phoney
11phoney — 1. adjective 1900 Fraudulent; fake; having a misleading appearance. A good jeweler should be able to tell a real stone from a phoney one. Syn: bogus, counterfeit, fake 2. noun …
12phoney — phony pho ny (f[=o] n[=e]), a. [Also spelled {phoney}.] [Compar. {phonier}; superl. {phoniest}.] 1. imitating something superior; intended to deceive; fraudulent; having a misleading appearance; not genuine; counterfeit; fake; as, a phony… …
13phoney — phony pho ny (f[=o] n[=e]), n. something or someone that is phony. [Also spelled {phoney}.] [PJC] …
14phoney — adj. Phoney/phony is used with these nouns: ↑document, ↑war …
15phoney — pho·ney || fəʊnɪ n. something fake, counterfeit object pho·ny || fəʊnɪ n. something fake, counterfeit object adj. fake, fraudulent, counterfeit, not authentic (also spelled phoney) …
16phoney — [ˈfəʊni] adj informal 1) not real and intended to trick people Syn: fake a phoney ID card[/ex] 2) pretending to be friendly, clever, kind etc in order to impress or trick people Syn: insincere …
17phoney — adj. & n. (also phony) colloq. adj. (phonier, phoniest) 1 sham; counterfeit. 2 fictitious; fraudulent. n. (pl. eys or ies) a phoney person or thing. Derivatives: phonily adv. phoniness n. Etymology: 20th c.: orig. unkn …
18phoney war — UK US noun [countable] [singular phoney war plural phoney wars] a period of time during which people or governments are officially at war, but are not in fact fighting Thesaurus: general words relating to international relations …
19phoney war — n [singular] a period during which a state of war officially exists but there is no actual fighting …
20Phoney War — The Phoney War Date 3 September 1939 – 10 May 1940 Location Maginot Line, Siegfried Line Result …
