Words Like SHAM

We have put together a list of words that are similar to SHAM.

23 Alternative Words Similar to sham

1 Beguiler Noun      Synonym Words Like Beguiler
2 Cheat Noun      Synonym Words Like Cheat
3 Cheater Noun      Synonym Words Like Cheater
4 Deceiver Noun      Synonym Words Like Deceiver
5 Slicker Noun      Synonym Words Like Slicker
6 Trickster Noun      Synonym Words Like Trickster
7 Simulate Verb      Synonym Words Like Simulate
8 Assume Verb      Synonym Words Like Assume
9 Feign Verb      Synonym Words Like Feign
10 Pretend Verb      Synonym Words Like Pretend
11 Affect Verb      Synonym Words Like Affect
12 Dissemble Verb      Synonym Words Like Dissemble
13 Act Verb      Synonym Words Like Act
14 Belie Verb      Synonym Words Like Belie
15 Misrepresent Verb      Synonym Words Like Misrepresent
16 Imitate Verb-transitive      Synonym Words Like Imitate
17 Deceive Verb-intransitive      Synonym Words Like Deceive
18 Impose Verb-intransitive      Synonym Words Like Impose
19 Mouth Verb      Hyponym Words Like Mouth
20 Bullshit Verb      Hyponym
21 Play Verb      Hyponym Words Like Play
22 Ringer Noun      Hyponym
23 Namedropper Noun      Hyponym

9 examples of sham

1 a sham fight
2 He shammed a headache
3 a fictitious address
4 sham modesty
5 an assumed cheerfulness
6 a put-on childish voice
7 a pretended interest
8 fictive sympathy
9 he feigned sleep

10 definitions of sham

1 That which deceives expectation; any trick, fraud, or device that deludes and disappoints; a make-believe; delusion; imposture; humbug.
2 A false front, or removable ornamental covering.
3 False; counterfeit; pretended; feigned; unreal.
4 To trick; to cheat; to deceive or delude with false pretenses.
5 To obtrude by fraud or imposition.
6 To assume the manner and character of; to imitate; to ape; to feign.
7 To make false pretenses; to deceive; to feign; to impose.
8 make believe with the intent to deceive
9 adopted in order to deceive
10 make a pretence of
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