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phony | h |

As an adjective phony

is fraudulent; fake; having a misleading appearance.

As a noun phony

is a person who assumes an identity or quality other than their own.

As a letter h is

the eighth letter of the.

As a symbol h is

(label) symbol for hydrogen.

phony

English

Alternative forms

* phoney

Adjective

(er)
  • Fraudulent; fake; having a misleading appearance.
    • A good jeweler should be able to tell a real stone from a phony one.

    Synonyms

    * (fraudulent) bogus, counterfeit, fake * See also

    Antonyms

    * authentic * genuine

    Derived terms

    * phoniness * phoneyness

    Noun

    (phonies)
  • A person who assumes an identity or quality other than their own.
    • He claims to be a doctor, but he's nothing but a fast-talking phony .
  • A person who professes beliefs or opinions that they do not hold.
    • He's such a phony , he doesn't believe half of what he says.

    Synonyms

    * (faker) dissembler, pretender, fake, faker

    Derived terms

    * phony up, phoney up * Phony War, Phoney War

    h

    Translingual

    {{Basic Latin character info, previous=g, next=i, image= (wikipedia h)

    Letter

    • See also

    (Latn-script) * (hwair) * (heng with hook)

    Symbol

    (Voiceless glottal fricative) (head)
  • voiceless glottal fricative.
  • Planck's constant

    • See also

    {{Letter , page=H , NATO=Hotel , Morse=ยทยทยทยท , Character=H8 , Braille=? }} Image:Latin H.png, Capital and lowercase versions of H , in normal and italic type Image:Fraktur letter H.png, Uppercase and lowercase H in Fraktur ----