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phonies

phonies is the plural of phony.

phonies is the third-person singular simple present indicative of phony.

Meaning of phony

Noun

phony (plural phonies)

  1. (informal) A person who assumes an identity or quality other than their own.
    • He claims to be a doctor, but he's nothing but a fast-talking phony.
  2. (informal) A person who professes beliefs or opinions that they do not hold.
    • He's such a phony, he doesn't believe half of what he says.
  3. (informal) Anything fraudulent or fake.
    • One name was a phony, but the other was the true name. The clerk remembered the man who had filed the tags since he acquired two sets of plates with different names.2013, John E. Douglas, Ann W. Burgess, Allen G. Burgess, Crime Classification Manual, page 131

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Phrases with phonies

Questions about phonies

What is phonies the plural of?
Phonies is the plural of phony.

Words near phonies in the dictionary

  1. phonicators
  2. phonics
  3. phonied
  4. phonied up
  5. phonier
  6. phonies
  7. phonies up
  8. phoniest
  9. phonily
  10. phoniness
  11. phoninesses

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