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    phoney
    /ˈfəʊni/

    adjective

    • 1. not genuine; fraudulent: "phoney cruise-ship job offers"

    noun

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  2. dictionary.cambridge.org › dictionary › englishPHONEY | English meaning - Cambridge Dictionary

    someone who is not sincere or not what they claim to be: I don't trust him - I think he's a phoney.

  3. www.merriam-webster.com › dictionary › phoneyPhoney Definition & Meaning - Merriam-Webster

    The meaning of PHONY is not genuine or real. How to use phony in a sentence. not genuine or real: such as; intended to deceive or mislead; intended to defraud : counterfeit…

  4. dictionary.cambridge.org › dictionary › englishPHONY | English meaning - Cambridge Dictionary

    PHONY definition: 1. not sincere or not real: 2. represented as real but actually false; intended to deceive: 3. a…. Learn more.

  5. www.dictionary.com › browse › phoneyPHONEY Definition & Meaning | Dictionary.com

    an insincere or pretentious person. something that is not genuine; a fake. “Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012. Discover More.

  6. www.vocabulary.com › dictionary › phoneyPhoney - Definition, Meaning & Synonyms | Vocabulary.com

    adjective. fraudulent; having a misleading appearance. synonyms: bastard, bogus, fake, phony. counterfeit, imitative. not genuine; imitating something superior. noun. a person who professes beliefs and opinions that he or she does not hold in order to conceal his or her real feelings or motives.

  7. www.collinsdictionary.com › dictionary › englishPHONEY definition and meaning | Collins English Dictionary

    If you say that someone is phoney, you disapprove of them because they are pretending to be someone that they are not in order to deceive people. [ informal , disapproval ] He looks totally phoney to me.

  8. www.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com › definition › englishphoney adjective - Definition, pictures, pronunciation and usage...

    Definition of phoney adjective in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.

  9. www.thefreedictionary.com › phoneyPhoney - definition of phoney by The Free Dictionary

    adjective. 1. fake, affected, assumed, trick, put-on, false, forged, imitation, sham, pseudo (informal), counterfeit, feigned, spurious He used a phoney accent. fake real, original, genuine, authentic, sincere, unaffected, bona fide, dinkum (Austral & N.Z. informal), unfeigned, unassumed.

  10. www.collinsdictionary.com › dictionary › english-wordPHONEY - Find out everything about this English word | Collins

    1. If you describe something as phoney, you disapprove of it because it is false rather than genuine. [informal, disapproval] [...] 2. If you say that someone is phoney, you disapprove of them because they are pretending to be someone that they are not in order to deceive people. [informal, disapproval] [...] More.

  11. www.oed.com › dictionary › phoney_adjphoney, adj. & n. meanings, etymology and more - Oxford English ...

    Noun. A fake or counterfeit thing; a false or insincere person. Earlier version. phoney, a. and n. in OED Second Edition (1989) Originally U.S. colloquial. adjective. 1893–. Fake, sham, counterfeit; false; insincere.