Associations to the word «Phony»
Noun
Adverb
Wiktionary
PHONY, adjective. Fraudulent; fake; having a misleading appearance.
PHONY, noun. A person who assumes an identity or quality other than their own.
PHONY, noun. A person who professes beliefs or opinions that they do not hold.
PHONY WAR, proper noun. Alternative form of Phoney War
Dictionary definition
PHONY, noun. 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.
PHONY, adjective. Fraudulent; having a misleading appearance.
Wise words
The chief virtue that language can have is clearness, and
nothing detracts from it so much as the use of unfamiliar
words.