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phony-baloney

adjective

variants: or phoney-baloney

Synonyms and Antonyms of phony-baloney

not being or expressing what one appears to be or express

if you believe the company's phony-baloney press releases, it's in business solely for the benefit of mankind

Synonyms of phony-baloney

artificial, backhanded, counterfeit, double, double-dealing, double-faced, fake, feigned, hypocritical, insincere, Janus-faced, jive [slang], left-handed, lip, mealy, mealymouthed, Pecksniffian, phony (also phoney), pretended, two-faced, unctuous

Words Related to phony-baloney

affected, assumed, claptrap, contrived, forced, mechanical, put-on, simulated, strained, unnatural

empty, hollow, meaningless

deceitful, devious, dishonest, false, untruthful

facile, glib, superficial

campy, facetious, jocular, tongue-in-cheek

canting, pharisaical, pious, sanctimonious, self-righteous, simon-pure

Near Antonyms of phony-baloney

direct, forthright, frank, heart-to-heart, open, plain, straightforward

Antonyms of phony-baloney

artless, candid, genuine, heartfelt, honest, sincere, undesigning, unfeigned

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