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- Dictionarysham/SHam/
noun
- 1. a thing that is not what it is purported to be: "the proposed legislation is a farce and a sham"
- 2. short for pillow sham North American
adjective
- 1. bogus; false: "a clergyman who arranged a sham marriage"
verb
- 1. falsely present something as the truth: "was he ill or was he shamming?"
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1. : a trick that deludes : hoax. feared that the deal was a sham. 2. : cheap falseness : hypocrisy. saw through the hollowness, the sham, the silliness of the empty pageant Oscar Wilde. 3. : an ornamental covering for a pillow. 4. : an imitation or counterfeit purporting to be genuine. 5. : a person who shams. sham. 2 of 3. adjective. 1.
Something that is a sham is not real or is not really what it seems to be. [disapproval] The government's promises were exposed as a hollow sham. Many of the world's leaders have already denounced this election as a sham. ...sham marriages. Synonyms: fraud [informal], imitation, hoax, pretence More Synonyms of sham. More Synonyms of sham.
something that is not what it seems to be and is intended to deceive people, or someone who pretends to be something they are not: It turned out that he wasn't a real doctor at all - he was just a sham. They claimed that the election had been fair, but really it was a sham. Synonyms. fake (PERSON OR OBJECT) impostor. pseud UK informal disapproving.
something that is not what it purports to be; a spurious imitation; fraud or hoax. Synonyms: pretense. a person who shams; shammer. a cover or the like for giving a thing a different outward appearance: a pillow sham.
Definitions of sham. noun. something that is a counterfeit; not what it seems to be. synonyms: fake, postiche. see more. noun. a person who makes deceitful pretenses. synonyms: fake, faker, fraud, humbug, imposter, impostor, pretender, pseud, pseudo, role player, shammer. see more.
n. 1. anything that is not what it purports or appears to be. 2. something false, fake, or fictitious that purports to be genuine. 3. a person who pretends to be something other than he is. adj. counterfeit or false; simulated. vb, shams, shamming or shammed.
[countable, usually singular] a person who pretends to be something that they are not. The article exposes him for the sham that he really is. [uncountable] behaviour, feelings, words, etc. that are intended to make somebody/something seem to be better than they really are. Their promises turned out to be full of sham and hypocrisy.
SHAM definition: something that is not what it seems to be and is intended to deceive people: . Learn more.
From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English sham1 /ʃæm/ noun 1 [singular] someone or something that is not what they are claimed to be – used to show disapproval The elections were a complete sham. 2 [uncountable] literary when someone tries to make something or someone seem better than they really are It all turned out to be sham and hypocr...
Sham definition: A decorative cover made to simulate an article of household linen and used over or in place of it.
