Synonyms for phoniness
| Grammar : Noun |
| Spell : foh-nee |
| Phonetic Transcription : ˈfoʊ ni |
Top 10 synonyms for phoniness
- deceitful
- deception
- deceptive
- devious
- dishonesty
- disingenuous
- disingenuousness
- display
- dissembling
- dissimulating
- dissimulation
- double
- double-dealing
- duplicitous
- duplicity
- evasive
- faithless
- fake
- false
- false profession
- falsity
- fraud
- glibness
- hollow
- hypocritical
- imposture
- insincerity
- irreverence
- lie
- lip service
- lying
- mendacious
- mockery
- perfidious
- pharisaicalness
- pharisaism
- phony
- pietism
- pretentious
- put-on
- quackery
- sanctimoniousness
- sanctimony
- shifty
- slick
- sly
- snide
- speciousness
- tartuffery
- two-faced
- two-facedness
- unctuousness
- unfaithful
- untrue
- untruthful
Définition of phoniness
Origin :- also phoney, "not genuine," 1899, perhaps an alteration of fawney "gilt brass ring used by swindlers."
- His most successful swindle was selling "painted" or "phony" diamonds. He had a plan of taking cheap stones, and by "doctoring" them make them have a brilliant and high class appearance. His confederates would then take the diamonds to other pawnbrokers and dispose of them. ["The Jewelers Review," New York, April 5, 1899]
- The noun meaning "phony person or thing" is attested from 1902.
- noun insincerity
- noun hypocrisy
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