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Definitions for Phony

[1] not real or genuine; fake; counterfeit: a phony diamond.
[2] false or deceiving; not truthful; concocted: a phony explanation.
[3] insincere or deceitful; affected or pretentious: a phony sales representative.
[4] something that is phony; a counterfeit or fake.
[5] an insincere, pretentious, or deceitful person: He thought my friends were a bunch of phonies.
[6] to falsify; counterfeit; fabricate (often followed by up ): to phony up a document.
[7] a combining form used in the formation of abstract nouns corresponding to nouns ending in -phone: telephony.
[8] a variant spelling (esp US) of phoney
[9] indicating a specified type of sound cacophony ; euphony

Words related to Phony

spurious, counterfeit, sham, bogus, forged, trick, put-on, pseudo, imitation, affected, artificial, assumed

Words nearby Phony

phonoscope, phonotactic, phonotactics, phonotype, phonotypy, phony, phony disease, phony war, phony-baloney, phooey, phorate

Origin of Phony

-phony< Greek -phōnia; see -phone, -y3

Other words from Phony

pho·ni·ly , adverb
pho·ni·ness , noun

Word origin for Phony

-phonyfrom Greek -phōnia, from phōnē sound

Synonyms for Phony

bogus, counterfeit, forged, sham, spurious, imitation, pseudo, put-on, trick, affected, artificial, assumed