Below are possible answers for the crossword clue Sham.
5 letter answer(s) to sham
BOGUS
fraudulent; having a misleading appearance
FALSE
(used especially of persons) not dependable in devotion or affection; unfaithful; "a false friend"; "when lovers prove untrue"
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"
arising from error; "a false assumption"; "a mistaken view of the situation"
deliberately deceptive; "false pretenses"
designed to deceive; "a suitcase with a false bottom"
erroneous and usually accidental; "a false start"; "a false alarm"
in a disloyal and faithless manner; "he behaved treacherously"; "his wife played him false"
inaccurate in pitch; "a false (or sour) note"; "her singing was off key"
inappropriate to reality or facts; "delusive faith in a wonder drug"; "delusive expectations"; "false hopes"
not genuine or real; being an imitation of the genuine article; "it isn't fake anyth
6 letter answer(s) to sham
ERSATZ
an artificial or inferior substitute or imitation
artificial and inferior; "ersatz coffee"; "substitute coffee"
Being an imitation or a substitute, usually an inferior one; artificial: ersatz coffee made mostly of chicory
PSEUDO
(often used in combination) not genuine but having the appearance of; "a pseudo esthete"; "pseudoclassic"
a person who makes deceitful pretenses
not real
4 letter answer(s) to sham
FAKE
(football) a deceptive move made by a football player
a person who makes deceitful pretenses
fraudulent; having a misleading appearance
make a copy of with the intent to deceive; "he faked the signature"; "they counterfeited dollar bills"; "She forged a Green Card"
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"
Sham
something that is a counterfeit; not what it seems to be
speak insincerely or without regard for facts or truths; "The politician was not well prepared for the debate and faked it"
tamper, with the purpose of deception; "Fudge the figures"; "cook the books"; "falsify the data"
8 letter answer(s) to sham
PRETENSE
a false or unsupportable quality
an artful or simulated semblance; "under the guise of friendship he betrayed them"
imaginative intellectual play
pretending with intention to deceive
the act of giving a false appearance; "his conformity was only pretending"
TRAVESTY
a comedy characterized by broad satire and improbable situations
a composition that imitates or misrepresents somebody's style, usually in a humorous way
make a travesty of
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