What does phony mean?
Definitions for phony
ˈfoʊ nipho·ny
Here are all the possible meanings and translations of the word phony.
Princeton's WordNet
hypocrite, dissembler, dissimulator, phony, phoney, pretenderadjective
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
bogus, fake, phony, phoney, bastardadjective
fraudulent; having a misleading appearance
GCIDE
phonyadjective
imitating something superior; intended to deceive; fraudulent; having a misleading appearance; not genuine; counterfeit; fake; as, a phony diamond; a phony hundred-dollar bill.
phonyadjective
Pretending to be other than one is; putting on false appearances; insincere; hypocritical; -- of people.
Wiktionary
phonynoun
A faker, a person who professes beliefs or opinions that they do not hold or assumes an identity other than their own.
He's as phony as a three-dollar bill.
Etymology: Perhaps an alteration of fawney “gilt brass ring used by swindlers” (1781), from Ir. fáinne “ring.”
phonyadjective
Fraudulent; fake; having a misleading appearance.
A good jeweler should be able to tell a real stone from a phony one.
Etymology: Perhaps an alteration of fawney “gilt brass ring used by swindlers” (1781), from Ir. fáinne “ring.”
Numerology
Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of phony in Chaldean Numerology is: 8
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of phony in Pythagorean Numerology is: 6
Examples of phony in a Sentence
There are questions of real power and then there are questions of phony authority. You have to break through the phony authority to begin to fight the real questions of power.
The kind of free speech that we are most interested in promoting — and that the first amendment is directed at — is speech related to political matters, public affairs and personal expression, none of those kinds of speech would be affected by an effort to screen out disguised, phony advertising that purports to come from organizations that don’t really exist and actually attempt to undermine discussions on elections. There will be some limitations on fraudulent speech and violent speech, but those are not the types of speech protected by the first amendment. We can afford to lose those types of speech to create an environment where free speech is promoted.
I believe you can prep too much for those things, it can be dangerous. You can sound scripted or phony – like you’re trying to be someone you’re not.
He’s not the real deal, he’s a phony.
Behind the phony tinsel of Hollywood lies the real tinsel.
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- خَرّاص, بَهْرَج, متصنعArabic
- Schwindler, gefälscht, Hochstapler, Schwindlerin, QuacksalberGerman
- falso, farsanteSpanish
- huijari, väärä, väärennettyFinnish
- faux-nez, à la gomme, guignol, mystificateur, prophète, usurpatrice, frauduleux, escroc, contrefait, falsifié, à la noix, usurpateur, charlatan, faux, faussaireFrench
- מזויףHebrew
- hamisHungarian
- fasullo, falso, ciarlatanoItalian
- 偽, 偽物, 詐欺師, 贋Japanese
- onecht, nagemaaktDutch
- фальшивый, мошенница, мошенник, поддельный, жуликRussian
- oäkta, falskSwedish
- 假Chinese
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