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Synonyms for phonies
noun pretended behavior

performance
attitude
show
stance
stunt
put-on

pose
phony
simulation
stall
fake
front

affectation
bit
posture
pretense
sham
false front

soft soap
sweet talk
feigning
dissimilation
chaser
shuck and jive

Antonyms for phonies

reality
cessation
idleness
inactivity

inertia
quiet
repose
stoppage

suspension
rest

Synonyms
noun swindler

con artist
quack
fraud

mountebank
phony
cheat

fake
pretender
con

sham
imposter
rip-off artist

Antonyms

honesty

Synonyms
verb imitate

repeat
emulate
mimic
simulate
steal
pirate
illustrate
echo
do
incarnate

prefigure
personify
parrot
typify
mirror
phony
epitomize
ape
burlesque
travesty

fake
embody
follow
model
parody
mock
sham
knock off
take off
follow suit

act like
do a take-off
do like
follow example
go like
make like
play a role
take leaf out of book

Antonyms

neglect

tell truth

be original

Synonyms
noun fake, forgery

simulacrum
dummy
humbug
sell
deception
imposture

gyp
pseudo
phony
actor
hoax
fraud

facsimile
imitation
reproduction
bum
deceit
put-on

copy
sham
bogus
junque

Antonyms

frankness
honesty
truthfulness

uprightness
reality
openness

truth
original
real thing

Synonyms
verb make deceitful imitation

fabricate
feign
simulate
imitate
dupe
impersonate
fake
carbon
mint
defraud

ape
copy
cheat
forge
sham
do
clone
phony
Xerox
bluff

affect
coin
delude
ditto
assume
pretend
mimic
knock off
put on
mimeo

act like
circulate bad money
do like
go like
make like
make money
phony up
stat

Antonyms

differ
oppose

reverse
tell truth

be original
be honest

Synonyms
noun copy, reproduction

replication
photocopy
replica
carbon copy
similarity
ringer
fellow
dupe
second
imitation
fake
analogue

counterfeit
copycat
repetition
reciprocal
obverse
recurrence
mate
pirate
match
clone
phony
Xerox

carbon
companion
parallel
likeness
ditto
correlate
double
twin
counterpart
facsimile
coordinate
chip off the old block

dead ringer
spitting image
duplication
germination
knockoff
Photostat
counterscript
lookalike
repro
stat

Antonyms

dissimilarity
unlikeness
enemy
opposite

reality
archetype
prototype
difference

original
reverse
model

Synonyms
verb make a copy; repeat

imitate
clone
reproduce
replicate
mirror
copy
manifold
ditto
trace
double

photocopy
Xerox
echo
dupe
redouble
phony
fake
multiply
rework
redo

pirate
counterfeit
knock off
Photostat
remake
mimeo
reduplicate
act like
do a takeoff
do again

do like
dualize
go like
make like
make replica
make twofold
repro
stat
take off as

