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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Clue Source Date
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
What is Dwayne Johnson's Irish nickname? "The ___-Rock!"
Fraud Universal 17 Mar 2024
Fake remake of M*A*S*H (4)
Counterfeit Eugene Sheffer 14 Mar 2024
Bogus LA Times Daily 14 Mar 2024
Pretense Wall Street Journal 07 Mar 2024
A pillowcase or a pretender
Majority of scandal is false (4)
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
Fake salt served with meat The Sun Two Speed 16 Jan 2024
Pretence 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
Dishonest imitation Newsday 24 Dec 2023
Mock, trollop & mining waste (4)
Pillow cover Commuter 23 Dec 2023
Sam the ___ & the Pharaohs
Con job Family Time 04 Dec 2023
Counterfeit Eugene Sheffer 01 Dec 2023
Fraud USA Today 30 Nov 2023
Bedding item?
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
Fake The Telegraph Quick 12 Oct 2023
Hoax Newsday 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
Fancy pillowcase LA Times Daily 08 Jun 2023
Pretence The Telegraph Quick 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
Fake The Telegraph Quick 02 Oct 2022
False front Newsday 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
Ultimately defines actor as one acting other than they are
Bogus The Sun Two Speed 25 Oct 2020
Fake salt served with meat The Sun Two Speed 25 Oct 2020
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
Pretence The Sun Two Speed 29 Dec 2019
Bogus son given meat The Sun Two Speed 29 Dec 2019
False display The Washington Post Sunday 22 Dec 2019
"It's a ___!" (fraud)
False pretense Jonesin 03 Dec 2019
Dishonest imitation Newsday 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
Bogus Universal 01 Jan 2019
Imposture
Counterfeit
Bedding accessory
Total fraud
Something fake
Hoax
Fancy pillowcase
Fake
Bogus
Pretense
Pillow cover
Put-up job
Pillow prettifier
False front
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 The Washington Post 24 Nov 2018
Bit of bedroom decor LA Times Daily 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)
Deception Newsday 28 Aug 2018
Pillow accessory USA Today 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
Street-vendor Gucci bag, e.g.
Pillow accessory
Bit of bedroom decor
Fake
Pretense
Decorative pillowcase
Fraud
Con job
Pillow covering
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")
Counterfeit, fake The Times Concise 13 Mar 2017
Misrepresentation Canadiana 13 Mar 2017
Ersatz Wall Street Journal 09 Mar 2017
Make-believe USA Today 14 Jan 2017
Deception
Make-believe
Deceptive practice
Bedding accessory
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
Piece of fiction
Coordinating pillowcase
Con artist's operation
Imitation
Ersatz
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
Bogus son acting without subtlety The Times Cryptic 04 May 2015
Phony Eugene Sheffer 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
Pillow cover
Hoax
False show
Ersatz
Fake bedding item?
Fake bedding item?
Misrepresentation
Hoax
Pink Spiders "___ On"
Fake pillow cover?
Counterfeit
Something bogus
Bedding accessory
Total fraud
Decorative bedroom item
Pretence produces endless embarrassment
Quiet morning? Don't you believe it!
Mock appeal for peace by dreamers in the centre
Fakery
English punks ___ 69
Bogus thing
Fancy pillowcase
Sam the ___ and the Pharaohs
Bedding item
Con game
Its appearance is deceiving
Deception
Pillow cover
Fraud
Phony
Pretense
Fake
Dog and pony show
Fraud
Pillow cover
Fake
Impostor
Fancy pillowcase
Pillowcase
Comforter go-with
Bedding item
Hoax
Hoax
Phony display
Phony deal
Pillow covering
Fake
Coordinating pillowcase
Charade
Hoax
Pretense
Fast shuffle
Ersatz
Coordinating pillowcase
Fake
Counterfeit
Pillowcase
Pretense
Counterfeit
Pillow protector
Pillow cover
Sam the ___ and the Pharaohs
Milli Vanilli, for example
Make-believe
Bedroom accessory
Unreal
Make-believe
Pretense
Phony
Fraud
Deceitful trick
Bedroom accessory
Phony deal
False pretense
Fake
Phony
Hoax
Fraud
It's not what it pretends to be
Faux
Pretend
It's not what it looks like
It's not what it pretends to be
Mockery
Con
Fraud
Bedding item
Con
Ersatz
Bogus
Decorative pillow cover
Cover for a pillow
Cover for a pillow
"Rolez" watch, e.g.
