The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 4 letter word SHAM , but the solution may also be FAKE which is one of the most recent solution (2024 in LA Times).
Phony crossword clue answers
Here's a list of possible crossword answers ranked by the most likely to least likely.
| Answer | Likelyness | Letters |
|---|---|---|
| SHAM | 31 % | 4 |
| BOGUS | 20 % | 5 |
| FAKE | 10 % | 4 |
| POSEUR | 9 % | 6 |
| FAKER | 5 % | 5 |
| PSEUDO | 4 % | 6 |
| HOKEY | 4 % | 5 |
| ERSATZ | 4 % | 6 |
| LIAR | 3 % | 4 |
| POSER | 3 % | 5 |
| FALSE | 1 % | 5 |
| CHARLATAN | 1 % | 9 |
| IMPOSTER | 1 % | 8 |
| SCAMARTIST | 1 % | 10 |
| IMPOSTOR | 1 % | 8 |
| SNOB | 1 % | 4 |
| INSINCERE | 1 % | 9 |
Why may FAKE be the right solution?
The word "fake" means not genuine or counterfeit, which is synonymous with the word "phony". Therefore, "fake" is the right answer to the crossword clue "Phony".
Words with a meaning similar to the clue: Phony
These words may or may not be a possible solution to this crosswords clue.- phoney
- fake
- bogus
- counterfeit
- dissembler
- hypocrite
- bastard
- imitative
- faux
- sham
- forged
- liar
Crossword Answer definitions
SHAM noun- A fake; an imitation that purports to be genuine.
- Trickery, hoaxing.
- A false front, or removable ornamental covering.
- A decorative cover for a pillow.
- To deceive, cheat, lie.
- To obtrude by fraud or imposition.
- To assume the manner and character of; to imitate; to ape; to feign.
- Intended to deceive; false.
- Counterfeit; unreal
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 SHAM
- Bogus
- Decorative cover
- Fake
- Pillow cover
- Pillow protector
- Sam the __ and the Pharaohs
- Bedding item
- Deceit
- Fraud
- Hoax
More clues leading to the result BOGUS
- Fraudulent
- Like funny money
- Like the Piltdown Man
- Phony
- Sham
- Fake
- Like a three-dollar bill
- Like a slug
- Not legitimate
- Counterfeit
More clues leading to the result FAKE
More clues leading to the result POSEUR
- Phony
- Pretender
- Fraud
- One with affected manners
- One who affects a false attitude
- "The Great Impostor," for one
- Show-off
- Charlatan
- One who puts on airs
- One with affectations
More clues leading to the result FAKER
- One who plays possum, for example
- Phony
- Charlatan
- Quack
- Con artist
- Impostor
- Phony person
- Pretender
- Actor, usually
- Fraud
More clues leading to the result PSEUDO
- Spurious
- False
- False start?
- Prefix meaning "false"
- False front?
- Prefix meaning "fake"
- Pretended
- Prefix with science
- False: Pref.
- Prefix with intellectual
More clues leading to the result HOKEY
More clues leading to the result ERSATZ
- Artificial
- Being an inferior substitute
- Imitation
- Manufactured
- Faux
- Fake
- Margarine, vis- -vis butter
- Sham
- Mock
- Not the real thing
More clues leading to the result LIAR
- Bald-faced one, perhaps
- Fabricator
- Fabulist
- Fact-fudger
- Fibber
- Half a Jim Carrey movie title
- Polygraph flunker
- Prevaricator
- Pseudologist
- Tall tale teller
More clues leading to the result POSER
- Baffling problem
- Baffling question
- Sticky problem
- Dilemma
- Insult for a middle schooler who puts on airs
- Superficial sort
- Enigma
- Tough nut to crack
- Riddle
- "Cheese" sayer
More clues leading to the result FALSE
- Like some pretenses or teeth
- Kind of alarm or arrest
- Distorted
- Phoney baloney
- Exam answer
- Quiz choice
- Phony
- Quiz answer
- Like a whopper
- Counterfeit
More clues leading to the result CHARLATAN
More clues leading to the result IMPOSTER
More clues leading to the result SCAMARTIST
- Hustler
- Sharper
- Swindler
- Conman
- One may take you in
- Con guy
- Phony
- One might take you in
- One who's gotten good marks?
- Con pro (see letters 4 to 7)
More clues leading to the result IMPOSTOR
- Quack
- Pretender
- Fake
- Identity thief, e.g.
- Phony
- Charlatan.
- Poseur.
- Wolf in sheep's clothing, e.g.
- Human phony
- ___ syndrome ("I don't belong here" feeling)
More clues leading to the result SNOB
- High-nosed one
- Snooty one
- Kind of appeal
- Elitist
- Highbrow
- Pretentious person
- Stuck-up one
- Uppity type
- Reverse ___
- Hoity-toity type