Antonyms

divide

be original

Synonyms
noun appearance, often deceptive

front
color
exterior
veneer
frontage
semblance

look
show
mask
phony
face
disguise

bluff
fake
guise
put-on
pretense
beard

false front
window dressing
false colors

Antonyms

reality
personality

truth
character

Synonyms
noun imposter, copy

trick
scam
phony
hoax
forgery
deception
counterfeit
fabrication
sham

cheat
sleight
faker
imitation
imposition
actor
mountebank
imposture
plant

flimflam
put-on
pretender
spoof
pretense
swindle
fraud
pseudo
reproduction

make-believe
charlatan
four-flusher
bluffer
gold brick
junque

Antonyms

frankness
honesty

reality
truth

original

Synonyms
noun counterfeiting; counterfeit item

imposition
cheat
imposture
pseudo
phony
twin

imitation
fake
carbon
copy
fabrication
sham

bogus
carbon copy
imitating
falsification
fraudulence
coining

faking
lookalike
workalike

Antonyms

honesty
reality

truth
original

Synonyms
noun person who is false, deceitful

forger
cheat
crook
sham
fake
counterfeit

bastard
mountebank
racketeer
phony
pretender
quack

deceiver
impostor
swindler
mechanic
charlatan
shark

four-flusher
double-dealer
hoaxer
bluffer
horse trader
play actor

Antonyms

reality
fairness

honesty
justice

Synonyms
noun appearance put on for show

façade
presence
air
face
blind
bearing
exterior
figure

show
cover
disguise
manner
aspect
fake
pretext
port

coloring
mien
phony
countenance
veil
cover-up
demeanor
mask

carriage
put-on
expression
display
window dressing
facade

Antonyms

personality
reality
back

rear
character
hiding

truth

Synonyms
noun person who pretends, is deceitful

bigot
trickster
impostor
phony
crook
charlatan
cheat
faker
hook
fake

decoy
actor
mountebank
informer
pretender
malingerer
poser
quack
humbug
fraud

deceiver
swindler
con artist
dissimulator
playactor
smoothie
masquerader
sophist
pharisee
bluffer

backslider
dissembler
four-flusher
two-timer
casuist
attitudinizer
lip server
two-face
wolf in sheep’s clothing

Synonyms
noun simulation, substitution

impersonation
reflection
impression
clone
replica
reproduction
mimicry
parody
ringer
image
fake
dupe

takeoff
counterfeit
simulacrum
resemblance
forgery
duplicate
travesty
match
sham
picture
semblance
ersatz

mockery
phony
Xerox
mime
copy
parallel
likeness
ditto
counterpart
carbon copy
counterfeiting
matching

representing
aping
apery
mimesis
transcription
duplication
echoing
mirroring
paralleling
paraphrasing
parroting
patterning

Antonyms

reality
solemnity
opposite

original
difference
seriousness

reverse

Synonyms
noun person pretending to be something else

hypocrite
con artist
impersonator
cheat
faker
sham
fake
sharper

actor
mountebank
imitator
shyster
phony
pretender
quack
fraud

trickster
deceiver
pseudo
mimic
charlatan
beguiler
four-flusher
masquerader

scorner
mocker
bluffer
pettifogger
empiric

Synonyms
noun fraud, trick

stratagem
cheat
sleight
artifice
hoax
pretension
imitation
fake
wile
sell

impersonation
deception
imposition
ploy
forgery
quackery
counterfeit
illusion
sham
maneuver

masquerade
phony
feint
flimflam
hocus-pocus
make-believe
deceit
spoof
copy
pretense

fabrication
swindle
ruse
fiddle
put-on
gambit
con

Antonyms

frankness
honesty
reality

truthfulness
uprightness
honor

openness
truth
original

Synonyms
noun person who tells falsehood

cheat
perjurer
storyteller
phony
con artist

trickster
fibber
deceiver
prevaricator
fabulist

promoter
fabricator
falsifier
equivocator
maligner

dissimulator
misleader
deluder
fabler
false witness

Synonyms
verb tell an untruth

mislead
promote
misrepresent
deceive
pervert
frame
bull
invent
dupe
beguile
fake
prevaricate

concoct
equivocate
snow
fib
fudge
falsify
victimize
palter
plant
misstate
phony
distort

dissemble
delude
misinform
exaggerate
fabricate
malign
forswear
perjure
dissimulate
con
make believe
put on

string along
soft-soap
misspeak
overdraw
misguide
BS
be untruthful
bear false witness
break promise
go back on
misinstruct
put up a front

Antonyms

destroy
straighten

tell truth
stand

be honest
be upright

Synonyms
noun airs, snobbishness

conceit
hypocrisy
snobbery
pomposity
vainglory
show

self-importance
fake
phony
ostentation
disguise
pretentiousness

splash
affectation
front
put-on
charade
vanity

big talk
false front
showoff
showiness
showboat

Antonyms

reality
modesty

honesty
humility

truth

Synonyms
noun person who pretends to be an expert

mountebank
faker
fake
sharp
whip
counterfeit
actor
cheat

counterfeiter
sham
humbug
phony
bum
pretender
fraud
impostor

pseudo
put-on
charlatan
con artist
shark
simulator
four-flusher
playactor

shammer
slicker
bunco artist
flimflammer
hoser
quacksalver

Antonyms

reality

Synonyms
verb pretend, imitate

reproduce
affect
mimic
replicate
resemble
feign
fence
cheat
mirror
invent
disguise
fake

misrepresent
prevaricate
counterfeit
lie
concoct
equivocate
feature
favor
ape
pirate
do
play

pose
lift
dissemble
bluff
copy
exaggerate
assume
crib
borrow
fabricate
deceive
act

steal
knock off
make believe
phony
put on
put on an act
playact
act like
do a take-off
do like
gloss over

