'Bogus' definitions:
Definition of 'bogus'
From: WordNet
Definition of 'Bogus'
From: GCIDE
- Bogus \Bo"gus\, a. [Etymol. uncertain.] Spurious; fictitious; sham; -- a cant term originally applied to counterfeit coin, and hence denoting anything counterfeit. [Colloq. U. S.] [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'Bogus'
From: GCIDE
- Bogus \Bo"gus\, n. A liquor made of rum and molasses. [Local, U. S.] --Bartlett. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'bogus'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- affected,
- apocryphal,
- artificial,
- assumed,
- bastard,
- brummagem,
- colorable,
- colored,
- counterfeit,
- counterfeited,
- distorted,
- dressed up,
- dummy,
- embellished,
- embroidered,
- ersatz,
- factitious,
- fake,
- faked,
- false,
- falsified,
- feigned,
- fictitious,
- fictive,
- forged,
- fraudulent,
- garbled,
- illegitimate,
- imitation,
- junky,
- make-believe,
- man-made,
- mock,
- perverted,
- phony,
- pinchbeck,
- pretended,
- pseudo,
- put-on,
- quasi,
- queer,
- self-styled,
- sham,
- shoddy,
- simulated,
- snide,
- so-called,
- soi-disant,
- spurious,
- supposititious,
- synthetic,
- tin,
- tinsel,
- titivated,
- twisted,
- unauthentic,
- ungenuine,
- unnatural,
- unreal,
- warped