phony

Etymology: (adjective.) 1900. Perhaps an alteration of fawney “gilt brass ring used by swindlers” (1781), from Ir. fáinne “ring.”

Synonyms: bogus, counterfeit, fake, affected, artificial, assumed, forged, imitation, pseudo, put-on, sham, spurious, trick

Antonyms: authentic, genuine, real, sincere

English - Turkish translation for "phony"

• phony: sahtekâr isim
• phony: şarlatan
• phony: sahte şey
• phony: sahte
• phony: kalp
• phony: düzmece
• phony: yapmacık. i
• phony: s., argo
• phony: kendine sahte sıfat veren kimse
• phony: phoney
• phony: sahtekâr, düzenbaz
• phony: düzme
• phoney: sahtekar, sahte kimse
• phoney: dandik

English - English translation for "phony"

• phony: A faker, a person who professes beliefs or opinions that he or she does not hold or assumes an identity other than their own - "He's as phony as a three-dollar bill."
• phony: Fraudulent; fake; having a misleading appearance - "A good jeweler should be able to tell a real stone from a phony one."
• phony: fake, fraudulent, counterfeit, not authentic (also spelled phoney) sıfat
• phony: see phoney. the usual American spelling of phoney (Perhaps from fawney (18-19 centuries), from fáinne )
• phony: a person who professes beliefs and opinions that he does not hold
• phony: fraudulent; having a misleading appearance
• phony: something fake, counterfeit object isim
• A phony.: shuck
• phoney: A person who professes beliefs or opinions that he or she does not hold
• phoney: 1900 Fraudulent; fake; having a misleading appearance - "A good jeweler should be able to tell a real stone from a phoney one."
• phoney: A person who assumes an identity or quality other than their own - "He claims to be a doctor, but he's nothing but a fast-talking phoney."
• phoniness: The condition or quality of being phony or fake - "The phoniness of his plea could not be concealed."
• phoney: A person who professes beliefs or opinions that he or she does not hold or assumes an identity other than their own
• phoney: disapproval If you describe something as phoney, you disapprove of it because it is false rather than genuine. He'd telephoned with some phoney excuse she didn't believe for a minute
• phoney: disapproval If you say that someone is phoney, you disapprove of them because they are pretending to be someone that they are not in order to deceive people. He looks totally phoney to me. Phoney is also a noun. `He's false, a phoney,' Harry muttered
• phoneys: plural of phoney
• phonier: comparative of phony
• phonies: plural of phony
• phoniest: superlative of phony
• phoniness: falseness, fraudulence; insincerity, deceitfulness isim