Antonyms for sham
ʃæmsham

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1. shamadjective

   Antonyms:
   real, genuine, sincere

   Synonyms:
   mock

2. shamadjective

   Intended to deceive; false.

   The time-share deal was a sham.

   Synonyms:
   mock

   Antonyms:
   sincere, genuine, real

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1. sham

   Pretense (Latin prætendo) primarily signifies the holding something forward as having certain rights or claims, whether truly or falsely; in the good sense, it is now rarely used except with a negative; as, there can be no pretense that this is due; a false pretense implies the possibility of a true pretense; but, alone and unlimited, pretense commonly signifies the offering of something for what it is not. Hypocrisy is the false pretense of moral excellence, either as a cover for actual wrong, or for the sake of the credit and advantage attaching to virtue. Cant (Latin cantus, a song), primarily the singsong iteration of the language of any party, school, or sect, denotes the mechanical and pretentious use of religious phraseology, without corresponding feeling or character; sanctimoniousness is the assumption of a saintly manner without a saintly character. As cant is hypocrisy in utterance, so sanctimoniousness is hypocrisy in appearance, as in looks, tones, etc. Pietism, originally a word of good import, is now chiefly used for an unregulated emotionalism; formalism is an exaggerated devotion to forms, rites, and ceremonies, without corresponding earnestness of heart; sham (identical in origin with shame) is a trick or device that puts one to shame, or that shamefully disappoints expectation or falsifies appearance. Affectation is in matters of intellect, taste, etc., much what hypocrisy is in morals and religion; affectation might be termed petty hypocrisy. Compare DECEPTION.

   Antonyms:
   candor, frankness, genuineness, honesty, ingenuousness, openness, sincerity, transparency, truth, truthfulness

   Synonyms:
   affectation, cant, dissimulation, formalism, hypocrisy, pharisaism, pietism, pretense, sanctimoniousness, sanctimony

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1. sham

   Antonyms:
   substance, reality, verity, substantiality, truth

   Synonyms:
   phantom, ghost, delusion, illusion, mockery, shadow, pretence, counterfeit, unreality

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1. fake, sham, postichenoun

   something that is a counterfeit; not what it seems to be

   Antonyms:
   genuine, echt

   Synonyms:
   impostor, shammer, imposter, fraud, pretender, postiche, faker, juke, role player, pseudo, fake, pseud, hairpiece, false hair

2. imposter, impostor, pretender, fake, faker, fraud, sham, shammer, pseudo, pseud, role playeradjective

   a person who makes deceitful pretenses

   Antonyms:
   genuine, echt

   Synonyms:
   histrion, fraud, imposter, pseudo, fake, dissimulator, faker, player, pretender, fraudulence, juke, role player, hoax, dissembler, put-on, humbug, shammer, actor, pseud, hypocrite, phoney, phony, postiche, impostor, dupery, malingerer, thespian, skulker

3. assumed, false, fictitious, fictive, pretended, put on, shamverb

   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"

   Antonyms:
   echt, genuine

   Synonyms:
   off-key, fancied, fake, mistaken, imitation, sour, delusive, fictive, simulated, put on, fictional, assumed, false, faux, fictitious, fabricated, pretended, untrue

4. simulate, assume, sham, feignverb

   make a pretence of

   "She assumed indifference, even though she was seething with anger"; "he feigned sleep"

   Antonyms:
   genuine, echt

   Synonyms:
   pretend, adopt, take for granted, arrogate, get into, accept, strike, dissemble, take on, imitate, acquire, usurp, simulate, assume, put on, presume, affect, feign, take, model, take over, seize, don, take up, bear, wear, copy

5. feign, sham, pretend, affect, dissembleverb

   make believe with the intent to deceive

   "He feigned that he was ill"; "He shammed a headache"

   Antonyms:
   genuine, echt

   Synonyms:
   bear upon, make believe, mask, touch, cloak, touch on, strike, dissemble, move, assume, involve, pretend, venture, simulate, impress, affect, hazard, feign, act, impact, guess, profess, bear on, regard, make

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1. shamadjective

   Synonyms:
   counterfeit, spurious, pretended, dummy, unreal false, mock, simulated

2. shamnoun

   Synonyms:
   pretense, feint, delusion, imposition, mockery, fraud, imitation, dissimulation, simulation

3. shamverb

   Synonyms:
   feign, pretend, imitate, personate, dissimulate

How to use sham in a sentence?

1. Secretary Clinton:

   This Republican whistleblower's account from inside House Armed Services Committee may provide the most definitive proof to date that this taxpayer-funded investigation has been a partisan sham from the start.

2. Jim Jordan:

   The closed-door depositions, Ill still be able to be a part of, but then when they go to the open hearings, its just the Intelligence Committee. Adam Schiff gets 45 minutes under the resolution that passed on Thursday to ask questions. The rest, the members get five minutes. Adam Schiff gets to call the witnesses Adam Schiff wants. But Republicans have to first submit a list to Adam Schiff to get his approval for any witnesses we or the White House might want. So you can try to put a ribbon on a sham process, but that doesnt make it any less of a sham. It doesnt make it any less unfair in any less partisan. In a contentiousHouse Rules Committee meetingthat lasted into the night last week, Democrats systematically rejected GOP attempts to alter theground rules that lawmakers will use as they consider impeachment. The rules were later passed in a sharply divided House vote.

3. Jason Itkin:

   This sham deal does not even pay for most victims’ medical bills, medical costs alone can range from $140,000 to more than $1.4 million per victim for ovarian cancer cases. The costs for mesothelioma are even higher.

4. Donald Trump:

   Impeachment is a hoax. It's a sham.

5. Brian Flores:

   It was a range of emotions. Humiliation. Disbelief. Anger. I worked so hard to get to where I am in football to become a head coach. For 18 years in this league, to go on what felt like or what was a sham interview. I was hurt.

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