(informal) Fraudulent; fake; having a misleading appearance.

(informal) A person who assumes an identity or quality other than their own. / (informal) A person who professes beliefs or opinions that they do not hold. / (informal) Anything fraudulent or fake.

(informal) To fake.

Forms nouns related to sound or musical structure

present participle of phony

The condition or quality of being phony or fake.

plural of phony

plural of phoniness

simple past tense and past participle of phony

Alternative form of Phoney War