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- pronunciation:
- fo
ni
- parts of speech:
- adjective, noun
- features:
- Word Combinations (adjective, noun)
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adjective |
| inflections: |
phonier, phoniest |
| definition: |
(informal) not real or genuine; fake.
She could tell he was wearing a phony beard and mustache.- synonyms:
- bogus, counterfeit, ersatz, fake, false, inauthentic, mock, pseudo, sham, spurious
- antonyms:
- authentic, real, true
- similar words:
- artificial, contrived, deceptive, factitious, fictitious, forged, fraudulent, imitation, left-handed, make-believe, meretricious, pinchbeck, plastic, shoddy, specious, supposititious, synthetic
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| related words: |
affected, apocryphal, counterfeit, dishonest, false, insincere, mock, quack |
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| part of speech: |
noun |
| inflections: |
phoneys, phonies |
| definition: |
(informal) someone or something that is not genuine; fake; impostor.
The diamond is a phony.The doctor was actually a phony.- synonyms:
- fake
- similar words:
- charlatan, cheat, counterfeit, faker, forgery, hoax, humbug, imitation, impostor, mountebank, poser, pretender, put-on, quack, sham, shoddy, slug, swindle
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| related words: |
hypocrite |
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| derivation: |
phoniness (n.) |
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