sham
noun
Key Types & categories Parts & wholes Related & opposite
- Word type
- noun
- verb
- adjective
- adverb
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Senses
Sense 1 noun
something that is a counterfeit; not what it seems to be
Types & categories
- imitation hypernym
- fake book hyponym
- Potemkin village hyponym
Related & opposite
Sense 2 verb
make a pretence of
She assumed indifference, even though she was seething with anger
Types & categories
Related & opposite
- pretense derivation
- role player derivation
- shammer derivation
Sense 3 adjective
adopted in order to deceive
an assumed name
Related & opposite
- fake derivation
- insincerity derivation
- fabrication derivation
- role player derivation
- counterfeit similar to
Sense 4 noun
a person who makes deceitful pretenses
Types & categories
- beguiler hypernym
- name dropper hyponym
- ringer hyponym
Related & opposite
Sense 5 verb
make believe with the intent to deceive
He feigned that he was ill
Types & categories
- misrepresent hypernym
- play possum hyponym
- take a dive hyponym
- bullshit hyponym
- mouth hyponym
Related & opposite
- pretense derivation
- fake derivation
- dissembling derivation
- hypocrite derivation
- role player derivation
- shammer derivation
- make believe verb group
Table view of this graph
| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | pretend |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | bullshit |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | fake |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | fudge |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | sham |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | imitation |
| 1 | hypernym | Types & categories | imitation |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | fake book |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | Potemkin village |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | pretense |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | role player |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | shammer |
| 2 | hypernym | Types & categories | pretend |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | play |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | feint |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | fake |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | insincerity |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | fabrication |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | role player |
| 3 | similar to | Related & opposite | counterfeit |
| 4 | derivation | Related & opposite | pretend |
| 4 | derivation | Related & opposite | bullshit |
| 4 | derivation | Related & opposite | fake |
| 4 | derivation | Related & opposite | pretend |
| 4 | derivation | Related & opposite | sham |
| 4 | derivation | Related & opposite | fudge |
| 4 | derivation | Related & opposite | sham |
| 4 | derivation | Related & opposite | fake |
| 4 | hypernym | Types & categories | beguiler |
| 4 | hyponym | Types & categories | name dropper |
| 4 | hyponym | Types & categories | ringer |
| 5 | derivation | Related & opposite | pretense |
| 5 | derivation | Related & opposite | fake |
| 5 | derivation | Related & opposite | dissembling |
| 5 | derivation | Related & opposite | hypocrite |
| 5 | derivation | Related & opposite | role player |
| 5 | derivation | Related & opposite | shammer |
| 5 | verb group | Related & opposite | make believe |
| 5 | hypernym | Types & categories | misrepresent |
| 5 | hyponym | Types & categories | play possum |
| 5 | hyponym | Types & categories | take a dive |
| 5 | hyponym | Types & categories | bullshit |
| 5 | hyponym | Types & categories | mouth |