phony
A person who assumes an identity or quality other than their ownA person who assumes an identity or quality other than their own.
» I got sucked in on a lot of phony deals.
Meaning
3 senses(informal)A person who assumes an identity or quality other than their own.
He claims to be a doctor, but he's nothing but a fast-talking phony.
Hochstapler, Blender, Scharlatan
прики́дчикprikídčik, прики́дчицаprikídčica
(informal)A person who professes beliefs or opinions that they do not hold.
He's such a phony, he doesn't believe half of what he says.
Heuchler, Lügner
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
(informal)Anything fraudulent or fake.
Examples
13 sentencesI got sucked in on a lot of phony deals.
Tom is a phony.
Tom gave a phony smile.
What a phony!
Sami created a phony e-mail address.
Translations
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Origin
Of unknown origin. Perhaps an alteration of fawny (“gilt brass ring used by swindlers”) (1Of unknown origin. Perhaps an alteration of fawny (“gilt brass ring used by swindlers”) (1781), from Irish fáinne (“ring”).
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Forms
plural: phoniesSynonyms
37 synonyms- 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:hypocritedissemblerdissimulatorphoneypretender