1. (noun)fake, sham, postiche something that is a counterfeit; not what it seems to be Synonyms: impostor, shammer, imposter, fraud, pretender, postiche, faker, juke, role player, pseudo, sham, fake, pseud, hairpiece, false hair Antonyms: genuine, echt
2. (adj)imposter, impostor, pretender, fake, faker, fraud, sham, shammer, pseudo, pseud, role player a person who makes deceitful pretenses Synonyms: histrion, fraud, imposter, pseudo, fake, dissimulator, faker, player, pretender, fraudulence, juke, role player, hoax, dissembler, put-on, humbug, shammer, actor, pseud, hypocrite, phoney, sham, phony, postiche, impostor, dupery, malingerer, thespian, skulker Antonyms: genuine, echt
3. (verb)assumed, false, fictitious, fictive, pretended, put on, sham adopted in order to deceive Synonyms: off-key, fancied, fake, mistaken, imitation, sour, delusive, fictive, simulated, put on, fictional, assumed, false, faux, fictitious, sham, fabricated, pretended, untrue Antonyms: echt, genuine
4. (verb)simulate, assume, sham, feign make a pretence of Synonyms: pretend, adopt, take for granted, arrogate, get into, accept, strike, dissemble, take on, imitate, acquire, usurp, simulate, assume, put on, presume, affect, feign, take, model, sham, take over, seize, don, take up, bear, wear, copy Antonyms: genuine, echt
5. (verb)feign, sham, pretend, affect, dissemble make believe with the intent to deceive Synonyms: bear upon, make believe, mask, touch, cloak, touch on, strike, dissemble, move, assume, involve, pretend, venture, simulate, impress, affect, hazard, feign, act, impact, sham, guess, profess, bear on, regard, make Antonyms: genuine, echt
Synonyms, Thesaurus & Antonyms of 'sham'
English Synonyms and Antonyms
1. sham Pretense (L. prætendo) primarily signifies the holding something forward as having certain rights or claims, whether truly or falsely; in the good sense, it is now rarely used except with a n Synonyms: hypocrisy, affectation, formalism, pretense, sanctimony, cant, pharisaism, sanctimoniousness, sham, dissimulation, pietism Antonyms: candor, genuineness, ingenuousness, sincerity, truth, frankness, honesty, openness, transparency, truthfulness
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