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Definitions for Sham

[1] something that is not what it purports to be; a spurious imitation; fraud or hoax.
[2] a person who shams; shammer.
[3] a cover or the like for giving a thing a different outward appearance: a pillow sham.
[4] pretended; counterfeit; feigned: sham attacks; a sham Gothic façade.
[5] designed, made, or used as a sham.
[6] to produce an imitation of.
[7] to assume the appearance of; pretend to have: to sham illness.
[8] to make a false show of something; pretend.
[9] anything that is not what it purports or appears to be
[10] something false, fake, or fictitious that purports to be genuine
[11] a person who pretends to be something other than he is
[12] counterfeit or false; simulated
[13] to falsely assume the appearance of (something); counterfeit to sham illness

Words related to Sham

fraudulent, fictitious, phony, bogus, fraud, farce, mockery, hypocrisy, whitewash, forgery, travesty, fake, dummy, affected, ersatz, mock, assumed, plaster, pretend, pseudo

Words nearby Sham

shalom, shalom aleichem, shalosh seudoth, shalt, shalwar, sham, shama, shaman, shamanism, shamash, shamateur

Origin of Sham

First recorded in 1670–80; origin uncertain

Other words from Sham

un·shammed , adjective

Word origin for Sham

C17: perhaps a Northern English dialect variant of shame

Synonyms for Sham

bogus, fictitious, fraudulent, phony, adulterated, affected, assumed, dummy, ersatz, fake, feigned, forged, imitation, lying, make-believe, misleading, mock, plaster, pretend, pretended, pseudo, simulated, substitute, synthetic, false, so-called, spurious, untrue