sham in English dictionary

  • sham

    Meanings and definitions of "sham"

    • Intended to deceive; false.
    • A fake; an imitation that purports to be genuine.
    • Trickery, hoaxing.
    • A decorative cover for a pillow.
    • To deceive, cheat, lie.
    • adjective
      Intended to deceive; false.
    • adjective
      counterfeit; unreal
    • noun
      A fake; an imitation that purports to be genuine.
    • noun
      Trickery, hoaxing.
    • noun
      A false front, or removable ornamental covering.
    • noun
      A decorative cover for a pillow.
    • verb
      To deceive, cheat, lie.
    • verb
      To obtrude by fraud or imposition.
    • verb
      To assume the manner and character of; to imitate; to ape; to feign.
    • intended to deceive
    • fake, imitation
    • trickery, hoaxing
    • to cheat or deceive
    • (logical) false
    • adjective
      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"
    • noun
      a person who makes deceitful pretenses
    • noun
      something that is a counterfeit; not what it seems to be
    • verb
      make a pretence of; "She assumed indifference, even though she was seething with anger"; "he feigned sleep"
    • verb
      make believe with the intent to deceive; "He feigned that he was ill"; "He shammed a headache"

    Synonyms of "sham" in English dictionary

    fictive, cheat, pseud are the top synonyms of "sham" in the English thesaurus.

    Grammar and declension of sham

    • sham ( plural  shams)
    • sham ( third-person singular simple present shams, present participle shamming, simple past and past participle shammed)
    • sham ( comparative more sham, superlative most sham)
    • sham (comparative more sham, superlative most sham)
    • sham (plural shams)
    • sham (third-person singular simple present shams, present participle shamming, simple past and past participle shammed)
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