Antonyms

destroy
face
meet
tell truth

reveal
idle
give
receive

be honest
be real

Synonyms
noun trick, mockery

prank
burlesque
caricature
satire
parody
sell
trickery

deception
travesty
imposture
bluff
joke
cheat
phony

hoax
lampoon
game
sham
jest
fake
deceit

put-on
wisecrack
quip
flim-flam
bon mot
send-up
take-off

Antonyms

frankness
honesty
truthfulness

uprightness
reality
openness

truth

Synonyms
noun person who causes a problem

agitator
gremlin
instigator
weasel
rabble-rouser
punk

firebrand
rascal
phony
incendiary
inciter
recreant

mischief-maker
hellion
meddler
nuisance
heel
snake

agent provocateur
loose cannon
smart aleck
stormy petrel
bad actor
inflamer

Antonyms

peacemaker

Synonyms
noun fake

quack
impersonator
fraud
liar

mountebank
deceiver
impostor
phony

forger
counterfeiter
pretender
fabricator

charlatan
shammer
coiner

Synonyms
noun pretentiousness

affectation
big talk
charade
conceit
disguise
fake
false front

front
grandiosity
hypocrisy
ostentation
phony
pomposity
pompousness

pretension
put-on
self-importance
show
showoff
snobbery
splash

vainglory
showboat
showiness
va

Synonyms
noun pretentiousness

fake
snobbery
vainglory
hypocrisy
conceit
pompousness

self-importance
show
phony
ostentation
pretension
splash

disguise
affectation
front
put-on
pomposity
charade

big talk
false front
grandioseness
showoff
showiness
showboat

Antonyms

reality
honesty

humility
modesty

truth

Synonyms
noun liar

con artist
trickster
fibber
deceiver
prevaricator

storyteller
phony
promoter
fabulist
cheat

fabricator
falsifier
maligner
equivocator
dissimulator

misleader
deluder
fabler
false witness

Synonyms
noun insincerity

ambidexterity
ambidextrous
artificiality
backhanded
deceitful
deceptive
devious
disingenuous
disingenuousness

double
double-dealing
duplicitous
evasive
faithless
fake
hollow
hypocritical
lying

mendacious
perfidious
phony
pretentious
put-on
shifty
slick
sly
snide

two-faced
unfaithful
untrue
untruthful
dissembling
dissimulating
false

Synonyms
noun pretentiousness

fake
grandiosity
snobbery
vainglory
hypocrisy
conceit
self-importance

show
phony
ostentation
put-on
pretension
splash
disguise

pomposity
front
affectation
charade
vanity
big talk
false front

grandioseness
showoff
showiness
showboat

Antonyms

reality
honesty

humility
modesty

truth

Synonyms
noun liar

perjurer
trickster
fibber
deceiver
falsifier

storyteller
phony
promoter
fabulist
cheat

fabricator
con artist
maligner
equivocator
dissimulator

misleader
deluder
fabler
false witness

Synonyms
noun façade

show
color
cover
disguise
exterior
fake
pretext
coloring

pretense
gloss
cloak
veneer
semblance
masquerade
phony
bluff

front
veil
frontage
look
mask
face
guise
beard

disguisement
false colors
false front
window dressing
window-dressing

Antonyms

reality
back

rear
truth

Synonyms
noun hypocrite

cheat
faker
crook
fake
bigot
decoy
actor
mountebank
informer
malingerer

phony
pretender
poser
quack
humbug
fraud
trickster
hook
deceiver
impostor

swindler
charlatan
con artist
dissimulator
playactor
smoothie
masquerader
sophist
pharisee
backslider

bluffer
dissembler
four-flusher
two-timer
casuist
attitudinizer
lip server
two-face
wolf in sheep’s clothing