phony 1
noundomain: person
Princeton WordNet [ver.3.1]
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EnglishDefinition
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
Hypernym
deceiver 1
noun
someone who leads you to believe something that is not true
EnglishDerivationally related form
phony 1
adjective
fraudulent; having a misleading appearance
Hyponym
smoothie 1
noun
someone with an assured and ingratiating manner
Tartuffe 1
noun
a hypocrite who pretends to religious piety (after the protagonist in a play by Moliere)
a person who is inwardly evil but outwardly professes to be virtuous
