phoney
adjective
[ ˈfəʊni ]
• not genuine; fraudulent.
• "phoney cruise-ship job offers"
Similar:
bogus,
not genuine,
sham,
false,
fake,
fraudulent,
forged,
feigned,
counterfeit,
so-called,
spurious,
pseudo,
imitation,
man-made,
mock,
ersatz,
artificial,
synthetic,
manufactured,
simulated,
reproduction,
replica,
facsimile,
dummy,
model,
toy,
make-believe,
pretended,
contrived,
affected,
insincere,
pretend,
put-on,
fakey,
cod,
phoney
noun
• a fraudulent person or thing.
Similar:
impostor,
sham,
fake,
fraud,
mountebank,
quack,
cheat,
swindler,
fraudster,
confidence trickster,
defrauder,
hoaxer,
bluffer,
pretender,
masquerader,
charlatan,
rogue,
scoundrel,
con man,
con artist,
confidence man,
counterfeit,
forgery,
hoax,
imitation,
copy,
reproduction,
replica,
facsimile,
dummy,
model,
toy,
Origin:
late 19th century: of unknown origin.
