SHAM meaning: Deception disguised as something genuine

We found 38 dictionaries that define the word sham:

General (25 matching dictionaries)

sham: Merriam-Webster.com
sham: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
sham: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
sham: Collins English Dictionary
sham: Vocabulary.com
Sham, sham: Wordnik
sham: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
sham: Wiktionary
sham: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
sham: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
sham: Infoplease Dictionary
sham: Dictionary.com
sham (n.): Online Etymology Dictionary
sham: Cambridge Essential American English Dictionary
Sham (film), Sham (horse), Sham (play), Sham: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
Sham: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
sham: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition
sham: Rhymezone
sham: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
sham: Webster's 1828 Dictionary
sham: Free Dictionary
sham: Mnemonic Dictionary
sham: Dictionary/thesaurus

Business (7 matching dictionaries)

MoneyGlossary.com (No longer online)
sham: Webster's New World Finance & Investment Dictionary
sham: Webster's New World Law Dictionary
Glossary of Legal Terms (No longer online)
Sham: Bloomberg Financial Glossary
sham: Legal dictionary
Sham: Financial dictionary

Computing (1 matching dictionary)

sham: Encyclopedia

Medicine (1 matching dictionary)

sham: Medical dictionary

Miscellaneous (2 matching dictionaries)

SHAM: Acronym Finder
AbbreviationZ (No longer online)

Slang (2 matching dictionaries)

sham, sham, sham, sham, sham, sham: Green’s Dictionary of Slang
S.H.A.M, Sham [chav], sham: Urban Dictionary

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Definitions from Wiktionary (

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▸ adjective:  Intended to deceive; false.
▸ adjective:  Counterfeit; unreal.
▸ noun:  A fake; an imitation that purports to be genuine.
▸ noun:  Trickery, hoaxing.
▸ noun:  A false front, or removable ornamental covering.
▸ noun:  A decorative cover for a pillow.
▸ verb:  To deceive, cheat, lie.
▸ verb:  To obtrude by fraud or imposition.
▸ verb:  To assume the manner and character of; to imitate; to ape; to feign.
▸ noun:  A surname.
▸ noun:  (slang) Clipping of champagne. [(countable, uncountable) A sparkling white wine made from a blend of grapes, especially Chardonnay and pinot, produced in Champagne, France, by the méthode champenoise.]

Similar:

counterfeit, fake, pretend, pretender, false, impostor, pseud, assumed, feign, dissemble, more...

Opposite:

genuine, authentic, real, genuine article

Types:

fake, counterfeit, imitation, phony, fraud, hoax, charlatan, imposter, more...

Phrases:

sham feeding, sham rage, sham transaction, sham marriage, pillow sham, more...

Adjectives:

mere, hollow, complete, ash, empty, pure, miserable, total, pretentious, greatest, much

Colors:

emerald, jade, mint, lime, olive, more...

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