover
Bogus
Pretended
Bed accessory
False pretenses
Imposter
Bogus
Bedding item
Humbug
Totally bogus
Bed accessory
Phony
Phony
False front
It isn't what it looks like
Masquerade
Pillow cover
Pillow covering
Pillow covering
Not-to-be-believed
Pillow protector
Counterfeit
Pillowcase
Potemkin village
False
It isn't what it looks like
Great pretender
64 Adulterated
Fakery
Hypocrisy
Fake
Make-believe
Quack
Farce
Make-believe
Ungenuine
Fake
Pretended
Not real
Subterfuge
Pretense
Sam the ____ & the Pharaohs
Sam the ___ of 60's pop
Make-believe
Farce
Hypocrisy
Put-on
Fake pillow cover?
Brummagem
False
Deceit on a bed?
Pinchbeck
Humbug
Spurious imitation
Simulacrum
Feign
Masquerade
Spurious
Cheap falseness
Wooden nickel, e.g.
Pillowcase
Pretend
Not genuine
Feigned
Pseudo
Hokum
Put-on
Forgery
Hypocrisy
Pretender
Cover of a kind
Simulated.
Pretended.
Simulate.
Covering for a pillow.
Article of household linen.
Mockery.
Utter joke
Total fraud
Bogus
Pillow ___.
Pretense.
Ornamental cover.
Kind of battles we used to have.
Pretend.
Bolster cover.
Hoax.
Phony.
False.
Make-believe.
Fake.
Deception.
Imposture.
Pillow cover.
Pillowcase.
Feign.
Feigned.
Pseudo.
Not genuine.
Kind of battle
Counterfeit.
Humbug.
Not the real thing.
Insincerity.
Imitation.
Subterfuge.
Delusion.
Ornamental linen cover.
Flummery.
Pinchbeck.
Piece of household linen.
Make false pretenses.
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