Unscramble shams

Definition of sham

adjective:

• 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". Synonyms: assumed, false, fictitious, fictive, pretended, put on.

noun:

• something that is a counterfeit; not what it seems to be. Synonyms: fake, postiche.
• a person who makes deceitful pretenses. Synonyms: fake, faker, fraud, imposter, impostor, pretender, pseud, pseudo, role player, shammer.

verb:

• make a pretence of; "She assumed indifference, even though she was seething with anger", "he feigned sleep". Synonyms: assume, feign, simulate.
• make believe with the intent to deceive; "He feigned that he was ill", "He shammed a headache". Synonyms: affect, dissemble, feign, pretend.

Related words

bull, bullshit, fake, feint, mouth, play, ringer.

Words nearby

ham, sam, scam, seam, shad, shag, shah, shame, shan, shaw, shawm, shay, shem, shim, siam, slam, spam, wham.

Rhymes with

am, bam, cam, clam, cram, dam, damn, dram, durham, exam, graham, gram, ham, jam, jamb, lam, lamb, madame, ram, sam.