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Synonyms and Antonyms of phony
1
being such in appearance only and made or manufactured with the intention of committing fraud
bogus, counterfeit, fake, false, forged, inauthentic, queer, sham, snide, spurious, unauthentic
2
lacking in natural or spontaneous quality
automatic, canned, concocted, fabricated, hokey, labored, manufactured, pat, unauthentic, unreal, unrealistic
double-dealing, empty, facile, hollow, hypocritical, insincere, left-handed, mealy, mealymouthed, two-faced, unctuous
exaggerated, histrionic, melodramatic, overacted, overdone, theatrical (also theatric)
cute, cutesy, genteel, goody-goody, mincing, overrefined, simpering
conventional, formal, impersonal, inflexible, rigid, stiff, stylized, wooden
artful, calculated, conscious, cultivated, deliberate, premeditated, studied
3
not being or expressing what one appears to be or express
artificial, backhanded, counterfeit, double, double-dealing, double-faced, fake, feigned, hypocritical, insincere, Janus-faced, jive [slang], left-handed, lip, mealy, mealymouthed, Pecksniffian, phony-baloney (or phoney-baloney), pretended, two-faced, unctuous
Synonyms and Antonyms of phony
1
an imitation that is passed off as genuine
2
one who makes false claims of identity or expertise
ace, adept, authority, crackerjack (also crackajack), expert, maestro, master, past master, professional, virtuoso, whiz, wizard
phony
Synonyms and Antonyms of phony
to imitate or copy especially in order to deceive
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