sham (250 synonym found)

Sham has 250 synonyms. The top synonyms for sham are ape, tin, airs, cant, copy, dash, face, fake and 242 more. Another word for sham is ape. Browse the full list below.

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ape
tin
airs
cant
copy
dash
face
fake
flam
gilt
hoax
junk
mask
mock
pose
sell
veil
wear
alibi
blind
bluff
bogus
cloak
color
dummy
eclat
faked
faker
false
farce
feign
feint
flair
front
gloss
guise
hokey
junky
paste
phony
quack
quasi
queer
snide
spoof
trick
vaunt
acting
affect
assume
blazon
create
daring
deceit
ersatz
excuse
facade
fakery
faking
figure
flaunt
forged
gammon
humbug
invent
let on
parade
poseur
posing
pseudo
put on
put-on
refuge
ringer
shoddy
splash
tinsel
unreal
warped
apology
assumed
bluffer
bravura
colored
etalage
feigned
fictive
forgery
garbled
imitate
made-up
mislead
overact
pageant
playact
posture
pretend
pretext
profess
put-off
rip-off
seeming
shammer
splurge
twisted
varnish
affected
blagueur
bluffing
cheating
coloring
cover up
cover-up
delusion
disguise
do a bit
fakement
feigning
flourish
frame-up
impostor
man-made
pretense
simulate
spurious
travesty
brummagem
burlesque
clinquant
colorable
deception
dissemble
distorted
dramatics
dramatize
false air
falsified
flaunting
hypocrisy
imposture
make like
mannerism
mere show
pageantry
perverted
pinchbeck
pretended
pretender
quackster
semblance
simulated
so-called
spectacle
staginess
stratagem
theatrics
titivated
ungenuine
unnatural
act a part
apocryphal
artificial
brilliancy
dressed up
exhibition
factitious
false show
fictitious
four-flush
fraudulent
humbuggery
make as if
malingerer
masquerade
pharisaism
playacting
pretension
put-up job
sanctimony
simulacrum
soi-disant
subterfuge
Tartuffery
Tartuffism
adulterated
affectation
counterfeit
cover story
dissembling
dissimulate
embellished
embroidered
false front
fanfaronade
fourflusher
histrionics
histrionize
insincerity
lame excuse
let on like
ostentation
plagiarized
play a part
play possum
poor excuse
put on airs
quacksalver
saltimbanco
self-styled
showing-off
stylishness
unauthentic
affectedness
dissemblance
hypocritical
impersonator
locus standi
make believe
make-believe
outward show
pecksniffery
play a scene
public image
smoke screen
speciousness
artificiality
counterfeited
dissimulation
exhibitionism
four-flushing
make out like
manifestation
public motive
unnaturalness
attitudinizing
feigned belief
stalking-horse
supposititious
airs and graces
make a pretense
pharisaicalness
putting on airs
window dressing
hypocriticalness
meretriciousness
whited sepulcher
ostensible motive
prunes and prisms
sanctimoniousness
tug the heartstrings

Frequently asked questions

What is a synonym for sham?

A common synonym for sham is ape. Other synonyms include tin, airs, cant, copy.

How many synonyms does sham have?

Sham has 250 synonyms listed on Thesaurasize.

What does sham mean?

(n): a fake; an imitation that purports to be genuine; trickery, hoaxing Example: "the time-share deal was a sham." (v): to deceive, cheat, lie Example: "you were shammed by the pool shark."

Definition of sham:

(n) : a fake; an imitation that purports to be genuine; trickery, hoaxing
"the time-share deal was a sham."
(v) : to deceive, cheat, lie
"you were shammed by the pool shark."
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Definition of sham:

(n) : a fake; an imitation that purports to be genuine; trickery, hoaxing
"the time-share deal was a sham."
(v) : to deceive, cheat, lie
"you were shammed by the pool shark."
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