| NOUN | artifact | sham, fake, postiche | something that is a counterfeit |
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| person | sham, imposter, impostor, pretender, fake, faker, fraud, shammer, pseudo, pseud, role player | a person who makes deceitful pretenses | |
| VERB | creation | sham, simulate, assume, feign | make a pretence of |
| communication | sham, feign, pretend, affect, dissemble | make believe with the intent to deceive / deceive | |
| ADJECTIVE | all | sham, assumed, false, fictitious, fictive, pretended, put on | adopted in order to deceive / deceive |
| Sounds | shae'm | |
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| Rhymes | Abraham ... yam: 73 rhymes with aem... | |
| Meaning | Adopted in order to deceive / deceive. | |
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| Example | "sham modesty" | |
| Synonyms | assumed, false, fictitious, fictive, pretended, put on | |
| Broader | counterfeit, imitative | not genuine |
| Spanish | falso, ficticio, fingido | |
| Catalan | fals, fictici | |
| Nouns | sham | something that is a counterfeit |
| sham | a person who makes deceitful pretenses | |
| Meaning | Something that is a counterfeit; not what it seems to be. | |
|---|---|---|
| Synonyms | fake, postiche | |
| Narrower | Potemkin village | Something that seems impressive but in fact lacks substance |
| fake book | A fake in the form of an imitation book | |
| Broader | imitation | Something copied or derived from an original |
| Spanish | impostura | |
| Catalan | impostura | |
| Adjectives | sham | adopted in order to deceive / deceive |
| Verbs | sham | make believe with the intent to deceive / deceive |
| Meaning | A person who makes deceitful pretenses. | |
|---|---|---|
| Synonyms | imposter, impostor, pretender, fake, faker, fraud, shammer, pseudo, pseud, role player | |
| Narrower | name dropper | someone who pretends that famous people are his/her friends |
| ringer | A contestant entered in a competition under false pretenses | |
| Broader | deceiver, cheat, cheater, trickster, beguiler, slicker | someone who leads you to believe something that is not true |
| Spanish | embaucador, embustero, farsante, impostora, impostor, simulador | |
| Catalan | engalipador, ensibornador, entabanador, farsaire, farsant, impostor, pseudo | |
| Adjectives | sham | adopted in order to deceive / deceive |
| Verbs | sham | make a pretence of |
| Meaning | make a pretence of. | |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s something | |
| Synonyms | simulate, assume, feign | |
| Narrower | feint | deceive by a mock action |
| play | pretend to be somebody in the framework of a game / game or playful activity | |
| Broader | dissemble, pretend, act | Behave unnaturally or affectedly |
| Spanish | adoptar, aparentar, fingir, hacerse, simular | |
| Catalan | aparentar, fingir, simular | |
| Nouns | sham, shammer | a person who makes deceitful pretenses |
| shammer | someone shirking / shirking their duty by feigning illness or incapacity | |
| Meaning | make believe with the intent to deceive / deceive. | |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s something; Somebody ----s that CLAUSE; Somebody ----s to INFINITIVE | |
| Example | "He shammed a headache" | |
| Synonyms | feign, pretend, affect, dissemble | |
| Narrower | mouth | articulate silently |
| play possum | To pretend / pretend to be dead | |
| take a dive | pretend / pretend to be knocked out, as of a boxer | |
| talk through one's hat, bullshit, bull, fake | Speak insincerely or without regard for facts or truths | |
| Broader | misrepresent, belie | represent falsely |
| Similar to | make, pretend, make believe | represent fictitiously, as in a play, or pretend to be or act like |
| Spanish | afectar, aparentar, fingir, pretender, simular | |
| Catalan | aparençar, aparentar, fingir, simular | |
| Nouns | sham | something that is a counterfeit |
| shammer | a person who makes deceitful pretenses | |
| shammer | someone shirking / shirking their duty by feigning illness or incapacity | |
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