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shamadjective being such in appearance only and made with or manufactured from usually cheaper materialsa sofa upholstered in sham leather artificial, bogus, dummy, ersatz, factitious, fake, false, faux, imitation, imitative, man-made, mimic, mock, pretend, simulated, substitute, synthetic cultured, manufactured, processunauthenticadulterated, designer, doctored, engineered, fudged, juggled, manipulated, tampered (with)concocted, fabricatedcounterfeit, deceptive, forged, fraudulent, misleading, phony(also phoney)affected, brummagem, feigned, pinchbeck, pseudo, spurious genuine, natural, real authentic, bona fide, legitimate, truepremium, quality, valuablepure, unadulterated being such in appearance only and made or manufactured with the intention of committing fraudstreet vendors selling sham designer handbags to gullible tourists bogus, counterfeit, fake, false, forged, inauthentic, phony(also phoney), queer, snide, spurious, unauthentic artificial, factitious, imitation, man-made, mimic, mock, simulated, substitute, syntheticdummy, nonfunctioning, ornamentalcultured, fabricated, manufactureddeceptive, delusive, misleading authentic, bona fide, genuine, real, unfaked naturalactual, true, valid lacking in natural or spontaneous qualitythe sham friendliness of a salesman trying to sell you something affected, artificial, assumed, bogus, contrived, factitious, fake, false, feigned, forced, mechanical, mock, phony(also phoney), plastic, pretended, pseudo, put-on, simulated, spurious, strained, unnatural automatic, canned, concocted, fabricated, hokey, labored, manufactured, pat, unauthentic, unreal, unrealisticdouble-dealing, empty, facile, hollow, hypocritical, insincere, left-handed, mealy, mealymouthed, two-faced, unctuousexaggerated, histrionic, melodramatic, overacted, overdone, theatrical(also theatric)cute, cutesy, genteel, goody-goody, mincing, overrefined, simperingconventional, formal, impersonal, inflexible, rigid, stiff, stylized, woodenartful, calculated, conscious, cultivated, deliberate, premeditated, studied artless, genuine, natural, spontaneous, unaffected, uncontrived, unfeigned, unforced authentic, bona fide, real, realistic, right, truehonest, ingenuous, sincere, unpretendingeasy, effortless, smoothextemporaneous, impromptu, impulsive, instinctive, unconscious, unprompted, unrehearsed, unstudied shamnouna poor, insincere, or insulting imitation of somethingcondemned the rigged election as a total sham caricature, cartoon, farce, joke, mockery, parody, travesty burlesque, comedylampoon, takeoffcounterfeit, fake, feigning, forgery, hoax, humbug, knockoff, phony(also phoney), pretense(or pretence), simulation homage, tribute an imitation that is passed off as genuinethe diamond turned out to be a sham counterfeit, fake, forgery, hoax, humbug, phony(also phoney) copycat, knockoffcopy, facsimile, replica, reproductiondummy, mock-upfraud, gaff, imposture, spoof, swindlesimulation, syntheticbastard, brummagem, duffer, shoddy original one who makes false claims of identity or expertisethat supposed French movie star was a sham charlatan, fake, faker, fakir, fraud, hoaxer, humbug, impostor(or imposter), mountebank, phony(also phoney), pretender, quack, quacksalver, ringer copycat, imitator, impersonator, mimicactor, bluffer, counterfeiter, deceiver, dissembler, duper, feigner, misleader, operator, tricksterposeurcozener, defrauder, dodger, fraudster(chiefly British), scammer, scamster, sharper, sharpie(or sharpy), skinner, swindler ace, adept, authority, crackerjack(also crackajack), expert, maestro, master, past master, professional, virtuoso, whiz, wizard shamverbto present a false appearance ofshammed a most unconvincing limp just to get sympathy act, affect, assume, bluff, counterfeit, dissemble, fake, feign, pass (for), pretend, profess, put on, simulate dissimulate, impersonate, let on, masquerade, play, playact, poseforge, imitatecamouflage, conceal, disguise, maskfeintmalinger make believe n.imposture, fraud, sham, fake, humbug, counterfeit mean a thing made to seem other than it is.imposture applies to any situation in which a spurious object or performance is passed off as genuine.their claim of environmental concern is an imposture fraud usually implies a deliberate perversion of the truth.the diary was exposed as a fraud sham applies to fraudulent imitation of a real thing or action.condemned the election as a sham fake implies an imitation of or substitution for the genuine but does not necessarily imply dishonesty.these jewels are fakes; the real ones are in the vault humbug suggests elaborate pretense usually so flagrant as to be transparent.creating publicity by foisting humbugs on a gullible public counterfeit applies especially to the close imitation of something valuable.20-dollar bills that were counterfeits v.assume, affect, pretend, simulate, feign, counterfeit, sham mean to put on a false or deceptive appearance.assume often implies a justifiable motive rather than an intent to deceive.assumed an air of cheerfulness around the patients affect implies making a false show of possessing, using, or feeling.affected an interest in art pretend implies an overt and sustained false appearance.pretended that nothing had happened simulate suggests a close imitation of the appearance of something.cosmetics that simulate a suntan feign implies more artful invention than pretend, less specific mimicry than simulate.feigned sickness counterfeit implies achieving the highest degree of verisimilitude of any of these words.an actor counterfeiting drunkenness sham implies an obvious falseness that fools only the gullible.shammed a most unconvincing limp in 1677 |