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phoniness - 4 thesaurus results
Main Entry: phoniness
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: insincerity
Synonyms: ambidexterity, ambidextrous, artificiality, backhanded, deceitful, deceptive, devious, disingenuous, disingenuousness, double, double-dealing*, duplicitous, evasive, faithless, fake*, false, hollow, hypocritical, lying, mendacious, perfidious, phony*, pretentious, put-on*, shifty, slick*, sly*, snide, two-faced*, unfaithful, untrue, untruthful, dissembling, dissimulating
* = informal/non-formal usage
Main Entry: phoniness
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: hypocrisy
Synonyms: affectation, bigotry, cant, casuistry, deceit, deception, dishonesty, display, double-dealing*, duplicity, falsity, fraud*, imposture, insincerity, irreverence, lie, lip service*, mockery, pharisaism, pietism, quackery, sanctimoniousness, sanctimony, speciousness, tartuffery, two-facedness, bad faith*, dissembling, dissimulation, false profession, glibness, pharisaicalness, unctuousness
* = informal/non-formal usage
Main Entry: hypocrisy
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: deceitfulness, pretense
Synonyms: affectation, bigotry, cant, casuistry, deceit, deception, dishonesty, display, double-dealing, duplicity, falsity, fraud, imposture, insincerity, irreverence, lie, lip service*, mockery, quackery, bad faith, dissembling, dissimulation, false profession, glibness, pharisaicalness, pharisaism, phoniness, pietism, sanctimoniousness, sanctimony, speciousness, unctuousness
Antonyms: honesty, righteousness, sincerity, truth, forthrightness
* = informal/non-formal usage
Main Entry: sham
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: hoax, trick
Synonyms: burlesque, cant, caricature, cheat, counterfeit, cover-up, deceit, deception, facade, fake, false front, farce, feint, flimflam*, forgery, fraud, hypocrisy, imitation, impostor, imposture, mock, mockery, pretend, pretense, pretext, pseudo*, sell, smoke*, snow job*, spoof, travesty, whitewash, fakery, hypocriticalness, jive*, pharisaism, phoniness, put-on
* = informal/non-formal usage
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