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Noun
Someone who practices trickery or deceit
A false front or fake act
A fraudulent imitation of something else
A false, absurd, or distorted representation of something
A particular way of behaving, especially to impress or to give a false impression
An intentionally false statement
Pillow sham
Empty talk
Bed sheet
Joking, tricks
A bag of cloth stuffed with a mass of soft material, used as a comfortable support for sitting or leaning on
Adjective
Not real or genuine
(
of a falsehood
)
Concocted to deceive others
Like a phantasm
Dishonest, deceptive, and not to be trusted
Cheap, showy, and gaudy
Lacking in veracity, accuracy or truth
Verb
To pretend to be, or pretend to be experiencing
To make jokes, especially for purposes of teasing someone
To feign illness, injury, or incapacitation in order to avoid work or obligation
Represent in a false, absurd, or distorted way
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▲
Noun
▲
Someone who practices trickery or deceit
fraud
fake
charlatan
impostor
pretender
counterfeit
faker
hoaxer
imposter
phoney
UK
phony
US
hoax
humbug
quack
cheat
con
dissembler
fakir
masquerader
mountebank
pseud
quacksalver
ringer
wolf in sheep's clothing
deceiver
fraudster
swindler
trickster
con artist
cheater
conman
confidence man
rogue
shark
sharper
confidence trickster
hoodwinker
hustler
defrauder
chiseller
grifter
scoundrel
con man
flimflammer
hypocrite
racketeer
shicer
rorter
bluffer
flimflam man
bunco artist
actor
illywhacker
sharp
twister
magsman
double-dealer
bilker
four-flusher
dodger
scammer
shyster
bilk
cozener
sharpy
sharpie
rogue trader
chiseler
skinner
finagler
tricker
scamster
villain
knave
defalcator
tregetour
double-crosser
confidence woman
huckster
impersonator
crook
imitator
forgery
plant
conniver
schlenter
deluder
exploiter
pseudo
gold brick
rip-off artist
inveigler
mechanic
forger
rascal
shammer
jockey
decoy
pettifogger
empiric
medicaster
enticer
bluff
mimic
scorner
duper
beguiler
mocker
hoser
counterfeiter
slicker
con woman
confidence operator
con-artist
joker
Tartuffe
liar
sneak
whited sepulchre
hypocritical person
plaster saint
practical joker
fabricator
prankster
goldbrick
playactor
simulator
play actor
horse trader
fleecer
slippery customer
embezzler
victimizer
rook
thief
clip
absconder
operator
gouger
falsifier
smoothie
bunco
scam artist
confidence artist
clip artist
poser
know-it-all
show-off
know-all
pseudointellectual
poseur
pretentious person
betrayer
traitor
serpent
two-timer
dissimulator
snake in the grass
turncoat
Judas
snake
rat
quisling
apostate
recreant
backstabber
spiv
hook
backslider
casuist
bigot
informer
sophist
malingerer
pharisee
spoofer
fink
snitch
feigner
bamboozler
hoaxster
two-face
lip server
attitudinizer
gambler
pro
amateur
schemer
troublemaker
tartuffe
incompetent
bungler
cardsharp
bumbler
blunderer
nonprofessional
bodger
cowboy
unscrupulous operator
more ❯
“In reality, he has no connection to these heroes of old and is nothing but a
sham
and charlatan.”
Noun
▲
A false front or fake act
fakery
act
charade
con
facade
simulation
deceit
deception
façade
forgery
hoax
pretense
US
pretext
trick
dissembling
feint
flimflam
imposture
jive
lie
phoniness
pretence
UK
burlesque
counterfeit
faking
feigning
fiction
humbug
imitation
sell
smoke
spoof
play-acting
false front
put-on
put-up job
cover-up
snow job
artifice
ruse
fraud
dodge
scam
wile
subterfuge
cheat
swindle
sting
stratagem
manoeuvre
UK
maneuver
US
blind
gyp
machination
hustle
bluff
bunco
device
scheme
fake
trickery
ploy
contrivance
con trick
racket
fast one
game
shift
wheeze
rip-off
fiddle
leg-pull
stunt
con game
shell game
whitewash
expedient
set-up
smokescreen
canard
cheating
double-dealing
gambit
rort
grift
fast shuffle
confidence trick
fastie
misrepresentation
dirty pool
shady deal
chicanery
fix
codology
kidology
gimmick
Trojan horse
lurk
dirty trick
stall
tactic
prank
bunko
diddle
red herring
insincerity
hypocrisy
decoy
plant
jazz
frame
wrong
baloney
sanctimoniousness
cover
distraction
show
imposition
schlenter
rig
fetch
flanker
bait
cozening
hoaxing
bamboozlement
dishonesty
cant
masquerade
snare
hanky-panky
illusion
run around
cover up
Tartufferie
bill of goods
joke
pretension
empty talk
chicane
sleight
swizzle
move
plot
kite
twist
setup
shakedown
boondoggle
plan
extortion
blackmail
cunning plan
crooked deal
game plan
victimisation
UK
victimization
US
play
sellout
bluster
hoodwinking
delusion
craft
sweet talk
soft soap
dirty work
crocodile tears
posturing
falseness
smoke and mirrors
ramp
intrigue
deceptiveness
falsity
duck
bravado
bombast
bragging
practical joke
evasion
fraudulent scheme
phoneyness
hypocritical talk
hypocritical behaviour
false show
idle boast
swizz
exploitation
boast
braggadocio
jiving
snow
front
caper
duplicity
deviousness
sucker game
double-cross
hosing
mock attack
make-believe
lies
propaganda
disturbance
attention-grabber
distractor
commotion
lure
diversion
deviation
interruption
sharp practice
mere show
roguery
knavery
excuse
refuge
stealing
frame-up
embezzlement
false colors
quiz
dido
false clue
fool's errand
false trail
curve ball
false face
smoke screen
wild-goose chase
diversionary tactic
misleading clue
double cross
scenario
curveball
jig
shenanigans
angle
switch
hokum
porky
flim-flam
phoney
UK
phony
US
strategy
hogwash
bilk
mare's-nest
fallacy
wrinkle
story
ride
catch
trap
pork pie
shuck
malarkey
crock
fib
booby trap
design
oldest trick in the book
confidence game
system
method
tactics
venture
project
machinations
program
US
programme
UK
manoeuvring
UK
arrangement
conspiracy
blueprint
sanctimony
enterprise
maneuvering
US
crafty designs
plan of action
course of action
line of action
master plan
road map
secret plan
grand design
ground plan
piousness
pretentiousness
pietism
dissimulation
lip service
Pharisaism
affected piety
pecksniffery
pomposity
hypocriticalness
tokenism
pharisaicalness
sham holiness
hypocritical statement
false piety
pious platitudes
fraudulence
swindling
duping
quackery
charlatanry
hocus-pocus
jest
deceitfulness
craftiness
guile
sport
funny business
shenanigan
monkey business
cunning
treachery
jape
dupery
management
jiggery-pokery
concern
instrument
secret
means
fun
fixture
sleight of hand
wiles
crookedness
wiliness
skulduggery
slyness
underhandedness
crookery
foxiness
cozenage
cunningness
guilefulness
artfulness
monkeyshines
fourberie
knack
juggle
charlatanism
illegitimacy
illegality
gizmo
gadget
widget
escapade
frolic
lark
antic
gag
tomfoolery
feat
gambol
accomplishment
circumvention
monkeyshine
legerdemain
sophistry
skullduggery
lying
kicker
jugglery
hocus
tricks
gamesmanship
ambush
loss-leader
shtick
falsehood
distortion
invention
take-in
bluffing
apparatus
publicity device
eye-catching novelty
promotion
aid
bait and switch
defrauding
trapping
misleading
two-timing
ambidextrousness
entrapping
overreaching
two-facedness
ambidexterity
dissemblance
dirty dealing
spuriousness
hoky-poky
barratry
string
skunk
song
graft
line
snake oil
wooden nickel
song and dance
more ❯
“It was all just a
sham
, for the angelic-looking and fresh-faced girl walking toward him was not what she seemed.”
