Phony implies that a falsehood is intentional with the intent to deceive.
False could just be incorrect without any intentions.
Imitation, fake, bogus, false, artificial Opposites for genuine include fake, false, plastic, faux and copy. Ersatz, unauthentic, counterfeit
artificial, bogus, copied, counterfeit, fake, false, imitation, manufactured, phony, pretended, sham, simulated, spurious, substitute, synthetic.
The guy pretending to play the piano was a phony. (noun) The counterfeiter was arrested for printing phony money. (adjective)
Phony can be used as an adjective or noun.Adjective--a phony personNoun--a bunch of phonies.
Synonyms: illusory, misleading, deceiving, dishonest, false, unreliable, illusive, pretended, disingenuous, devious, deceitful, fraudulent, phony, spurious, specious
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False and phony are five letter words that mean ingenuous or fake.
Not genuine is false or phony.
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1. phony 2. false 3. imposter 4. imitation 5. counterfeit 6. artificial 7. bogus Submitted By LaShae