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- Dictionarypho·ny/ˈfōnē/
adjective
- 1. not genuine; fraudulent: "I thought your accent was a bit phony"
noun
- 1. a fraudulent person or thing.
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Meaning of phony in English. phony. adjective. informal disapproving (UK also phoney) us / ˈfoʊ.ni / uk / ˈfəʊ.ni / phonier | phoniest. Add to word list. not sincere or not real: All salespeople seem to have the same phony smile. He gave the police a phony address. Synonyms. bogus. fake. false (NOT TRUE) SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases.
a(1) : intended to deceive or mislead. (2) : intended to defraud : counterfeit. b. : arousing suspicion : probably dishonest. something phony about the story. c. : having no basis in fact : fictitious.
Whether you're talking about your attitude, a gigantic diamond, or that obnoxious guy's claims that he knows everything about quantum physics, you can use phony to say that something’s not real. Use the adjective phony to describe anything that’s fake.
Phony is a word that means “fake” or “made up.” But there is nothing fake about this unusual origin story for the word. While the exact origins of phony are unknown, the word likely comes from an old con known as the fawney rig.
PHONY meaning: 1 : not true, real, or genuine intended to make someone think something that is not true; 2 : not honest or sincere saying things that are meant to deceive people.
PHONY meaning: 1. not sincere or not real: 2. represented as real but actually false; intended to deceive: 3. a…. Learn more.
1. Informal. not genuine; false, counterfeit, spurious, pretentious, etc.
Definition of phony adjective in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
Noun. Suffix. Filter. adjective. phonier, phoniest. Not genuine or real; sham or counterfeit. A phony credit card; a phony beard. American Heritage. Not genuine; false, counterfeit, spurious, pretentious, etc. Webster's New World. Similar definitions. Fraudulent, deceitful, or dishonest. A phony expert in investing. American Heritage.
phony meaning, definition, what is phony: the usual American spelling of phoney: Learn more.
