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something that is not what it seems to be and is intended to deceive people, or someone who pretends to be something they are not: It turned out that he wasn't a real doctor at all - he was just a sham. They claimed that the election had been fair, but really it was a sham. Synonyms.
Synonyms for SHAM: faux, fake, synthetic, simulated, dummy, artificial, false, imitation; Antonyms of SHAM: real, genuine, natural, true, legitimate, authentic, bona fide, valuable.
sham in British English. (ʃæm ) noun. 1. anything that is not what it purports or appears to be. 2. something false, fake, or fictitious that purports to be genuine. 3. a person who pretends to be something other than he or she is.
The meaning of SHAM is a trick that deludes : hoax. How to use sham in a sentence. Synonym Discussion of Sham.
something that is not what it purports to be; a spurious imitation; fraud or hoax. Synonyms: pretense. a person who shams; shammer. a cover or the like for giving a thing a different outward appearance: a pillow sham.
[countable, usually singular] a person who pretends to be something that they are not. The article exposes him for the sham that he really is. [uncountable] behaviour, feelings, words, etc. that are intended to make somebody/something seem to be better than they really are. Their promises turned out to be full of sham and hypocrisy.
A sham is a fake. If you frequently order products advertised on late-night, hour-long television commercials, you’ve probably ended up with at least one item that was a sham.
