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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 : [ gcide ]


  phoney \pho"ney\ (f[=o]"n[=e]), a. [Also spelled phony.]
     [Compar. phonier; superl. phoniest.]
     1. imitating something superior; intended to deceive;
        fraudulent; having a misleading appearance; not genuine;
        counterfeit; fake; as, a phoney diamond; a phoney
        hundred-dollar bill.
  
     Syn: bogus, counterfeit, fake.
          [PJC]
  
     2. pretending to be other than one is; putting on false
        appearances; insincere; hypocritical; -- of people.
        [PJC]

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 : [ gcide ]


  phoney \pho"ney\ (f[=o]"n[=e]), n.
     something or someone that is phony. [Also spelled phony.]
     [PJC]

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 : [ gcide ]


  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 diamond; a phony
        hundred-dollar bill.
  
     Syn: bogus, counterfeit, fake.
          [PJC]
  
     2. pretending to be other than one is; putting on false
        appearances; insincere; hypocritical; -- of people.
        [PJC]

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 : [ gcide ]


  phony \pho"ny\ (f[=o]"n[=e]), n.
     something or someone that is phony. [Also spelled phoney.]
     [PJC]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 : [ wn ]


  phoney
       adj : fraudulent; having a misleading appearance [syn: bogus, fake,
              phony, bastard]
       n : a person who professes beliefs and opinions that he does not
           hold [syn: hypocrite, dissembler, phony, pretender]

From English Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-ALL-2023-07-27 ]


  phoney
     a.
     (lb en mostly British) (alternative form of en phony)
     n.
     (alternative form of en phony)
     vb.
     (alt form en phony)

From English Wiktionary: English language only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-en-2023-07-27 ]


  phoney
     a.
     (lb en mostly British) (alternative form of en phony)
     n.
     (alternative form of en phony)
     vb.
     (alt form en phony)

From English Wiktionary: Western, Greek, and Slavonic languages only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western_Greek_Slavonic-2023-07-27 ]


  phoney
     a.
     (lb en mostly British) (alternative form of en phony)
     n.
     (alternative form of en phony)
     vb.
     (alt form en phony)

From English Wiktionary: Western languages only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western-2023-07-27 ]


  phoney
     a.
     (lb en mostly British) (alternative form of en phony)
     n.
     (alternative form of en phony)
     vb.
     (alt form en phony)

From English-Arabic FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.6.3 : [ freedict:eng-ara ]


  Phoney /fˈəʊni/
  المزيّف