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phonies
noun as in liar
noun as in pretension
noun as in quack
noun as in spoof
noun as in troublemaker
noun as in act
noun as in charlatan
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noun as in faker
noun as in grandioseness
noun as in grandiosity
noun as in perjurer
noun as in phoniness
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- ambidexterity
- ambidextrous
- artificiality
- backhanded
- deceitful
- deceptive
- devious
- disingenuous
- disingenuousness
- dissembling
- dissimulating
- double
- double-dealing
- duplicitous
- evasive
- faithless
- fake
- false
- hollow
- hypocritical
- lying
- mendacious
- perfidious
- phony
- pretentious
- put on
- shifty
- slick
- sly
- snide
- two-faced
- unfaithful
- untrue
- untruthful
noun as in pompousness
noun as in prevaricator
noun as in put on
noun as in tartuffe
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noun as in counterfeit
noun as in duplicate
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noun as in facade
noun as in fake
noun as in forgery
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noun as in fraud
noun as in front
noun as in hypocrite
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noun as in imitation
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noun as in impostor
noun as in imposture
verb as in lie
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verb as in simulate
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verb as in copy
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verb as in counterfeit
verb as in duplicate
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Example Sentences
Why the low pay and job insecurity that come with “emotional work” is creating a nation full of phonies.
He was too cynical about politics, and he could spot phonies whichever party they were in.
In a field filled with phonies, Bob Kerrey has always been the real deal.
But Chaffetz and these other phonies aren't interested in the truth.
In YA lit, non-white teens still tend to fight racism and violence more than cliques and phonies.
If your idea pays off, Tom, we should be able to checkmate every move those phonies and their allies make!
Anyway, I wouldn't blame her, after the exhibition I made the other night, for classin' me with the phonies.
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On this page you'll find 1044 synonyms, antonyms, and words related to phonies, such as: cheat, con artist, perjurer, phony, storyteller, and deceiver.
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
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