Noun
▲
A fraudulent imitation of something else
fake
phoney
UK
counterfeit
forgery
hoax
phony
US
fraud
imitation
copy
dupe
reproduction
replica
dummy
mock-up
facsimile
likeness
pirate
knock-off
lookalike
humbug
duplicate
model
duplication
replication
clone
pseudo
imposture
rip-off
simulation
carbon copy
substitute
bootleg
put-on
bogus
carbon
reduplication
mock
deception
junque
simulacrum
pinchbeck
mirroring
paralleling
image
reflection
match
ringer
toy
paste
falsification
recreation
virtual reality
warez
fabrication
four-flusher
scam
spoof
pretence
UK
imposition
pretense
US
sleight
make-believe
trick
swindle
flimflam
gold brick
sample
representation
echoing
copying
stand-in
sub
marionette
resemblance
counterfeiting
mimicry
aping
transcription
mime
sendup
paraphrasing
semblance
mimesis
matching
ersatz
apery
takeoff
representing
patterning
picture
counterpart
Xerox
skit
substitution
parallel
ditto
warez
sell
deceit
actor
bum
gyp
print
photocopy
miniature
reprint
mimeograph
offprint
Photostat
mimeo
mirror
effigy
ectype
stat
repro
pattern
twin
impersonation
cast
study
tracing
archetype
transcript
type
photograph
similarity
photostat
look-alike
copycat
chip off old block
impression
rubbings
microfiche
imprint
portrait
double
flimsy
exact likeness
spitting image
mirror image
dead ringer
hard copy
spawn
fax
figure
autotype
telefax
act-alike
emulation
workalike
telecopy
figurine
statuette
statue
spit and image
doubling
facsimile reproduction
xerox
genetic copy
look-alike computer
reenactment
generation
multiplication
renewal
reprinting
pic
portrayal
revival
X-ray
increase
beta version
prototype
test case
mate
fetch
spit
doppelganger
fellow
mimic
repeat
knockoff
germination
recurrence
analog
US
spare
analogue
UK
close likeness
repetition
second
coordinate
correlate
replacement
companion
reciprocal
counterscript
alter ego
obverse
chip off the old block
more ❯
“While you won't do jail time for sporting a
sham
designer handbag, there's a good chance you'll have it taken away from you.”
Noun
▲
A false, absurd, or distorted representation of something
caricature
farce
mockery
joke
parody
travesty
cartoon
lampoon
distortion
spoof
send-up
charade
pretence
UK
burlesque
satire
pretense
US
mimicry
takeoff
misrepresentation
take-off
shambles
absurdity
perversion
apology
excuse
malarkey
corruption
ridiculousness
embarrassment
disgrace
poor substitute
poor imitation
ridicule
pasquinade
imitation
laughing stock
waste of time
apology for
distorted drawing
exaggerated drawing
deception
debasement
drawing
sketch
skit
representation
picture
rib
put-on
comic strip
squib
laugh
strip cartoon
funny drawing
political cartoon
sendup
falsification
pastiche
libel
masquerade
nonsense
shuck
laughingstock
simpleton
butt of jokes
object of derision
false impression
standing joke
circus
piece of futility
Aunt Sally
figure of fun
target of jokes
object of ridicule
target of derision
source of amusement
pantomime
play
exaggeration
mock
lampoonery
roast
excuse for
impression
impersonation
pasticcio
raillery
mocking
play-on
aping
imitating
pappyshow
apery
mimicking
banter
copy
persiflage
irony
causticity
wit
chaffing
witticism
comedy
simulation
invective
personation
jest
vaudeville
mime
mickey-take
pasquil
takedown
wisecrack
quip
prank
revue
cabaret
strip
burly
spectacular
extravaganza
derision
insult
mock-heroic
bon mot
copying
peep show
variety show
floor show
pale imitation
sarcasm
slapstick
mimesis
posture
act
mimetism
camouflage
pathetic excuse
poor example
pale shadow
inadequate example
stop gap
humor
US
buffoonery
humour
UK
interlude
horseplay
camp
slapstick comedy
mimic
mummer
pantomimist
mummery
high camp
low camp
broad comedy
pratfall comedy
campy art
gesture
dumb show
more ❯
“What he'd thought was a united front was a total
sham
.”
Noun
▲
A particular way of behaving, especially to impress or to give a false impression
pose
front
show
facade
pretence
UK
guise
masquerade
charade
act
pretense
US
façade
semblance
airs
disguise
affectation
playacting
posture
air
pretension
display
posturing
dissimulation
mien
fakery
attitude
role
mannerism
carriage
attitudinizing
positure
stand
put-on
play-acting
false show
simulation
appearance
veneer
feigning
make-believe
mask
veil
fake
false display
false front
artifice
illusion
posing
shamming
falsification
cloak
bluff
imitation
subterfuge
deception
hoax
face
fabrication
impression
insincerity
pretentiousness
simulacrum
invention
deceit
acting
faking
public image
window dressing
gloss
trickery
ostentation
con
look
falsehood
pretext
exterior
ruse
schtick
humbug
false pretense
false colors
false appearance
dissembling
affectedness
counterfeit
artificiality
stall
imagination
duplicity
pretending
dissemblance
cover
trick
misrepresentation
dishonesty
self-deception
hypocrisy
cant
fraud
deceitfulness
lying
wile
bluffing
snobbery
hokum
pretensions
inflation
grandiosity
superciliousness
double-dealing
kidology
exaggeration
side
a put-on
a put-up job
snootiness
uppishness
fancy
pageant
claim
false colours
dumb act
impersonation
suggestion
effect
airs and graces
going Hollywood
outward appearance
showing off
assumed manners
unnatural imitation
putting on airs
hoaxing
shuffling
routine
excuse
stunt
gag
evasion
misstatement
layer
farce
pantomime
parody
name
mockery
travesty
fantasy
performance
showing
profession
likeness
mimicry
stance
disguisement
window-dressing
coloring
US
daydreaming
dream
unreality
colouring
UK
chaser
ploy
feint
hamming
phoney
UK
phony
US
dissimilation
dreaming
romancing
arrogance
sweet talk
soft soap
delusion
shuck and jive
story
role-playing
fairy tale
game
fallacy
feeling
misperception
image
false impression
deceptive appearance
mere façade
guile
cunning
dupery
piousness
deceptiveness
crookery
foxiness
wiliness
disguising
craftiness
cozenage
concealing
counterfeiting
masking
cunningness
craft
crookedness
cheating
guilefulness
hiding
concealment
shrouding
veiling
codology
suppression
camouflage
fraudulence
falsity
mendacity
treachery
putting on an act
lack of veracity
pomposity
aspect
character
showiness
bearing
self-importance
conceit
pompousness
aura
property
tone
vainglory
quality
atmosphere
manner
smokescreen
smell
showboat
showoff
splash
vibe
note
ambience
mood
temper
feel
ambiance
flavour
UK
countenance
demeanour
UK
flavor
US
big talk
shroud
demeanor
US
presence
haughtiness
hauteur
bombast
ostentatiousness
flashiness
grandness
flatulence
guyver
fustian
expression
grandioseness
colour
UK
color
US
assumption
climate
ring
odor
US
odour
UK
comportment
screen
aroma
deportment
persona
cast
vibrations
address
cover-up
bravado
flaunting
swagger
bluster
swank
boasting
boastfulness
insolence
inauthenticity
pomp
visage
presumption
hint
allegation
supposition
personality
figure
identity
part
beard
unnaturalness
disingenuousness
superficiality
portrayal
characteristic
feature
shade
self
fig leaf
essence
trait
complexion
personage
person
phoniness
garb
snivel
conduct
red herring
smoke screen
floweriness
grandiloquence
outline
attribute
manifestation
stamp
behavior
US
behaviour
UK
outward show
heroics
flamboyance
superiority
vanity
imperiousness
masterfulness
presumptuousness
