All phony synonyms
phoΒ·ny
P p noun phony
- hoaxer β something intended to deceive or defraud: The Piltdown man was a scientific hoax.
- charlatan β You describe someone as a charlatan when they pretend to have skills or knowledge that they do not really possess.
- equivocator β Agent noun of equivocate; one who equivocates.
- mischiefmaker β Alternative form of mischief-maker.
- horse trader β a person who is shrewd and clever at bargaining.
- bon mot β A bon mot is a clever, witty remark.
- liar β MIT Scheme
- cover up β If you cover something or someone up, you put something over them in order to protect or hide them.
- hypocrite β a person who feigns some desirable or publicly approved attitude, especially one whose private life, opinions, or statements belie his or her public statements.
- hoser β a person who is considered unintelligent or uncouth, especially a beer-drinking man.
- coverup β an attempt to keep blunders, crimes, etc. from being disclosed
- quack β a fraudulent or ignorant pretender to medical skill.
- beguiler β to influence by trickery, flattery, etc.; mislead; delude.
- act β When you act, you do something for a particular purpose.
- forgery β the crime of falsely making or altering a writing by which the legal rights or obligations of another person are apparently affected; simulated signing of another person's name to any such writing whether or not it is also the forger's name.
- fabler β A writer of fables; a fabulist; a dealer in untruths or falsehoods.
- fraudster β A person who practices fraud; a swindler.
- quacksalver β a quack doctor.
- casuist β a person, esp a theologian, who attempts to resolve moral dilemmas by the application of general rules and the careful distinction of special cases
- falsification β to make false or incorrect, especially so as to deceive: to falsify income-tax reports.
adjective phony
- imitated β Simple past tense and past participle of imitate.
- invented β Fictional, made up, imaginary.
- astucious β Subtle; cunning; astute.
- fake β to lay (a rope) in a coil or series of long loops so as to allow to run freely without fouling or kinking (often followed by down).
- jivey β resembling, suggesting, or characteristic of jive; lively.
verb phony
- bs β BS is an abbreviation for 'British Standard', which is a standard that something sold in Britain must reach in a test to prove that it is satisfactory or safe. Each standard has a number for reference.
- cribbing β the action of one that cribs
- bulling β the male of a bovine animal, especially of the genus Bos, with sexual organs intact and capable of reproduction.
- misguide β to guide wrongly; misdirect.
- go back on β at, to, or toward the rear; backward: to step back.
- overdraw β to draw upon (an account, allowance, etc.) in excess of the balance standing to one's credit or at one's disposal: It was the first time he had ever overdrawn his account.
- mimeo β A mimeograph.
adj phony
- cockamamie β If you describe something as cockamamie, you mean that it is ridiculous or silly.
- hammy β characteristic of a person who overacts.
- campy β Campy means the same as camp.
- contrived β If you say that something someone says or does is contrived, you think it is false and deliberate, rather than natural and not planned.
- moralistic β a person who teaches or inculcates morality.
- conceited β If you say that someone is conceited, you are showing your disapproval of the fact that they are far too proud of their abilities or achievements.
- meretricious β alluring by a show of flashy or vulgar attractions; tawdry.
- hyped up β intensively or excessively stimulated or exaggerated: an economy hyped-up by arms spending.
- insincere β not sincere; not honest in the expression of actual feeling; hypocritical.
- misrepresentative β to represent incorrectly, improperly, or falsely.
- inconceivable β not conceivable; unimaginable; unthinkable.
- misborn β (now rare) Born prematurely; abortive.
- feigned β pretended; sham; counterfeit: feigned enthusiasm.
- mala fide β in bad faith; not genuine.
- hypocritical β of the nature of hypocrisy, or pretense of having virtues, beliefs, principles, etc., that one does not actually possess: The parent who has a βdo what I say and not what I doβ attitude can appear hypocritical to a child.
- affected β If you describe someone's behaviour as affected, you disapprove of the fact that they behave in an unnatural way that is intended to impress other people.
- la-di-da β affected; pretentious; foppish: a la-di-da manner.