📖 Definitions of "Bogus"
noun
- 1
A liquor made of rum and molasses.
adjective
- 1
Counterfeit or fake; not genuine.
- 2
Undesirable or harmful.
- 3
Incorrect, useless, or broken.
- 4
Of a totally fictitious issue printed for collectors, often issued on behalf of a non-existent territory or country (not to be confused with forgery, which is an illegitimate copy of a genuine stamp).
🔄 Synonyms of "Bogus"
5 synonyms found via WordNet and Google Books.
| Word | Definition |
|---|---|
| counterfeitnoun | False, especially of money; intended to deceive or carry appearance of being genuine. |
| phonynoun | (informal) Fraudulent; fake; having a misleading appearance. |
| fakenoun | Not real; false, fraudulent. |
| imitative | Imitating; copying; not original. |
| phoneynoun | (chiefly British) Alternative form of phony. [(informal) Fraudulent; fake; having a misleading appearance.] |
💡 Words with a Similar Meaning to "Bogus"
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| Word | Definition |
|---|---|
| fakenoun | Not real; false, fraudulent. |
| phoney | (chiefly British) Alternative form of phony. [(informal) Fraudulent; fake; having a misleading appearance.] |
| phonynoun | (informal) Fraudulent; fake; having a misleading appearance. |
| counterfeitnoun | False, especially of money; intended to deceive or carry appearance of being genuine. |
| bastard | Spurious, lacking authenticity: counterfeit, fake. |
| imitative | Imitating; copying; not original. |
| spurious | False, not authentic, not genuine. |
| faux | Fake or artificial. |
| mendacious | (of a person) Lying, untruthful or dishonest. |
| misleading | Deceptive or tending to mislead or create a false impression, even if technically true. |
| shamnoun | Intended to deceive; false. |
| forgedverb | Fabricated by forging or at a forge, by working hot metal |
| artificial | Man-made; made by humans; of artifice. |
| feigned | Being a pretense, simulation, or counterfeit, or something false or fraudulent. |
| untruthful | Not giving the truth; providing untrue facts; lying. |
| man-made | Created by people, as opposed to occurring in nature; artificial or synthetic. |
| trumped-up | Faked, fabricated or falsely manufactured. |
| fraudulent | Dishonest; based on fraud or deception. |
| illusory | Resulting from an illusion; deceptive, imaginary, unreal. |
| fallacious | Deceptive or misleading. |
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