loftiness
self-consequence
magniloquence
ornateness
bumptiousness
huffiness
elaborateness
pedantry
consequence
toploftiness
peremptoriness
extravagance
rhetoric
lordliness
turgidity
public face
assumed role
etiquette
la-di-da
snobbishness
spirit
high horse
form
habits
false claim
actions
idiosyncrasy
social behaviour
peculiarity
social habit
way of behaving
style
halo
karma
nimbus
patina
way of being
more ❯
Noun
▲
An intentionally false statement
lie
fabrication
falsehood
fib
untruth
deception
falsity
fiction
falsification
prevarication
invention
mendacity
misinformation
dishonesty
disinformation
exaggeration
myth
perjury
deceit
inaccuracy
porky
pretense
US
pretence
UK
story
white lie
dissimulation
distortion
gossip
guile
misrepresentation
misstatement
pretext
propaganda
subterfuge
tale
bulldust
fable
falseness
forgery
fraudulence
hyperbole
line
whopper
yarn
backbiting
detraction
evasion
taradiddle
tarradiddle
half-truth
departure from the truth
fairy tale
flight of fancy
made-up story
piece of fiction
tall story
tall tale
terminological inexactitude
trumped-up story
barefaced lie
fake news
figment of the imagination
little white lie
red herring
alternative fact
cock and bull story
fairy story
pork pie
porky pie
ruse
trickery
wile
concoction
rumour
UK
stratagem
figment
rumor
US
fantasy
hogwash
phantasy
canard
fake
fraud
cock-and-bull story
smoke
lies
crock
urban myth
urban legend
guise
false statement
half truth
claptrap
remarkable story
big lie
kidology
opus
artifact
US
jive
work
artefact
UK
jazz
untruism
fibbery
cover-up
feigning
fakery
bunk
false report
economy with the truth
song and dance
conspiracy theory
false excuse
figment of one's imagination
one for the birds
fallaciousness
hypocrisy
hollowness
untruthfulness
fallacy
double-dealing
duplicity
erroneousness
treachery
fictitiousness
unreality
inexactness
deceptiveness
unveracity
cheating
perfidy
deceitfulness
incorrectness
spuriousness
uncandidness
insincerity
disingenuousness
speciousness
fancy
improvisation
fibs
illusion
romance
legend
novel
nonsense
storytelling
imagination
creativity
narration
hooey
potboiler
unrealism
narrative
nonfiction
literature
anecdote
clothesline
book
drama
cliff-hanger
creative writing
fish story
short stories
best seller
short story
work of fiction
made up story
figment of imagination
works of fiction
work of imagination
coloring
US
colouring
UK
sophistry
delusion
equivocation
slant
lying
cover
inveracity
fudging
excuse
casuistry
stonewall
stall
run-around
adulteration
farfetched story
shaggy-dog story
spiel
mendaciousness
chicanery
stretch
twist
perversion
spin
mutilation
twisting
evasiveness
hallucination
fibbing
amphibology
sophism
amphiboly
shuffling
creation
waffle
manipulation
false light
truthlessness
con
doctoring
alteration
tampering
not a true picture
trick
double meaning
cop out
double entendre
double talk
quibbling routine
angler's tale
unlikely story
pishogue
whisper
unbelievable tale
fanciful tale
spinach
nancy story
rigmarole
scandal
chestnut
defamation
patter
disguise
mask
semblance
front
pitch
dissembling
two-timing
doublespeak
codology
talk
lead
unreliability
persuasion
indirectness
circumlocution
misconception
false colors
misbelief
waffling
flannel
paltering
calumny
prepared speech
bias
overstatement
embellishment
pussyfooting around
weasel words
beating about the bush
superstition
error
misreporting
misreport
obfuscation
false notion
mistaken belief
slanting
skew
prejudice
garbling
travesty
apologue
incredible story
exaggerated story
change
tinkering
false rumour
false information
fictitious story
folk ballad
debasement
caricature
bending of the truth
false trail
BS
misinterpretation
imbalance
baloney
stretching
fiddling
changing
equivocality
bum steer
misleading information
production
oversubtleness
chimera
US
casuistics
quibbling
subtlety
ambiguity
vision
doubtfulness
legalism
rationalization
US
rationalisation
UK
justification
apparition
daydream
fantasm
phantasm
mirage
conceit
nonentity
dream
hedging
song
equivoque
hedge
euphemism
imagining
unsound reasoning
twisting the facts
specious reasoning
overgeneral reasoning
pipe dream
bubble
castle in the air
nightmare
chimaera
UK
tergiversation
avoidance
dodging
elusion
weasel word
shunning
escape
eluding
shirking
ducking
circumvention
cunning
cop-out
shaking
eschewal
artifice
out
eschewing
bypassing
sidestepping
go-by
obliqueness
bilking
shift
getting out of
routine
dodge
fancy footwork
ditch
finding a way round
quibble
equivocating
fugivity
fugiviteness
slip
evading
skirting
stonewalling
more ❯
Noun
▲
Pillow sham
pillowcase
bedding
linen
pillow sham
pillowslip
slip
slipcase
slipcover
Noun
▲
Empty talk
lip service
duplicity
empty talk
hollow words
hypocrisy
hypocritical respect
insincerity
jive
lie
lip devotion
lip homage
lip praise
lip reverence
lip worship
mouth honor
mouthing
smooth talk
sweet talk
token agreement
tokenism
tongue in cheek
unctuousness
Noun
▲
Bed sheet
bed linen
bedclothes
bedcovers
bedding
blanket
covers
pillowcase
sheet
bed sheet
dust ruffle
duvet cover
pillow slip
sheeting
sheets
duvet
quilt
coverlet
eiderdown
comforter
linen
blankets
pillow
bedlinen
counterpane
throw
bedclothing
bed clothes
cover
bedspread
spread
electric blanket
thermal blanket
coverlets
duvets
quilts
comforters
pillowcases
counterpanes
bedlinens
bedspreads
pillows
electric blankets
shams
bed sheets
throws
more ❯
Noun
▲
Joking, tricks
fooling
joking
kidding
malarkey
nonsense
tricks
bluffing
farce
mockery
shamming
teasing
trifling
buffoonery
clownishness
pretence
UK
skylarking
frolicking
horseplay
jesting
joshing
pretense
US
roughhouse
roughhousing
rowdiness
spoofing
high jinks
making light
Noun
▲
A bag of cloth stuffed with a mass of soft material, used as a comfortable support for sitting or leaning on
cushion
bolster
headrest
pillow
beanbag
pad
squab
hassock
buffer
bumper
cocoon
cushioning
fender
mat
kneeler
pillion
zabuton
booster cushion
floor cushion
rest
seat
woolsack
scatter cushion
stool
pouf
US
ottoman
pouffe
UK
support
padding
footrest
upholstery
footstool
Dutch wife
sag bag
beanbag chair
Hacky-Sack
throw cushion
throw pillow
head rest
Adjective
▲
Not real or genuine
bogus
false
artificial
pretended
simulated
fake
feigned
mock
spurious
synthetic
counterfeit
imitation
pseudo
affected
contrived
phoney
UK
ersatz
plastic
pretend
unauthentic
factitious
fictitious
fraudulent
insincere
manufactured
phony
US
assumed
dummy
faux
forced
forged
imitative
inauthentic
unnatural
cod
mechanical
mimic
pseud
substitute
fakey
untrue
make-believe
man-made
not genuine
put-on
so-called
strained
faked
snide
fabricated
queer
deceptive
reproduction
replica
unreal
specious
copied
misleading
made-up
facsimile
invalid
hollow
pirate
laboured
UK
imaginary
dud
invented
quasi-
pretentious
labored
US
mannered
put on
imagined
imitated
ostensible
derivative
unoriginal
delusory
delusive
framed
bent
trumped-up
fishy
wrong
stiff
model
overdone
meretricious
quasi
stilted
worthless
supposititious
studied
not kosher
mythical
pirated
fanciful
plagiaristic
derived
trick
counterfeited
fictional
apparent
seeming
pseudo-
mimicked
plagiarized
US
Hollywood
plant
