Synonyms for phony up
- adulterate
- angle
- beard
- belie
- build up
- cloak
- color
- con
- confuse
- cover up
- disguise
- distort
- dress
- embellish
- embroider
- equivocate
- exaggerate
- falsify
- garble
- give snow job
- mangle
- mask
- miscolor
- misinterpret
- misreport
- misstate
- overdraw
- overstate
- palter
- pervert
- pirate
- prevaricate
- promote
- puff
- skew
- slant
- snow
- spread it on
- stretch
- take out of context
- throw a curve
- trump up
- twist
- warp
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Antonyms for phony up
- be forthright
- be honest
- explain
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WORD ORIGIN
also phoney, "not genuine," 1899, perhaps an alteration of fawney "gilt brass ring used by swindlers."
The noun meaning "phony person or thing" is attested from 1902.
MORE RELATED WORDS FOR PHONY UP
adulterate
verbalter or debase, often for profitalter
verbchangecounterfeit
verbmake deceitful imitationdilute
verbmake thinner; weakendistort
verbdeform; falsify- alter
- angle
- belie
- bend
- bias
- buckle
- change
- collapse
- color
- con
- contort
- crush
- curve
- deceive
- decline
- deteriorate
- deviate
- disfigure
- doctor
- fake
- fudge
- garble
- gnarl
- knot
- lie
- make out like
- mangle
- melt
- misconstrue
- misinterpret
- misrepresent
- misshape
- pervert
- phony up
- put one on
- sag
- scam
- slant
- slump
- snow
- torture
- trump up
- twist
- warp
- whitewash
- wind
- wrench
- writhe
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the
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