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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:
phoney \pho"ney\ (f[=o]"n[=e]), a. [Also spelled {phony}.]
[Compar. {phonier}; superl. {phoniest}.]
1. Imitating something superior; intended to deceive;
fraudulent; having a misleading appearance; not genuine;
false; counterfeit; fake; as, a phoney diamond; a phoney
hundred-dollar bill.
Syn: bogus, counterfeit, fake, ersatz; fraudulent; false.
[PJC]
2. Pretending to be other than one is; putting on false
appearances; insincere; hypocritical; -- of people.
[PJC]
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:
phony \pho"ny\ (f[=o]"n[=e]), a. [Also spelled {phoney}.]
[Compar. {phonier}; superl. {phoniest}.]
1. imitating something superior; intended to deceive;
fraudulent; having a misleading appearance; not genuine;
counterfeit; fake; as, a phony diamond; a phony
hundred-dollar bill.
Syn: phoney, bogus, counterfeit, fake.
[PJC]
2. Pretending to be other than one is; putting on false
appearances; insincere; hypocritical; -- of people.
[PJC]
From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
phony
adj : fraudulent; having a misleading appearance [syn: {bogus}, {fake},
{phoney}, {bastard}]
n : a person who professes beliefs and opinions that he does not
hold [syn: {hypocrite}, {dissembler}, {phoney}, {pretender}]
[also: {phoniest}, {phonier}]
From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
phonier
See {phony}
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