brummagem
crock
toy
concocted
superficial
chimerical
fantasied
visionary
fabulous
chimeric
phantom
mythic
phantasmal
fantastical
imaginal
ideal
notional
phantasmic
fantastic
nonnatural
wooden
apocryphal
aped
suppositious
two-faced
virtual
hokey
deceitful
won't fly
soft shell
would-be
unconvincing
self-conscious
phony-baloney
professed
fantasy
fantasized
US
dream
wannabe
self-styled
fancied
dreamed-up
purported
plagiarised
UK
avowed
fictive
copycat
adulterine
alleged
knock-off
supposed
adopted
improvised
manmade
hypocritical
ungenuine
falsified
falsie
dishonest
masked
concealed
play-play
as it were
copy
deceiving
nominal
semi-
pinchbeck
overripe
quack
exaggerated
pseudonymous
unspontaneous
near
overworked
theatrical
covered
duplicate
fantasised
UK
actorly
hyped up
hoax
dissembling
to all intents and purposes
constrained
bad
ham
hammy
representative
phoney-baloney
double-dealing
repro
bootlegged
practice
trial
mimetic
surface
echoic
fallacious
unqualified
chemical
cast
non-natural
apish
devised
miniature
bum
acted
overblown
made
makeshift
constructed
crooked
partly
apparently
supposedly
seemingly
machine-made
low-quality
poor-quality
shoddy
inferior
low-grade
elaborate
planned
glib
parodied
parroted
burlesqued
duplicated
caricatured
reproduced
mocked
prepared
ostensive
not what it is cracked up to be
unsatisfactory
substandard
adulterated
campy
experimental
human-made
engineered
reported
gingerbread
posed
mealymouthed
not real
not legit
posey
lookalike
manipulated
far-fetched
fixed
recherche
voulu
staged
knock off
awkward
conceited
playacting
melodramatic
affectated
fraud
non-existent
stagy
mock-up
made up
cooked-up
bluffing
shammed
lying
impostrous
in name only
charlatan
cheating
dissimulated
imposturous
overly planned
cynical
rigid
inflexible
grudging
bound
binding
conscripted
slave
begrudging
stringent
coercive
forcible
wreck
wired
put
unglued
uptight
tight
choked
taut
farfetched
flimsy
unsound
dissimulating
treacherous
in a state
hard put
nervous wreck
strung out
at end of rope
insignificant
weak
faithless
nonbinding
inoperative
null and void
not binding
uncollectible
nugatory
void
illegal
null
nonvalid
hollow-hearted
devoid of validity
camouflaged
unrecognizable
US
hidden
covert
sly
incognito
undercover
furtive
back-alley
underhand
sneaky
masquerading
disguised
changed
veiled
unrecognisable
UK
incog
cloaked
in disguise
under cover
sailing under false colours
more ❯
“A gambling addict who defrauded friends by encouraging them to invest in his
sham
business has been sentenced to six-and-a-half years in prison.”
Adjective
▲
(
of a falsehood
)
Concocted to deceive others
invented
misleading
false
untrue
fabricated
spurious
fallacious
incorrect
wrong
concocted
inaccurate
erroneous
deceptive
unfounded
specious
invalid
unsound
untruthful
inexact
distorted
fake
counterfeit
fraudulent
bogus
flawed
imaginary
apocryphal
beguiling
deceiving
deluding
delusive
delusory
deceitful
mistaken
phoney
UK
phony
US
faulty
fishy
unreal
imprecise
counterfactual
mock
feigned
forged
improper
truthless
artificial
casuistic
coloured
UK
colored
US
insincere
misrepresentative
sophistical
dishonest
simulated
faked
factitious
contrived
ersatz
cooked-up
trumped-up
made up
trumped up
misguided
fictitious
lying
hollow
baseless
economical with the truth
illusory
out
off
fabulous
framed
falsified
devised
cooked up
mythological
in error
mythical
fakey
fictional
unfactual
nonfactual
impostrous
sophistic
plausible
ostensible
credible
empty
presumptive
presumable
seeming
likely
captious
colorable
flattering
vain
nugatory
probable
ostentatious
apparent
pretentious
sophisticated
meretricious
idle
illogical
seemingly correct
apparently right
plausible but wrong
groundless
irrational
weak
untenable
unjustifiable
unreasonable
unsubstantiated
without foundation
absurd
unsupported
unjustified
defective
shaky
implausible
unwarranted
off beam
full of holes
preposterous
ill-founded
unreasoned
indefensible
wide of the mark
senseless
unreasoning
nonrational
illegitimate
inconsequent
inconsequential
mad
iffy
off target
without basis
way out
way off
unsustainable
insupportable
flimsy
foundationless
uncorroborated
ungrounded
dodgy
unproven
reasonless
unwarrantable
inexcusable
unpardonable
unforgivable
arbitrary
nonsensical
wild
inconsistent
unscientific
illusive
ludicrous
unacceptable
unreliable
dicey
incongruous
nutty
wacky
not exact
not accurate
made-up
way off beam
off base
defamatory
fantastic
fanciful
slanderous
imagined
unconvincing
tenuous
questionable
pejorative
unconfirmed
silly
foolish
crazy
inadequate
dubious
inconclusive
aspersive
injurious
maligning
suspect
idiotic
injudicious
scandalous
calumnious
calumniatory
opprobrious
amiss
contradictory
impossible
chimerical
inexpiable
libelous
US
libellous
UK
irreconcilable
stupid
ridiculous
insane
scurrilous
fatuous
daft
barmy
malicious
abroad
askew
unsubstantial
self-contradictory
off-beam
off the mark
superstitious
not working
off-target
off the wall
manufactured
unarguable
undefendable
refutable
without justification
inadmissible
not genuine
deluded
impaired
mendacious
misinformed
unfitting
contrary to fact
chimeric
terminologically inexact
not trustworthy
random
off-base
way off-beam
vague
improbable
unpersuasive
unbelievable
outrageous
unjust
poor
unsatisfactory
unlikely
far-fetched
uninformed
incredible
feeble
nebulous
doubtful
farfetched
lame
vituperative
invidious
backbiting
contumelious
vilifying
erratic
unthinking
unwise
inappropriate
erring
unsupportable
inconceivable
obscure
sketchy
puzzling
debasing
non-sequiturial
logically fallacious
haphazard
capricious
wrongly identified
wide of mark
barking up wrong tree
off track
labouring under a misapprehension
barking up the wrong tree
in the wrong
fluffed
meaningless
fallible
iniquitous
gratuitous
needless
unfair
insulting
nonvalid
not precise
out of line
astray
on the wrong track
out of commission
wide
at fault
misfigured
goofed
misconstrued
mishandled
miscalculated
laughable
pathetic
airy
thin
slight
reachy
unimpressive
problematic
unbacked
sarcastic
shot-in-the-dark
hit-or-miss
wrongly inferred
flakey
US
kooky
loony
raving
mindless
aberrant
brainless
demented
unstable
off-the-wall
freaky
cockamamie
disconnected
distraught
incoherent
delirious
disjointed
visionary
won't hold water
won't wash
illegal
flaky
UK
uncalled for
imbecilic
inane
unproved
bad
uncalled-for
beyond belief
perverse
cockeyed
irrelevant
unconnected
screwy
pretend
fantasied
phantom
mythic
phantasmal
fantastical
imaginal
ideal
notional
make-believe
phantasmic
not making sense
beyond the bounds of possibility
not following
awry
aspersory
utopian
quixotic
hallucinatory
wrong number
all wet
all off
unprovable
damaging
traditional
mud-slinging
freety
apprehensive
fearful
more ❯
Adjective
▲
Like a phantasm
phantasmic
imaginary
unreal
fanciful
imagined
mythical
fictitious
fantastic
chimerical
invented
visionary
fabulous
phantasmal
fictional
fantastical
mythic
phantom
chimeric
pretend
ideal
fantasied
imaginal
notional
illusory
dreamlike
hallucinatory
delusive
whimsical
fictive
suppositious
fake
phantasmagoric
untrue
delusory
misleading
seeming
ostensible
pseudo
