phony
- (noun): A person who assumes an identity or quality other than their own.
- (noun): A person who professes beliefs or opinions that they do not hold.
- (noun): Anything fraudulent or fake.
- (adjective): Fraudulent; fake; having a misleading appearance.
- He claims to be a doctor, but he's nothing but a fast-talking phony.
- He's such a phony, he doesn't believe half of what he says.
- A good jeweler should be able to tell a real stone from a phony one.