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Phony   /fˈoʊni/   Listen
Phony

noun
(Also spelled phoney)
1.
A person who professes beliefs and opinions that he or she does not hold in order to conceal his or her real feelings or motives.  Synonyms: dissembler, dissimulator, hypocrite, phoney, pretender.





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"Phony" Quotes from Famous Books



... said of the city of St. Louis that, as to Missouri, it was "a diamond pin in a dirty shirt." I will not maintain the immaculateness of the shirt; but the diamond has flaws, and is, in some respects, as a gem not far removed from the "phony." ...
— Volume 10 of Brann The Iconoclast • William Cowper Brann


Words linked to "Phony" :   Tartufe, whited sepulcher, charmer, cheat, deceiver, smoothy, imitative, whited sepulchre, beguiler, smoothie, cheater, sweet talker, trickster, counterfeit, slicker, Tartuffe


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