apparent
deceitful
fallacious
mistaken
semblant
made-up
make-believe
blue-sky
false
fancied
illusive
phantasmagorical
deceptive
erroneous
illusionary
artificial
non-existent
bogus
supposititious
nightmarish
surreal
psychedelic
phantasmagorial
kaleidoscopic
bizarre
Kafkaesque
phantasmagorian
mocking
unread
hoax
trick
delusional
deceiving
hollow
specious
misguided
mock
Barmecidal
Barmecide
float
dreamed-up
legendary
intangible
immaterial
insubstantial
theoretical
fairy-tale
storybook
hypothetical
nebulous
pretended
blue sky
pipe dream
insincere
impalpable
phoney
UK
figmental
reachy
fabled
unsubstantial
unnatural
weird
replica
aerial
nonexistent
faux
romantic
phony
US
imitation
unbelievable
incredible
reproduction
out of this world
quixotic
beguiling
deluding
spurious
unfounded
imaginative
apocryphal
trumped up
utopian
vain
fabricated
distorted
concocted
mythological
dreamy
shadowy
spectral
apparitional
fool's paradise
deluded
conceptual
wild
ambiguous
absurd
unreliable
capricious
academic
all in the mind
estimated
chimeral
unrealistic
misconceived
in error
incorrect
invalid
inaccurate
wrong
untruthful
inexact
faulty
fraudulent
flawed
imprecise
counterfeit
unsound
forged
improper
truthless
cooked-up
misrepresentative
casuistic
sophistical
contrary to fact
off
counterfactual
off the mark
made up
colored
US
coloured
UK
fishy
assumed
ethereal
abstract
fantasy
supposed
virtual
imagal
all in one's head
figment of someone's imagination
product of someone's imagination
more ❯
Adjective
▲
Dishonest, deceptive, and not to be trusted
deceptive
fraudulent
dishonest
underhand
deceitful
duplicitous
treacherous
crafty
disingenuous
guileful
bogus
cheating
counterfeit
crooked
cunning
scheming
sly
sneaky
untrustworthy
bent
dissembling
false
insincere
lying
Machiavellian
perfidious
shady
sharp
deceiving
foxy
hypocritical
mendacious
slippery
subtle
tricky
unprincipled
unscrupulous
untruthful
double-dealing
fast
hollow-hearted
rogue
shifty
slim
two-faced
underhanded
double-faced
false-hearted
Punic
truthless
astucious
bum
catchy
designing
devious
fake
fishy
imposturous
indirect
insidious
mock
oblique
off
phoney
UK
phony
US
plausible
pretended
rascal
roguish
seeming
serpentine
slick
snide
spurious
unreliable
wily
faithless
perjured
recreant
swindling
criminal
illegal
corrupt
illicit
unlawful
untrue
Janus-faced
dishonourable
UK
unethical
unfair
dirty
unjust
defrauding
shonky
knavish
dodgy
forged
dishonorable
US
pseudo
against the law
bamboozling
falsified
imitation
furtive
disreputable
immoral
artful
dubious
villainous
sneaking
nefarious
two-timing
secretive
calculating
clandestine
stealthy
wicked
conniving
rascally
lawless
amoral
venal
shrewd
malfeasant
felonious
secret
surreptitious
questionable
illegitimate
double-crossing
rapacious
unsportsmanlike
unsporting
base
unauthorized
US
scandalous
foul
corruptible
improper
suspicious
grafting
wrongful
misleading
contraband
buyable
below the belt
under-the-table
covert
unauthorised
UK
murky
rotten
bad
under the table
discreditable
against the rules
low-down
shameful
actionable
snidey
scoundrelly
prohibited
inequitable
banned
beguiling
unsanctioned
outlawed
iniquitous
forbidden
cloak-and-dagger
reprobate
culpable
proscribed
unwarranted
suspect
thieving
bootleg
bribable
ignoble
dark
mean
larcenous
light-fingered
nasty
under the counter
evasive
evil
sticky-fingered
predatory
low
mercenary
hole-and-corner
unfaithful
shameless
undercover
backstairs
hugger-mugger
hidden
indictable
tricksy
unlicensed
traitorous
hush-hush
concealed
shabby
pilfering
cagey
lawbreaking
vile
inglorious
interdicted
dirty-dealing
spoliative
plunderous
kleptomaniacal
piratic
back-alley
verboten
black
wrong
black-market
under-the-counter
exploitative
miscreant
fallacious
on the QT
despicable
mischievous
under wraps
unregenerate
conscienceless
mysterious
irregular
contemptible
corrupted
astute
ruthless
hoodwinking
ignominious
disgraceful
sinister
impish
puckish
devilish
seedy
sordid
smart
canny
arch
degenerate
veiled
sketchy
unconscionable
dastardly
arrant
delusive
unsavoury
UK
disloyal
waggish
private
underground
scurvy
ill-gotten
thievish
sinful
blameworthy
cagy
cute
behind-the-scenes
clever
pixieish
scampish
pixie
leprechaunish
pixy
prankish
elvish
suborned
warped
petty
unsavory
US
barred
bluffing
sub-rosa
sneak
privy
stealth
delinquent
unofficial
piratical
frolicsome
raffish
fibbing
punishable
guilty
malicious
adulterous
taboo
vicious
flagitious
not permitted
not allowed
on the take
on the quiet
doubtful
funny
shadowy
fly
equivocal
ambidextrous
backbiting
elusive
unctuous
specious
stinky
buccaneering
closet
dissimulating
incorrigible
mean-spirited
purchasable
delusory
hole-in-the-corner
contriving
lubricious
unconstitutional
playful
queer
macabre
wrongdoing
salty
ornery
hostile
snaky
left- handed
deluding
pillaging
plundering
intentionally misleading
cheeky
penal
prosecutable
depraved
fiendish
knowing
slimy
iffy
nimble-fingered
cutthroat
unconscientious
illusory
wayward
collusive
unhonest
unrespectable
infamous
naughty
prostituted
inconstant
unveracious
convictable
chargeable
unsound
glib
shrouded
casuistic
selfish
degrading
self-seeking
degraded
unworthy
kleptic
theftuous
furacious
fickle
treasonable
prevaricating
equivocating
paltering
profiteering
avaricious
grasping
ludic
teasing
coquettish
wolfish
conspiratorial
in holes and corners
fly-by-night
shy
louche
shoddy
notorious
opprobrious
responsible
condemned
economical with the truth
extortionate
open
falsehearted
malevolent
forsworn
mythomaniac
apostate
renegade
simoniac
unprofessional
simoniacal
padded
decadent
deep
intelligent
adroit
streetwise
vulpine
keen
smooth
sportive
rakish
pretending
errant
obliquitous
erring
gimmicky
of dubious character
back-stabbing
biased
prejudiced
potentially illegal
open to bribery
street-smart
street smart
espiègle
playing politics
put on
playing games
discriminatory
crazy like fox
backstair
gone to the dogs
fast and loose
faking one out
not straightforward
cheap
partisan
slinking
skulking
beggarly
cowardly
squalid
ungentlemanly
stealing
discriminating
prejudicial
partial
unequal
bigoted
unpleasant
detestable
paltry
worthless
execrable
wretched
sleazy
grubby
abject
unsportsmanly
weighted
distorted
intolerant
coloured
UK
slanted
preferential
opprobious
putrid
offensive
blackguardly
sorry
deplorable
scummy
lame
currish
scungy
lousy
ratty
scabby
undue
loaded
unbalanced
uneven
arbitrary
low-minded
on the sly
off-color
cruel
grievous
unrightful
inexcusable
injurious
colored
US
out of order
not cricket
one-sided
non-objective
uncalled-for
disorderly
anarchic
terrorist
unruly
impermissible
disruptive
unacceptable
insurgent
insurrectionary
anarchical
rebellious
seditious
mutinying
insubordinate
mutinous
noncompliant
revolting
unrighteous
nonconformist
savage
anarchistic
barbarous
peccant
uncivilised
UK
disobedient
violating
turbulent
violent
heavy
warlike
contumacious
criminogenic
transgressing
ungoverned
unregulated
unpeaceful
uncivilized
US
nihilistic
disordered
racketeering
excessive
recusant
uncultivated
infringing
wildcat
tapu
haram
out of line
off base
contrary to law
in violation of law
not acceptable
