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1 phoney -- rank: 1000

phoney definitions WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005) adj 1: fraudulent; having a misleading appearance [syn: bogus, fake, phony, phoney, bastard] n 1: a person who professes beliefs and opinions ... her real feelings or motives [syn: hypocrite, dissembler, dissimulator, phony, phoney, pretender] Merriam Webster's I. adjective see phony I II ... counterfeit. 2 fictitious; fraudulent. --n. (pl. -eys or -ies) a phoney person or thing. Derivatives: phonily adv. phoniness n. Etymology: 20th ... Dictionary also phony(phoneys) 1. If you describe something as phoney, you disapprove of it because it is false rather than genuine. (INFORMAL) He'd telephoned with some phoney excuse she didn't believe for a minute... ADJ [ ...

2 phoney war -- rank: 893

phoney war definitions Collin's Cobuild Dictionary also phony war A phoney war is when two opposing groups are openly hostile towards ...

3 phoney-baloney -- rank: 878

phoney-baloney definitions Merriam Webster's adjective see phony-baloney

4 phony -- rank: 589

... 1: fraudulent; having a misleading appearance [syn: bogus, fake, phony, phoney, bastard] n 1: a person who professes beliefs and opinions ... her real feelings or motives [syn: hypocrite, dissembler, dissimulator, phony, phoney, pretender] Merriam Webster's I. adjective also phoney (phonier; -est) Etymology: perhaps alteration of fawney gilded brass ring ... elegance — New Republic > • phonily adverb • phoniness noun II. noun also phoney (plural phonies; also phoneys) Date: 1902 one that is phony ... of the moment — William Faulkner > Oxford Reference Dictionary var. of PHONEY. Collin's Cobuild Dictionary see phoney Moby Thesaurus Joseph Surface, Pecksniff, Tartuffe, actor, affected, affecter, ...

5 bogus -- rank: 331

... 1: fraudulent; having a misleading appearance [syn: bogus, fake, phony, phoney, bastard] Merriam Webster's adjective Etymology: obsolete argot bogus counterfeit ... claim... He said these figures were bogus and totally inaccurate. = phoney ADJ Moby Thesaurus affected, apocryphal, artificial, assumed, bastard, brummagem, colorable ...

6 dissimulator -- rank: 209

... her real feelings or motives [syn: hypocrite, dissembler, dissimulator, phony, phoney, pretender] Merriam Webster's noun see dissimulate Webster's 1913 ...

7 Dissembler -- rank: 209

... her real feelings or motives [syn: hypocrite, dissembler, dissimulator, phony, phoney, pretender] Merriam Webster's noun see dissemble Webster's 1913 ...

8 Gap -- rank: 209

... friendly force to pass through in tactical formation. See also phoney minefield. Oxford Reference Dictionary n. 1 an unfilled space or ...

9 Phony War -- rank: 209

... of Poland in September 1939. Collin's Cobuild Dictionary see phoney war

10 phony-baloney -- rank: 209

phony-baloney definitions Merriam Webster's or phoney-baloney adjective Date: 1978 phony e

11 Pretender -- rank: 209

... her real feelings or motives [syn: hypocrite, dissembler, dissimulator, phony, phoney, pretender] Merriam Webster's noun Date: 1609 one that pretends ...

12 Hypocrite -- rank: 209

... her real feelings or motives [syn: hypocrite, dissembler, dissimulator, phony, phoney, pretender] Merriam Webster's noun Etymology: Middle English ypocrite, from ...

13 Fake -- rank: 209

... 1: fraudulent; having a misleading appearance [syn: bogus, fake, phony, phoney, bastard] 2: not genuine or real; being an imitation of ...

14 Bastard -- rank: 209

... 1: fraudulent; having a misleading appearance [syn: bogus, fake, phony, phoney, bastard] n 1: insulting terms of address for people who ...