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Phoney   Listen
adjective
phoney  adj.  (compar. phonier; superl. phoniest)  (Also spelled phony)  
1.
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.
2.
Pretending to be other than one is; putting on false appearances; insincere; hypocritical; of people.





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Words linked to "Phoney" :   deceiver, Tartufe, cheater, smoothie, charmer, pretender, whited sepulcher, dissembler, bastard, cheat, whited sepulchre, hypocrite, phony, slicker, dissimulator, smoothy, fake, imitative, bogus


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