off limits
smoking gun
without law and order
ruled out
more ❯
Adjective
▲
Cheap, showy, and gaudy
tinsel
gaudy
showy
ostentatious
tawdry
flashy
trashy
conspicuous
flamboyant
garish
meretricious
obtrusive
pretentious
affected
brash
cheap
extravagant
fancy
loud
ornate
plastic
theatrical
vulgar
flash
glitzy
kitsch
OTT
overdone
over-elaborate
ritzy
specious
superficial
tasteless
bling-bling
brummagem
dicty
gimcrack
pinchbeck
splashy
superfly
swanky
over the top
glaring
swank
tacky
tinselly
jazzy
glittering
chintzy
screaming
flaring
flaunting
noisy
razzle-dazzle
snazzy
bling
blatant
brazen
fancy-pants
naff
classy
dashing
pompous
raffish
peacocky
tony
overwrought
brilliant
splendiferous
glittery
kitschy
crude
catchpenny
Brummagem
lurid
glamorous
in bad taste
worthless
shabby
shoddy
rubbishy
tatty
tinselled
cheap-jack
crass
grandiose
bright
resplendent
sensational
opulent
histrionic
sumptuous
luxurious
prestigious
brassy
sporty
splurgy
gay
harsh
over-bright
violent
chichi
distasteful
unattractive
bilious
nauseating
bold
sickly
florid
cheap and nasty
expensive
pizazzy
pizzazzy
nifty
fakey
in poor taste
sparkling
kenspeckle
commanding
striking
bodacious
prominent
catchy
noticeable
eye-catching
grabby
marked
pronounced
arresting
remarkable
emphatic
dramatic
cheapjack
paltry
junky
poor
dirty
offensive
twopenny-halfpenny
common
sleazy
glorious
illustrious
actorly
pizzazz
US
frou-frou
coarse
gross
colorful
US
flaunted
magnificent
impressive
pzazz
UK
colourful
UK
trumpery
fussy
exhibitionistic
uptown
spectacular
jaunty
gussied up
putting on the ritz
distinguished
glossy
exciting
high-flown
arty-farty
star-studded
flimsy
inferior
dazzling
poxy
thrown together
of a sort
elaborate
bombastic
rich
vivid
baroque
rococo
decorated
embellished
vibrant
exaggerated
plush
elegant
ornamented
outrageous
grand
obvious
busy
adorned
inflated
strong
flowery
posh
swashbuckling
low
decorative
luxuriant
lavish
unmistakable
glowing
wild
overblown
luscious
evident
puffed up
overelaborate
stylish
wedding-cake
shameless
orotund
declamatory
audacious
turgid
tumid
deluxe
splendid
unrefined
intricate
high-class
brightly coloured
detailed
nasty
overstated
egotistic
imposing
lively
smart
gassy
artificial
swish
hifalutin
flatulent
highfalutin
aureate
peacockish
camp
heroic
outstanding
gingerbread
flaming
large
manifest
magnific
lofty
ornamental
salient
flagrant
sophisticated
stilted
verbose
complex
fustian
purple
unusual
jarring
shining
clashing
blinding
blazing
chic
zesty
intense
larger-than-life
overemphasized
US
attention-grabbing
over-the-top
excessive
blown up
fashionable
upmarket
trendy
whimsical
startling
convivial
merry
arrestive
daring
saucy
adventurous
unspeakable
brilliantly coloured
common as muck
festooned
snappy
plushy
sharp
swankish
exclusive
with-it
distinct
flakey
US
flaky
UK
corinthian
fun
vain
vaunting
boastful
lucid
animated
shocking
daredevil
defiant
well marked
forceful
definite
plain
overemphasised
UK
gee-whizz
beautiful
complicated
discernible
dominant
predominant
recognizable
US
distinguishable
bedizened
overdecorated
gingerbready
gingerbreaded
imaginative
stimulating
effective
interesting
bright-coloured
forestanding
recognisable
UK
high-wrought
bedecked
grandiloquent
graphic
bohemian
casual
unconventional
rakish
careless
majestic
monumental
easily seen
to the fore
in the foreground
spiffy
select
quality
towering
extreme
superior
devilish
jewelled
UK
metaphorical
wordy
fine
coloured
UK
gilded
jeweled
US
embroidered
variegated
colored
US
prime
fanciful
special
stately
devil-may-care
disreputable
froufrou
frilly
fancible
custom
beautifying
cushy
high-sounding
fancily decorated
highly wrought
protruding
oratorical
magniloquent
high-quality
dapper
louche
patent
intrusive
protuberant
inescapable
thrusting
windy
awe-inspiring
superb
open
sonorous
imperial
royal
noble
regal
palatial
august
heroical
epic
massive
gallant
proud
baronial
Homeric
transparent
overt
mannered
garnished
observable
perceptible
palpable
overambitious
looking like an explosion in a paint factory
like an explosion in a paint factory
unconcealed
skilful
UK
skillful
US
rude
out of place
sticking out
epideictic
euphuistic
overripe
Ciceronian
hyperbolic
gaseous
dissolute
dissipated
decadent
debauched
naked
undisguised
sheer
clear
uncouth
inelegant
unfathomable
cosmic
impenetrable
overwhelming
lordly
vast
high-falutin'
high-flying
Demosthenic
Demosthenean
silver-tongued
straightforward
bald
unabashed
outright
unashamed
posey
la-di-da
assuming
improper
impudent
barefaced
undeniable
unblushing
sticking out a mile
standing out like a sore thumb
standing out a mile
sticking out like a sore thumb
flaunty
conceited
snobbish
rough-hewn
roughneck
uncultured
incult
insensible
indiscreet
unpolished
rough
lowbrow
tactless
lowbred
uncultivated
rugged
unseemly
ill-bred
illiberal
periphrastic
rhetorical
eloquent
glib
mouthy
vocal
effusive
voluble
articulate
tumescent
fluent
contrived
swollen
fast
free-spirited
individual
rank
brass-necked
indisputable
cut-and-dried
unembarrassed
unmitigated
insolent
egregious
arrant
pseudo
snippy
sophomoric
vainglorious
pseud
poseur
indecorous
indelicate
graceless
impolite
dilapidated
scrubby
scruffy
neglected
dumpy
bombed-out
tumbledown
mangy
moth-eaten
beat-up
dog-eared
miserable
tatterdemalion
seedy
down-at-the-heels
threadbare
grungy
down-at-heel
ratty
timeworn
run-down
second-rate
mean
unrepentant
unsubtle
with all the extras
with all the options
with bells and whistles
toffee-nosed
poncey
hollow
stupid
raunchy
useless
hideous
foolish
unsightly
outlandish
barbarous
off-color
unclassy
low-down-and-dirty
trivial
unlovely
barbaric
makeshift
low-down
without shame
protrusive
deliberate
crying
overbold
in plain sight
feigned
hyperventilated
put-on
highfaluting
arty
too-too
fake
high-minded
outmoded
faded
out-of-date
broken-down
stodgy
frumpy
untidy
dingy
slovenly
unbecoming
waxy
unsuitable
poky
unkempt
messy
sloppy
la-de-da
chi-chi
more ❯
Adjective
▲
Lacking in veracity, accuracy or truth
unreliable
implausible
unconvincing
inaccurate
unsound
doubtful
dubious
fallible
flimsy
questionable
weak
specious
suspect
tenuous
undependable
chancy
disreputable
risky
rocky
shaky
unsubstantiated
unsupported
untrue
deceptive
defective
erroneous
false
incorrect
mistaken
uncertain
wrong
dodgy
iffy
fake
fallacious
falsified
flaky
UK
flakey
US
pseudo
unstable
off-target
wide of the mark
open to doubt
open to question
untrustworthy
unfounded
spurious
debatable
unproven
disputable
suspicious
dubitable
invalid
unsure
unconfirmed
flawed
ill-founded
speculative
fishy
illogical
groundless
without foundation
baseless
unjustified
uncorroborated
unreasonable
faulty
unverified
foundationless
misleading
unsettled
doubtable
ungrounded
conjectural
equivocal
problematical
without basis
arguable
untruthful
unwarranted
inexact
dicey
imprecise
fabricated
distorted
nonvalid
problematic
unresolved
misguided
off-base
imperfect
untested
unattested
not backed up by evidence
up in the air
moot
nebulous
unjustifiable
idle
out
controversial
vain
shady
unpredictable
misinformed
gratuitous
bottomless
incalculable
off
insecure
indefinite
trumped-up
in doubt
off target
