<p><strong>Adjective:</strong></p><ul><li>phonier</li><li>phoniest</li><li>not real or genuine; fake; counterfeit: a phony diamond</li><li>false or deceiving; not truthful; concocted: a phony explanation</li><li>insincere or deceitful; affected or pretentious: a phony sales representative</li></ul><p><strong>Noun:</strong></p><ul><li>phonies (plural)</li><li>something that is phony; a counterfeit or fake</li><li>an insincere, pretentious, or deceitful person: He thought my friends were a bunch of phonies</li></ul><p><strong>Verb (used with object):</strong></p><ul><li>phonied</li><li>phonying</li><li>to falsify; counterfeit; fabricate (often followed by up): to phony up a document</li></ul>