Associations to the word «Phonies»
Noun
Adverb
Wiktionary
PHONY, adjective. Fraudulent; fake; having a misleading appearance.
PHONY, noun. A person who assumes an identity or quality other than their own.
PHONY, noun. A person who professes beliefs or opinions that they do not hold.
PHONY WAR, proper noun. Alternative form of Phoney War
Dictionary definition
PHONY, noun. 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.
PHONY, adjective. Fraudulent; having a misleading appearance.
Wise words
In words, as fashions, the same rule will hold; Alike
fantastic, if too new, or old: Be not the first by whom the
new are tried, Nor yet the last to lay the old aside.