in the balance
unlikely
improbable
discrepant
queer
unsubstantial
undecided
unknown
far-fetched
illusory
undetermined
untenable
irrational
careless
empty
pending
contentious
ambiguous
uncalled-for
unclear
controvertible
dishonest
indecisive
hollow
unforeseeable
negotiable
issuable
precarious
incongruous
hairy
trumped up
farfetched
undefined
off-beam
counterfactual
indeterminate
sketchy
off beam
way off-beam
mendacious
full of holes
in error
under suspicion
in question
in limbo
not kosher
up for grabs
touch and go
unsafe
reasonless
paradoxical
unauthenticated
awry
askew
unassured
unprovoked
without substantiation
without merit
vulnerable
open to debate
unauthorized
US
indistinct
fictitious
unfitting
sub judice
unreal
improper
far from certain
hanging by a thread
on thin ice
perilous
abroad
chimerical
imaginary
invented
feeble
uncalled for
not backed up
causeless
not trustworthy
not exact
way out
not accurate
way off
delusive
fragile
without justification
without cause
unauthorised
UK
without reason
made up
terminologically inexact
nonrational
illegitimate
unreasoning
mootable
unestablished
without explanation
deceiving
sophistic
unapt
tentative
presumed
assumed
not validated
unbacked
casuistic
inconsequent
inconsequential
easily threatened
easily destroyed
easily broken
illusive
beguiling
deceitful
illusionary
deluding
mock
delusory
erring
frail
exaggerated
conditional
outlandish
suppositive
suppositious
fanciful
overblown
incredible
preposterous
unbelievable
erratic
hesitant
capricious
whimsical
fluctuant
ignorant
mortal
irregular
to be won or lost
in no man's land
sensational
embellished
absurd
outrageous
extravagant
fantastic
strange
odd
unprovable
nonsensical
impossible
spectacular
ludicrous
laughable
bizarre
hyperbolic
farcical
incoherent
murky
phony
US
apocryphal
marginal
borderline
in dispute
error-prone
errant
funny
hard to believe
in lap of gods
in the lap of the gods
unusual
corrupt
peculiar
shonky
mysterious
dark
criminal
disputed
unrealistic
mind-boggling
unimaginable
embroidered
inconceivable
histrionic
different
phoney
UK
vague
occult
obscure
hypothetical
cryptic
enigmatic
contingent
liable
faultful
human
heedless
errable
not reliable
not dependable
beyond belief
tall
cock and bull
hard to swallow
blown up
far out
of doubtful honesty
not quite right
too much
out of line
rings untrue
won't wash
under advisement
not obvious
under examination
not definite
open to discussion
complicated
out of the ordinary
open to error
prone to error
prone to err
liable to err
unfaithful
wild
adrift
garbled
way-out
not true
way-off
wide
not right
off base
doesn't wash
all wet
more ❯
Verb
▲
To pretend to be, or pretend to be experiencing
fake
pretend
affect
feign
simulate
assume
imitate
mock
act
bluff
counterfeit
dissemble
play
profess
malinger
ape
lie
mislead
sucker
do a number
put it on
make a pretence of
play possum
put on
shuck and jive
swing the lead
make like
pass for
put up a front of
fake it
pose
masquerade
dissimulate
put on an act
posture
put up a front
deceive
fabricate
play-act
disguise
falsify
make believe
impersonate
kid
playact
reproduce
put on a front
give the appearance of
purport
put on a false front
make out
let on
cheat
forge
front
make-believe
copy
make a show of
pirate
go through the motions of
mask
veil
hide
cloak
spoof
conceal
mimic
delude
dupe
whitewash
camouflage
invent
dress up
adopt
put on airs
go through the motions
pass off
make out like
allege
claim
replicate
hoax
trick
fool
stonewall
obscure
phony
US
mock up
hoodwink
contrive
suppress
beguile
do
phoney
UK
devise
cozen
concoct
misrepresent
jive
be dishonest
play at
defraud
act out
knock off
act like
do like
fake out
four-flush
phony up
hide one's feelings
make up
cover up
do a bit
put up a smoke screen
make as if
put-on
pull
get into
dress in
change into
don
wear
posture as
seem to be
act as if
pretend to be
aspire to
beard
mint
stat
mimeo
Xerox
coin
clone
ditto
carbon
confound
confuse
strike
take on
lay it on thick
pretend to have
scheme
orchestrate
make a show
make a pretense
profess to have
go like
make money
construct
manufacture
design
present a false face
present a false front
imagine
stage
circulate bad money
mess
aspire
suppose
fish
jazz
fudge
represent
portray
let on like
ham
play to the gallery
play the part
put on a pretense
showboat
be hypocritical
lay claim
claim falsely
be deceitful
grandstand
attitudinize
resemble
mirror
borrow
equivocate
lift
parrot
feature
prevaricate
suggest
create
exaggerate
steal
favour
UK
crib
favor
US
fence
pass yourself off as
peacock
minimize
US
veneer
varnish
downplay
give appearance of
put on act
make show of
put on a false display
take off
conjure up
gloss over
assume the role
sugarcoat
airbrush
secrete
extenuate
screen
disguise yourself
show off
strike an attitude
behave affectedly
strike a pose
cop an attitude
play the part of
assume an attitude
take off as
do a take-off
doctor
de-emphasize
keep quiet about
hush up
keep a lid on
draw a veil over
sweep something under the rug
minimise
UK
keep dark
sweep something under the carpet
keep secret
be dishonest about
soft-pedal
con
humbug
fiddle
alter
bamboozle
gull
take in
fiddle with
tinker with
tamper with
gammon
hornswoggle
misguide
catch
gaff
have
snooker
juggle
snow
misinform
burn
buffalo
have on
double-cross
shroud
doublespeak
cover
pussyfoot
suck in
illude
scam
betray
string along
shuck
bunco
blag
pull the wool over someone's eyes
psych out
put one over on
double-talk
pass off as
echo
emulate
parody
mime
follow
repeat
depict
embody
show
copycat
duplicate
reflect
caricature
image
personate
epitomize
US
personify
typify
epitomise
UK
illustrate
pose as
monkey
travesty
masquerade as
send up
profess to be
follow suit
trump up
follow the example of
do an impression of
pass oneself off as
satirize
US
burlesque
lampoon
exhibit
assume the role of
affect the role of
guy
match
scratch
copy fraudulently
transcribe
trace
display
parallel
hoke
satirise
UK
reiterate
develop
become
symbolise
UK
signify
exemplify
glass
symbolize
US
double
correspond
daydream
fantasize
US
dream
lay on
excogitate
correspond to
hatch
come to have
double as
turn into
tell untruth
drum up
think up
misstate
cook up
tell a white lie
dream up
vamp up
vamp
create out of thin air
fib
enact
romance
fancy
muse
take after
model oneself on
rip off
take as a model
pattern oneself after
pattern oneself on
take as an example
follow in the footsteps of
take as a pattern
follow in someone's steps
take a leaf out of someone's book
take as a role model
model
indulge in fantasy
fantasise
UK
paint
draw
sketch
incarnate
picture
render
limn
disguise as
build castles in Spain
build castles in the air
act as though
delineate
follow example
present
make like a
pass as
purport to be
assume the character of
represent oneself as
disguise oneself as
assume character
pass yourself off
act a part
fake being
take the part of
play a role
mask as
behave like
take leaf out of book
figure
evoke
character
paint a picture of
put in words
photograph
set out
paint in words
draw a picture of
paint a mental picture of
more ❯
“My dear sir, I would beseech thee to not
sham
ignorance.”
