sham
1. something that is a counterfeit;
not what it seems to be (Freq. 2)
• Syn:
fake, postiche
• Derivationally related forms:
fake (for: fake)
• Hypernyms:
imitation
• Hyponyms:
fake book, Potemkin village
2. a person who makes deceitful pretenses
• Syn:
imposter, impostor, pretender, fake, faker,
fraud, shammer, pseudo, pseud, role player
• Derivationally related forms:
sham (for: shammer), fake (for: faker), fake (for: fake), pretend (for: pretender)
• Hypernyms:
deceiver, cheat, cheater, trickster, beguiler, slicker
• Hyponyms:
name dropper, ringer
1. make believe with the intent to deceive
- He feigned that he was ill
- He shammed a headache
• Syn:
feign, pretend, affect, dissemble
• Derivationally related forms:
dissembler (for: dissemble), dissembling (for: dissemble), pretender (for: pretend), pretense (for: pretend), pretending (for: pretend), shammer, feigning (for: feign)
• Hypernyms:
misrepresent, belie
• Hyponyms:
play possum, take a dive, talk through one's hat, bullshit, bull,
fake, mouth
• Verb Group:
make, pretend, make believe
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s something
- Somebody ----s that CLAUSE
- Somebody ----s to INFINITIVE
2. make a pretence of
- She assumed indifference, even though she was seething with anger
- he feigned sleep
• Syn:
simulate, assume, feign
• Derivationally related forms:
feigning (for: feign), shammer, simulation (for: simulate)
• Hypernyms:
dissemble, pretend, act
• Hyponyms:
play, feint
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s something
adopted in order to deceive
- an assumed name
- an assumed cheerfulness
- a fictitious address
- fictive sympathy
- a pretended interest
- a put-on childish voice
- sham modesty
• Syn:
assumed, false, fictitious, fictive, pretended, put on
• Similar to:
counterfeit, imitative
• Derivationally related forms:
fiction (for: fictitious), falseness (for: false)
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