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- [boh-guh s]
- /ˈboʊ gəs/
- /ˈbəʊ.ɡəs/
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- [boh-guh s]
- /ˈboʊ gəs/
Definitions of bogus word
- adjective bogus If you describe something as bogus, you mean that it is not genuine. 3
- adjective bogus spurious or counterfeit; not genuine 3
- adjective bogus not genuine; spurious 3
- adjective bogus not genuine; counterfeit; spurious; sham. 1
- noun bogus Printing, Journalism. matter set, by union requirement, by a compositor and later discarded, duplicating the text of an advertisement for which a plate has been supplied or type set by another publisher. 1
- adjective bogus fake 1
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Origin of bogus
First appearance:
before 1825 One of the 37% newest English words
1825-30, Americanism; originally an apparatus for coining false money; perhaps akin to bogy1
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Parts of speech for Bogus
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bogus popularity
A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 79% of English native speakers know the meaning and use the word.
Most Europeans know this English word. The frequency of it’s usage is somewhere between "mom" and "screwdriver".
bogus usage trend in Literature
This diagram is provided by Google Ngram ViewerSynonyms for bogus
adj bogus
- spurious — not genuine, authentic, or true; not from the claimed, pretended, or proper source; counterfeit.
- phony — not real or genuine; fake; counterfeit: a phony diamond.
- fraudulent — characterized by, involving, or proceeding from fraud, as actions, enterprise, methods, or gains: a fraudulent scheme to evade taxes.
- fictitious — created, taken, or assumed for the sake of concealment; not genuine; false: fictitious names.
- forged — to form by heating and hammering; beat into shape.
Antonyms for bogus
adj bogus
- factual — of or relating to facts; concerning facts: factual accuracy.
- real — true; not merely ostensible, nominal, or apparent: the real reason for an act.
- valid — sound; just; well-founded: a valid reason.
- honest — honorable in principles, intentions, and actions; upright and fair: an honest person.
- truthful — telling the truth, especially habitually: a truthful person.
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