Bogus - Crossword Clue

Crossword Clue Last Updated: 27/03/2024

Below are possible answers for the crossword clue Bogus.

6 letter answer(s) to bogus

ERSATZ
  1. an artificial or inferior substitute or imitation
  2. artificial and inferior; "ersatz coffee"; "substitute coffee"
  3. Being an imitation or a substitute, usually an inferior one; artificial: ersatz coffee made mostly of chicory
PSEUDO
  1. (often used in combination) not genuine but having the appearance of; "a pseudo esthete"; "pseudoclassic"
  2. a person who makes deceitful pretenses
  3. not real

4 letter answer(s) to bogus

FAKE
  1. (football) a deceptive move made by a football player
  2. a person who makes deceitful pretenses
  3. fraudulent; having a misleading appearance
  4. make a copy of with the intent to deceive; "he faked the signature"; "they counterfeited dollar bills"; "She forged a Green Card"
  5. not genuine or real; being an imitation of the genuine article; "it isn't fake anything; it's real synthetic fur"; "faux pearls"; "false teeth"; "decorated with imitation palm leaves"; "a purse of simulated alligator hide"
  6. Sham
  7. something that is a counterfeit; not what it seems to be
  8. speak insincerely or without regard for facts or truths; "The politician was not well prepared for the debate and faked it"
  9. tamper, with the purpose of deception; "Fudge the figures"; "cook the books"; "falsify the data"
SHAM
  1. a person who makes deceitful pretenses
  2. 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"
  3. False
  4. make a pretence of; "She assumed indifference, even though she was seething with anger"; "he feigned sleep"
  5. make believe with the intent to deceive;
  6. something that is a counterfeit; not what it seems to be

5 letter answer(s) to bogus

FALSE
  1. (used especially of persons) not dependable in devotion or affection; unfaithful; "a false friend"; "when lovers prove untrue"
  2. 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"
  3. arising from error; "a false assumption"; "a mistaken view of the situation"
  4. deliberately deceptive; "false pretenses"
  5. designed to deceive; "a suitcase with a false bottom"
  6. erroneous and usually accidental; "a false start"; "a false alarm"
  7. in a disloyal and faithless manner; "he behaved treacherously"; "his wife played him false"
  8. inaccurate in pitch; "a false (or sour) note"; "her singing was off key"
  9. inappropriate to reality or facts; "delusive faith in a wonder drug"; "delusive expectations"; "false hopes"
  10. not genuine or real; being an imitation of the genuine article; "it isn't fake anyth

8 letter answer(s) to bogus

SPURIOUS
  1. born out of wedlock; "the dominions of both rulers passed away to their spurious or doubtful offspring"- E.A.Freeman
  2. intended to deceive; "a spurious work of art"
  3. plausible but false; "a specious claim"; "spurious inferences"

Other crossword clues with similar answers to 'Bogus'

"F" on a quiz
A selfie that is taken and altered with Photoshop?
After some hesitation, placed high-scoring Scrabble tile as substitute
Almost too iron-plated? Wrong
Artificial
Artificial and inferior
… alas, mostly fake
Bad team squeezes 1-0 with United
Bedding item
Bogus bunch of bankers at Zurich
Bogus leading lady once remained unknown
Bogus, false
Bogus; pretence
Clumsy actor on front of stage not genuine
Cod following white fish in East London
Copy religious ascetic on ecstasy, dropping one with rector
Counterfeit
Counterfeit bar of chocolate left out
Counterfeit, fake
Deception
Disloyal
Dodgy
Does up building that's not authentic
Erroneous
Ersatz
F on a test paper
Fabricated
Fake
Fake art's sculpted by European unknown
Fake element in trainers at zoo
Fake national symbol? Not half
Fake news’s ending bad actor
Fake news: pleas FA regularly rejected
Fake queen posed with Zulu
Fake selection of pedometers at zero
Fake subs travelling up into river
Fake tears bewilderingly over the end of showbiz
Fake tears spilled on encount­ering impedance
Fake work securing subscriptions is rejected
Fake work, pocketing payments, should be rejected
Fakery
FALSE
False move
False promises disheartened party supporting European Union
False start?
False; fake
Far from faithful
Farce
Faux
Feign endless embarrassment for one’s actions
Feigned
Fleas
Forgery
Fraud
Fraudulent to encourage evidence of debt?
German physicist dismissing source of heat, accepting it as fake
Gutted, Edgar was on the bench, perhaps an unknown substitute
Half-hearted fellas at work? Not so
Henry, interrupting Samuel, is 23
Hoax
I usurp, so false as a Pretender
Imitation
Impostor
Incorrect
Inferior substitute
Invalid; illusory
Keepers at zoo looking after cod
Kind of alarm
Kind of heart or teeth
Like a flea-market Gucci,
Like a Rolek watch
Like oleo vis-
Like some alarms
Like some furs
Like some modesty
Like some starts
Logical result of Cornish river and home counties being adjacent?
Made up by performing fleas
Made-up
Majority of scandal is false
Make-believe
Member goes after sham, failed presidential candidate – no need to panic
Mock former queen, seated next to unknown
Mockery
Mountebank
Not genuine
Not genuine or real
Not loyal
Not real
Not real or genuine
Not true
Not-to-be-believed
Note London School of Economics is wrong
Only make-believe
Phoney
Phoney dope "safe" - knew that must be wrong
Phony
Pillow cover
Pillow covering
Prefix with intellectual
Pretence; bogus
Pretended
Pretense
Pretentious, insincere
Quiz choice
River Seine's banks not straight
Sam the ___ of 60's pop
Say nothing? Am false!
Serving to supplement fine beer contaminated with sulphur
Sham
Sham Jerry raking in back payments
Sham work without fee turned up
Sham, counterfeit
Smile awkwardly, maybe losing heart
Some tales La Fontaine rejected could be untrue
Stare in astonishment at the last replacement
Substitute
Substitute bankers at Zurich centre
Substitute essentially uninterested took a seat close to Benitez
Substitute fed to tigers at zoo
Substitute for 'taser' may be 'tazer', essentially
Substitute loading containers at Zeebrugge
Substitute Queen rested by entrance to zoo
Substitute queen took her place on the throne last
Substitute some tigers at zoo
Substitute some workers at zoo
Substitute; fake
Synthetic
Test answer you have a 50
Two-faced
Two-timing
Ultimately defines actor as one acting other than they are
Unreal
Unreliable person left out forgery
Untrue
Witch doctor dismissing article as false
Work involving payments recalled as sham
Wrong note taken to English university

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