Phoney (Noun)
Meaning
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.
Classification
Nouns denoting people.
Examples
- The politician was accused of being a phoney for changing his stance on the issue just to win votes.
- Her friends thought she was a phoney for pretending to be interested in their hobbies when she clearly wasn't.
- The self-help guru was exposed as a phoney when his own life was revealed to be a mess despite his claims of having all the answers.
- The artist was called a phoney for creating works that were more about shocking people than expressing any genuine emotion.
- The businessman was a phoney who made a fortune by selling fake investment opportunities to unsuspecting investors.