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adjective

phoney adj. (compar. phonier; superl. phoniest) (Also spelled phony)

Imitating something superior; intended to deceive; fraudulent; having a misleading appearance; not genuine; false; counterfeit; fake; as, a phoney diamond; a phoney hundred-dollar bill.

Synonyms: bogus, counterfeit, fake, ersatz; fraudulent; false.

Pretending to be other than one is; putting on false appearances; insincere; hypocritical; of people.

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Etymology of 'Phoney'

Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48

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Words linked to "Phoney" : sweet talker, phony, fake, whited sepulcher, slicker, dissimulator, deceiver, smoothie, cheat, imitative, beguiler, hypocrite, counterfeit, cheater, smoothy, pretender, bastard, Tartuffe, bogus, Tartufe, trickster, dissembler