Antonyms for sham
| Grammar : Adj, noun, verb |
| Spell : sham |
| Phonetic Transcription : ʃæm |
Definition of sham
Origin :- 1670s, "a trick, a hoax, a fraud," also as a verb and an adjective, of uncertain origin; the words burst into use in 1677. Perhaps from sham, a northern dialectal variant of shame (n.); a derivation OED finds "not impossible." Sense of "something meant to be mistaken for something else" is from 1728. The meaning "false front" in pillow-sham (1721) is from the notion of "counterfeit." Related: Shammed; shamming; shammer. Shamateur "amateur sportsman who acts like a professional" is from 1896.
- adj artificial, counterfeit
- noun hoax, trick
- verb trick; pull a hoax
- But women must beware of sham emotion and lachrymose sentimentality.
- Extract from : « The Truth About Woman » by C. Gasquoine Hartley
- Will this country ever escape the tutorship of sham science?
- Extract from : « Diary from November 12, 1862, to October 18, 1863 » by Adam Gurowski
- And whether the one or the other, it is a sham more pernicious than the worst.
- Extract from : « The Book of Khalid » by Ameen Rihani
- It is only sham battles that cost something less than blood.
- Extract from : « Things as They Are » by Amy Wilson-Carmichael
- It is a veritable 'sham,' having no relation to fact, or to truth of any kind.
- Extract from : « Phaedrus » by Plato
- You come to me on this sham errand about the girl, but that is not your purpose, Mohammed of Mequinez!
- Extract from : « The Scapegoat » by Hall Caine
- Some one nearer than a sister—and all my spiritual life has been a sham.
- Extract from : « The Christian » by Hall Caine
- He cried like a child; said it was all a sham about his dinner and his robe de chambre.
- Extract from : « Dr. Sevier » by George W. Cable
- Could I, even for an instant, have been dazzled by a sham, and a sham of that quality?
- Extract from : « Masterpieces of Mystery » by Various
- It was the stone in the case that had the loop with the three sham sapphires!
- Extract from : « Masterpieces of Mystery » by Various
Synonyms for sham
- act
- adulterated
- affect
- affected
- ape
- assume
- assumed
- bluff
- bogus
- burlesque
- cant
- caricature
- cheat
- copy
- counterfeit
- cover-up
- create
- deceit
- deception
- do a number
- dummy
- ersatz
- facade
- fake
- fake it
- fakery
- false
- false front
- farce
- feign
- feigned
- feint
- fictitious
- flimflam
- forged
- forgery
- fraud
- fraudulent
- hypocrisy
- hypocriticalness
- imitate
- imitation
- impostor
- imposture
- invent
- jive
- lie
- lying
- make like
- make-believe
- mislead
- misleading
- mock
- mockery
- pharisaism
- phoniness
- phony
- plaster
- play possum
- pretend
- pretended
- pretense
- pretext
- pseudo
- put on
- put up a front
- put-on
- sell
- shuck and jive
- simulate
- simulated
- smoke
- snow job
- so-called
- spoof
- spurious
- substitute
- sucker
- synthetic
- travesty
- untrue
- whitewash
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