Mockery
Counterfeit
Pillow protector
Pillow covering
Counterfeit
Prado handbag, e.g.
Con game
Pillow covering
Bogus
Pillow cover
Sam the ___ and the Pharaohs
Runner-up to Secretariat in the Kentucky Derby and the Preakness
Bed accessory
Fraud
Hoax
Fakery
Pretense
Pillow protector
Simulated
Counterfeit
False front
"Wooly Bully" band Sam the ___ and the Pharaohs
"Prado" handbag, e.g.
Phony operation
Counterfeit
Sting, e.g.
Pretend
Imitation
Deception
Counterfeit
Phony
Pretense
Spurious imitation
Fake
Put-on
Ersatz
Phony
Imposture
False pretense
False pretense
Pillow cover
Make-believe
Phony
Imitation
Impostor
Sam the __ and the Pharaohs
Decorative cover
Bogus
It's not real
Imitation
It's not real
Sam was this, with the Pharaohs
Bedding item
Impostor
Pillow covering
Pretended
Subterfuge
Put-on
Fancy cover
Fancy cover
Hoax
Pillow case
Pillow protector
Put-on
Empty pretense
Masquerade
Fraud
Pillow covering
False front
Dummy
$10 Rolex, say
Pillow cover
Impostor
Pillow cover
Fraud
Ersatz
Bedding item
Mockery
False
Dummy
Ersatz
Fake
Mock
Sam the ___ and the Pharaohs ('60s pop group)
Deceit
Faux
Hoax
Pretense
Empty pretense
Counterfeit
Only make-believe
Pillow cover
Bogus
Bedding item
Totally bogus
False pretenses
Bed accessory
Bogus
Imposter
Pretended
Humbug
Bed accessory
Phony
False front
Phony
False
Not-to-be-believed
Pillow protector
Counterfeit
Pillow covering
Pillow cover
Pillowcase
Potemkin village
Pillow covering
Masquerade
It isn't what it looks like
Fake
Make-believe
Make-believe
Hypocrisy
It isn't what it looks like
Farce
Fakery
Quack
64 Adulterated
Great pretender
Subterfuge
Not real
Fake
Pretense
Ungenuine
Pretended
Sam the ___ of 60's pop
Make-believe
Sam the ____ & the Pharaohs
Put-on
Hypocrisy
Farce
Fake pillow cover?
False
Brummagem
Pinchbeck
Deceit on a bed?
Humbug
Simulacrum
Spurious imitation
Feign
Masquerade
Spurious
Cheap falseness
Wooden nickel, e.g.
Pillowcase
Pretend
Not genuine
Feigned
Pseudo
Put-on
Hokum
Forgery
Hypocrisy
Pretender
Cover of a kind
Kind of battle
Pretense.
Feigned.
Counterfeit.
Feign.
Humbug.
Deception.
Pillow cover.
Pillowcase.
Fake.
Make-believe.
False.
Pseudo.
Phony.
Bolster cover.
Hoax.
Pillow ___.
Pretend.
Imposture.
Insincerity.
Not the real thing.
Imitation.
Delusion.
Subterfuge.
Ornamental linen cover.
Flummery.
Piece of household linen.
Pinchbeck.
Make false pretenses.
Ornamental cover.
Pretended.
Simulated.
Simulate.
Not genuine.
Covering for a pillow.
Article of household linen.
Mockery.
Kind of battles we used to have.
Utter joke
Total fraud
Bogus
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