[{"Bold_text": "adjective", "List Items": ["not real or genuine; fake; counterfeit:a phony diamond.", "false or deceiving; not truthful; concocted:a phony explanation.", "insincere or deceitful; affected or pretentious:a phony sales representative."]}, {"Bold_text": "noun", "List Items": ["something that is phony; a counterfeit or fake.Synonyms: hoax , imitation , fraud", "an insincere, pretentious, or deceitful person:He thought my friends were a bunch of phonies."]}, {"Bold_text": "verb (used with object)", "List Items": ["to falsify; counterfeit; fabricate (often followed byup):to phony up a document."]}, {"Bold_text": null, "List Items": ["a combining form used in the formation of abstract nouns corresponding to nouns ending in-phone:telephony."]}]