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adj. Not genuine or real; counterfeit: a phony credit card.

adj. False; spurious: a phony name.

adj. Not honest or truthful; deceptive: a phony excuse.

adj. Insincere or hypocritical.

adj. Giving a false impression of truth or authenticity; specious.

n. Something not genuine; a fake.

n. One who is insincere or pretentious.

n. An impostor; a hypocrite.

adj. Fraudulent; fake; having a misleading appearance.

n. A faker, a person who professes beliefs or opinions that they do not hold or assumes an identity other than their own.

adj. imitating something superior; intended to deceive; fraudulent; having a misleading appearance; not genuine; counterfeit; fake.

adj. pretending to be other than one is; putting on false appearances; insincere; hypocritical; -- of people.

n. something or someone that is phony.

Of the character of a ‘phone’ or of the talk heard over a ‘phone’; unsubstantial; imitational; spurious.

n. 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

adj. fraudulent; having a misleading appearance

"Mr. Picard is seeking to recover what he calls phony investment profits withdrawn from the firm by Mr. Madoff's relatives, money they earned while working there, and funds they spent on credit cards and other purchases."

imitative    counterfeit   

phonied    phonies   

phoniest    phonier    phoney   

insincere    hypocritical    bogus    fake    counterfeit   

Berlusconi    Bologna    Castiglione    Marconi    Maroni    Moroni    Mulroney    Shoshone    Sony    Toni   

bogus    fake    valid    false    counterfeit    spurious    self-serving    only    macho    fraudulent