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Definitions for Bogus

[1] not genuine; counterfeit; spurious; sham.
[2] Printing , Journalism . matter set, by union requirement, by a compositor and later discarded, duplicating the text of an advertisement for which a plate has been supplied or type set by another publisher.
[3] spurious or counterfeit; not genuine a bogus note

Words related to Bogus

spurious, phony, fraudulent, fictitious, forged, fake, sham, false, artificial, dummy, ersatz, imitation, pretended, pseudo, simulated

Words nearby Bogus

bogor, bogorodsk, bogotá, bogtrotter, bogue, bogus, bogwood, bogy, bogyman, boh, bohai

Origin of Bogus

1825–30, Americanism ; originally an apparatus for coining false money; perhaps akin to bogy1

Word origin for Bogus

C19: from bogus apparatus for making counterfeit money; perhaps related to bogey 1

Synonyms for Bogus

fake, false, fictitious, forged, fraudulent, phony, sham, spurious, artificial, dummy, ersatz, imitation, not what it is cracked up to be, pretended, pseudo, simulated