Sekirov Dictionary

phoney

/ˈfoʊni/

noun 3
adjective 1
verb 1
forms 6
phrases 1

noun3

•
(informal) A person who assumes an identity or quality other than their own.
- He claims to be a doctor, but he's nothing but a fast-talking phony.
•
(informal) A person who professes beliefs or opinions that they do not hold.
- He's such a phony, he doesn't believe half of what he says.
•
(informal) Anything fraudulent or fake.
- One name was a phony, but the other was the true name. The clerk remembered the man who had filed the tags since he acquired two sets of plates with different names. — 2013

adjective1

•
(informal) Fraudulent; fake; having a misleading appearance.
- A good jeweler should be able to tell a real stone from a phony one.

verb1

(informal) To fake.

forms

phoneyed · phoneying · phoneys · phonies · phonier · phoniest

Phrases with phoney

phony up
To create a false version of something.

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