'phoney' definitions:
Definition of 'phoney'
From: WordNet
adjective
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 [syn: hypocrite, dissembler, dissimulator, phony, phoney, pretender]
Definition of 'phoney'
From: GCIDE
- phoney \pho"ney\ (f[=o]"n[=e]), n. Something or someone that is phoney. [Also spelled phony.] [PJC]
Definition of 'phoney'
From: GCIDE
- phoney \pho"ney\ (f[=o]"n[=e]), a. [Also spelled phony.] [Compar. phonier; superl. phoniest.]
- 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.
- Syn: bogus, counterfeit, fake, ersatz; fraudulent; false. [PJC]
- 2. Pretending to be other than one is; putting on false appearances; insincere; hypocritical; -- of people. [PJC]
Definition of 'phoney'
From: GCIDE
- phony \pho"ny\ (f[=o]"n[=e]), n. Something or someone that is phony. [Also spelled phoney.] [PJC]
Definition of 'phoney'
From: GCIDE
- phony \pho"ny\ (f[=o]"n[=e]), a. [Also spelled phoney.] [Compar. phonier; superl. phoniest.]
- 1. imitating something superior; intended to deceive; fraudulent; having a misleading appearance; not genuine; counterfeit; fake; as, a phony diamond; a phony hundred-dollar bill.
- Syn: phoney, bogus, counterfeit, fake. [PJC]
- 2. Pretending to be other than one is; putting on false appearances; insincere; hypocritical; -- of people. [PJC]
Synonyms of 'phoney'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- artificial,
- bogus,
- charlatan,
- counterfeit,
- counterfeiter,
- deceitful,
- deceiver,
- dishonest,
- double-dealer,
- ersatz,
- factitious,
- fake,
- faker,
- false,
- forgery,
- fraud,
- fraudulent,
- hoax,
- humbug,
- hypocritical,
- imitation,
- impostor,
- insincere,
- mock,
- mountebank,
- paste,
- phony,
- pretended,
- pretender,
- quack,
- sham,
- spurious,
- synthetic,
- trickster,
- unreal