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Definition of Phoney

a person who professes beliefs and opinions that he does not hold
fraudulent; having a misleading appearance

Similar Words: hypocrite, dissembler, phony, pretender, bogus, fake, bastard

Hyponyms: smoothie, smoothy, sweet talker, charmer, Tartuffe, Tartufe, whited sepulcher, whited sepulchre

Derivational Morphology: feign, sham, pretend, affect, dissemble

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