sham
sham is a 4-letter English word with 12 senses as noun, adjective, transitive verb, intransitive verb, and verb in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: That which deceives expectation; any trick, fraud, or device that deludes and disappoint; a make-believe; delusion; imposture, humbug. Face value is 9 in Scrabble and 9 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.
Definitions
- noun. That which deceives expectation; any trick, fraud, or device that deludes and disappoint; a make-believe; delusion; imposture, humbug.
- noun. A false front, or removable ornamental covering.
- adjective. False; counterfeit; pretended; feigned; unreal; as, a sham fight.
- transitive verb. To trick; to cheat; to deceive or delude with false pretenses.
- transitive verb. To obtrude by fraud or imposition.
- transitive verb. To assume the manner and character of; to imitate; to ape; to feign.
- intransitive verb. To make false pretenses; to deceive; to feign; to impose.
- noun. something that is a counterfeit; not what it seems to be
- noun. a person who makes deceitful pretenses
- verb. make believe with the intent to deceive
"He feigned that he was ill"
"He shammed a headache"
- verb. make a pretence of
"She assumed indifference, even though she was seething with anger"
"he feigned sleep"
- adjective. adopted in order to deceive
"an assumed name"
"an assumed cheerfulness"
Synonyms
fake, postiche, faker, fraud, imposter, impostor, pretender, pseud, pseudo, shammer, affect, dissemble, feign, pretend, assume, simulate, assumed, false, fictitious, fictive, pretended
Anagrams
Other playable words that use exactly the letters in sham:
Common word forms
shams, shamal, shamed, shamer, shames, shaming, shammed, shammer, shamable, shamming
Words from these letters
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