English adjective: phoney | |||
1. | phoney fraudulent; having a misleading appearance | ||
Synonyms | bastard, bogus, fake, phony | ||
Similar | counterfeit, imitative | ||
Antonyms | echt, genuine | ||
English noun: phoney | |||
1. | phoney (person) 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 | ||
Synonyms | dissembler, dissimulator, hypocrite, phony, pretender | ||
Broader (hypernym) | beguiler, cheat, cheater, deceiver, slicker, trickster | ||
Narrower (hyponym) | charmer, smoothie, smoothy, sweet talker, Tartufe, Tartuffe, whited sepulcher, whited sepulchre | ||