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1. Fraudulent; having a misleading appearance
   "A claim can be considered phoney, or false, when the speaker promises too much";
   - bogus, fake, phony [N. Amer], cod [Brit, informal]

1. A person who professes beliefs and opinions that he or she does not hold in order to conceal his or her real feelings or motives
   - hypocrite, dissembler, dissimulator, phony [N. Amer], pretender

Derived forms: phoneys

See also: counterfeit, imitative

Type of: beguiler, cheat, cheater, deceiver, slicker [informal], trickster

Encyclopedia: Phoney