Verb
▲
To make jokes, especially for purposes of teasing someone
fool
jest
joke
kid
act
fake
feign
pretend
banter
chaff
fun
gag
jape
jive
jolly
josh
mess
quip
tease
wisecrack
yuck
yuk
counterfeit
clown about
clown around
mess about
play tricks
make believe
mess around
play the fool
put on an act
have someone on
muck around
muck someone about
wind someone up
mock
wind up
rib
razz
make fun of
ridicule
deride
rag
hoax
pull somebody's leg
roast
spoof
rally
taunt
jibe
jeer
gibe
fool around
fool about
poke fun at
trick
hoodwink
dupe
delude
deceive
beguile
ride
pun
cozen
needle
sally
retort
mislead
put on
twit
play a prank
play a practical joke
satirize
US
satirise
UK
make sport of
set up
pull someone's leg
pull someone's chain
remark
lark
slang
lark around
make mischief
lark about
frolic
gambol
take the mickey
have a joke with
be facetious
tell jokes
crack wise
sneer
scoff
shuck
have somebody on
tell somebody stories
shuck someone
rot someone
put someone on
flout
have on
gird
play a trick
mess someone about
pull one's leg
mess someone around
make a monkey out of someone
play a joke
make a monkey out of
con
gull
bamboozle
mimic
send up
jibe at
guy
make jokes about
amuse
jeer at
flip
quiz
lampoon
laugh at
divert
laugh
caricature
be sarcastic about
parody
make a monkey of
scoff at
take the mickey out of
goof on
poke mullock at
entertain
prank
haze
smoke
rag on
sling off at
bother
take in
flimflam
yank somebody's chain
affect
simulate
profess
dissemble
assume
allege
dissimulate
falsify
claim
bluff
aspire
impersonate
purport
let on
claim falsely
pass yourself off as
fake out
whitewash
make out
be deceitful
pass for
shuck and jive
be hypocritical
cheat
fish
pass off
lay claim
jazz
put up a front
masquerade
sucker
stonewall
fudge
malinger
flout at
put down
scorn
take the piss out of
scout
pan
bait
annoy
goad
harass
chiack
pillory
heckle
pick on
travesty
skewer
humiliate
pooh-pooh
raz
cartoon
sneer at
make a joke
fleer
shoot down
hold up to ridicule
make a fool of
pester
badger
nudge
disturb
dog
burlesque
hector
lead on
torment
give a hard time
knock
play with words
insult
rot
sledge
kid around
contemn
slam
deflate
expose
unmask
crack jokes
heap scorn on
poke borak at
poke fun
cock a snook at
run down
call names
make a game of
treat with contempt
rail at
show up
make a laughing-stock
crack
frazzle
criticize
US
takeoff
disdain
disparage
take off
censure
raspberry
slight
dismiss
detract
denigrate
caricaturize
diss
pasquinade
squib
vilify
dis
detract from
lout
criticise
UK
pour scorn on
stay
pull your leg
ridge
bone
dump on
do a number on
clown
revel
abuse
catcall
hiss
interrupt
boo
barrack
horse around
make merry
play the clown
shout disapproval
shout down
shout at
jab
shout disapproval at
comeback
dig
hiss at
boo at
hoot at
blow raspberries
whistle at
hoot
snipe
catcall at
blow raspberries at
make someone a laughing stock
expose to ridicule
laugh out of court
laugh to scorn
hold up to shame
give someone a hard time
make a crack
plague
worry
hassle
harry
provoke
irritate
aggravate
bedevil
importune
vex
devil
gnaw
beleaguer
tantalize
US
sound
snap
tantalise
UK
flirt with
swipe at
be at
lead somebody on
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Verb
▲
To feign illness, injury, or incapacitation in order to avoid work or obligation
malinger
shirk
skive
dodge
duck
evade
fake
goldbrick
loaf
shun
sidestep
skulk
fake illness
feign illness
be AWOL
bunk off
play hooky
pretend to be ill
put it on
swing the lead
take a sickie
pretend to be an invalid
elude
eschew
avoid
cheat
get around
slough off
parry
slip
pussyfoot
shuffle off
Verb
▲
Represent in a false, absurd, or distorted way
travesty
mock
caricature
parody
burlesque
distort
pervert
ridicule
spoof
deride
do
imitate
mimic
misrepresent
lampoon
ape
satirise
UK
satirize
US
send up
take off
play on
put on
make fun of
make a mockery of
impersonate
copy
personate
monkey
ditto
do an impression of
do like
mime
emulate
copycat
play
enact
act
parrot
perform
fake
pantomime
represent
do an impersonation of
go like
make believe
affect
pose as
pretend
reflect
carbon
Xerox
forge
masquerade as
assume
feign
falsify
counterfeit
parallel
repeat
borrow
make like
act like
model after
pattern after
do likewise
pass oneself off as
play a part
do an impression
pretend to be
follow in footsteps
try to be like
jeer
laugh at
take the piss out of
roast
poke fun at
scorn
taunt
jive
sneer
jape
gibe
scoff
rally
twit
jest
fleer
hold up to ridicule
make a fool of
put down
exaggerate
rib
josh
kid
needle
banter
ride
tease
pan
haze
humiliate
raz
cartoon
mirror
flout
rag
laugh
disparage
pull one's leg
pillory
guy
pasquinade
squib
chaff
disdain
insult
affront
slight
scout
simulate
quiz
crack
slam
decry
gird
grin
underrate
detract
belittle
swipe
leer
dump
jolly
snigger
scoff at
deflate
expose
unmask
jeer at
pooh-pooh
treat with contempt
turn up one's nose
run down
rank out
make a game of
sneeze at
take the mickey out of
make a monkey out of
sniff at
give Bronx cheer
look down on
quip at
rail at
show up
make a laughing-stock
hold in contempt
criticize
US
censure
echo
caricaturize
diss
portray
interpret
pastiche
send-up
hoke
criticise
UK
takeoff
rail
reproduce
slur
make cutting remarks about
be contemptuous of
say contemptuously
condemn
gibe at
turn your nose up at
turn up your nose
curl one's lip at
sheikh
UK
sheik
US
joke
twist
playact
embody
purport to be
represent oneself as
profess to be
take the mickey
pass off
double as
assume character
dress as
pass yourself off as
act out
put on an act
do a takeoff of
act a part
take the part of
play a role
snicker
smile
curl one's lip
razz
skewer
chiack
jibe
jibe at
sneer at
wind up
rag on
make jokes about
goof on
be sarcastic about
make sport of
flout at
poke mullock at
make someone a laughing stock
expose to ridicule
shoot down
heap scorn on
laugh out of court
laugh to scorn
hold up to shame
sling off at
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