Synonyms for phony
- noun
- adjective
- American English
Synonyms by meaning
Noun
1. Faker — A person who professes beliefs or opinions that they do not hold
faker, pretender, hypocrite, deceiver, cheat, dissembler, shammer, dissimulator, imposter, mocker dated
Adjective
1. Fraudulent — fraudulent; fake; having a misleading appearance
fake, bogus, counterfeit, illegitimate, bastard, sham, pseudo, spurious, mock, fauxthentic slang
Definitions
- n. 1
A person who professes beliefs or opinions that they do not hold.
He's such a phony, he doesn't believe half of what he says.
- adj. 1
Fraudulent; fake; having a misleading appearance.
A good jeweler should be able to tell a real stone from a phony one.
Related words
- Phrases
- peach phony disease phony up phony disease phony peach disease
- Other spellings
- phoney UK
Forms
- Plural
- phonies → fakers, pretenders, hypocrites, deceivers…
Example sentences
- hypocrite The word "hypocrite" originally meant "actor."
- faker That expression is faker than a coin with my face on it.
- pretender They knew how to unmask the prince pretender.
- deceiver The truth is, he is nothing other than a deceiver.
By length
- 4 letters
- copy2, fake1, mock1, sham1
- 5 letters
- cheat1, bogus2, faker2
- 6 letters
- pseudo2, mocker
- 7 letters
- bastard2, shammer
- 8 letters
- spurious3, imposter3, deceiver
- 9 letters
- hypocrite3, pretender3
- 10 letters
- dissembler
- 11 letters
- counterfeit3, fauxthentic
- 12 letters
- illegitimate5, dissimulator
The small number after each word is its number of syllables (copy2 = 2 syllables).
In other languages
- Français
- charlot