The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 5 letter word PHONY , but the solution may also be GLIB which is one of the most recent solution (2025 in LA Times).
Insincere crossword clue answers
Here's a list of possible crossword answers ranked by the most likely to least likely.
| Answer | Likelyness | Letters |
|---|---|---|
| PHONY | 20 % | 5 |
| TONGUEINCHEEK | 15 % | 13 |
| OILY | 10 % | 4 |
| UNMEANT | 10 % | 7 |
| EMPTY | 10 % | 5 |
| LIP | 5 % | 3 |
| GLIB | 5 % | 4 |
| PHONEY | 5 % | 6 |
| AFFECTED | 5 % | 8 |
| UNFELT | 5 % | 6 |
| HOLLOW | 5 % | 6 |
| MEALYMOUTHED | 5 % | 12 |
Why may GLIB be the right solution?
"GLIB" means fluent and voluble but insincere and shallow. It fits the clue "Insincere" because it describes someone who speaks smoothly and confidently but lacks sincerity.
Words with a meaning similar to the clue: Insincere
These words may or may not be a possible solution to this crosswords clue.- hypocritical
- obsequious
- smarmy
- dissembling
- hollow
- meretricious
- unctuous
- sycophantic
- specious
- fawning
- feigned
- false
Crossword Answer definitions
PHONY noun- A person who assumes an identity or quality other than their own.
- A person who professes beliefs or opinions that they do not hold.
- Anything fraudulent or fake.
- Fraudulent; fake; having a misleading appearance.
More crossword clues leading to the same solutions
Here's a few more crossword clues - all leading to the identical solution
More clues leading to the result PHONY
More clues leading to the result TONGUEINCHEEK
- Insincere
- Facetious
- Not serious
- Like a whimsical remark
- With whimsical irony
- Attitude of whimsical disbelief.
- Without sincerity.
- With irony or whimsy.
- Sarcastically
More clues leading to the result OILY
- Like some salad dressings
- Mechanic's rag, after use
- Unctuous
- Fit for zits
- Needing a shampoo
- Like auto shop floors
- Like garage floors
- Like unwashed hair
- Slick
- Slimy
More clues leading to the result UNMEANT
More clues leading to the result EMPTY
- Vacuous
- "E" on a gauge
- Like some threats
- Depleted
- Take out (the trash)
- Bad news on the gas gauge
- Out of gas
- Meaningless
- Bottle to recycle
- Pointing to E
More clues leading to the result LIP
- Backtalk
- Sass
- Kind of reading or service
- Back talk
- Leo "the ___" of baseball fame
- Attitude
- Blistex spot
- Edge of a cup
- Impertinence
- It's connected to a handlebar
More clues leading to the result GLIB
- Fluently talkative
- Fast-talking
- Smooth-talking
- Talkative
- Facile
- Smooth-tongued
- Flippant
- Silver-tongued
- Superficially fluent
- Facile in speech
More clues leading to the result PHONEY
- Fake word played in Scrabble
- Not for real
- Charlatan: Slang.
- Sham
- Like a $3 bill
- Bogus: Var.
- Insincere
- Bogus, to Brits
- Insincere (Var.)
- Counterfeit (var.)
More clues leading to the result AFFECTED
More clues leading to the result UNFELT
- Not sensed
- Not sensed.
- Like quakes of magnitude 2.0 or less
- Like a mild earthquake, maybe
- Insincere
- Not noticed
- Like a magnitude 1.0 quake
More clues leading to the result HOLLOW
- Ichabod's was Sleepy
- Unsatisfying, as a victory
- Empty
- Like the Trojan horse
- Like jack-o'-lanterns
- Meaningless
- Like a jack-o'-lantern
- Insincere
- Like jack-o'-lanterns or meaningless victories
- Empty inside