Troponyms  (hyponyms)  of  verb  sham 
 
  2  senses  of  sham 
 
  Sense  1 
  simulate,  assume,  sham,  feign 
  =>  play 
  =>  feint 
 
  Sense  2 
  feign,  sham,  pretend,  affect,  dissemble 
  =>  play  possum 
  =>  take  a  dive 
  =>  bullshit,  bull,  fake 
  =>  mouth 
 
  Troponyms  (hyponyms)  of  verb  sham 
 
  2  senses  of  sham 
 
  Sense  1 
  simulate,  assume,  sham,  feign 
  =>  play 
  =>  feint 
 
  Sense  2 
  feign,  sham,  pretend,  affect,  dissemble 
  =>  play  possum 
  =>  take  a  dive 
  =>  bullshit,  bull,  fake 
  =>  mouth 
  =>  lip-synch,  lip-sync 
 
  Entailment  of  verb  sham 
 
 
  Synonyms/Hypernyms  (Ordered  by  Frequency)  of  verb  sham 
 
  2  senses  of  sham 
 
  Sense  1 
  simulate,  assume,  sham,  feign 
  =>  dissemble,  pretend,  act 
 
  Sense  2 
  feign,  sham,  pretend,  affect,  dissemble 
  =>  misrepresent,  belie 
 
  Familiarity  of  verb  sham 
 
  sham  used  as  a  verb  is  rare  (polysemy  count  =  2) 
 
  Synonyms  (Grouped  by  Similarity  of  Meaning)  of  verb  sham 
 
  Sense  1 
  simulate,  assume,  sham,  feign 
  =>  dissemble,  pretend,  act 
  -------------- 
 
  Sense  2 
  feign,  sham,  pretend,  affect,  dissemble 
  =>  misrepresent,  belie 
  -------------- 
 
  Grep  of  noun  sham 
  gresham 
  pillow  sham 
  sham 
  shaman 
  shamanism 
  shamash 
  shamble 
  shambles 
  shambling 
  shame 
  shame  plant 
  shamefacedness 
  shamefulness 
  shamelessness 
  shammer 
  shammy 
  shammy  leather 
  shampoo 
  shamrock 
  shamrock  pea 
  shamus 
  sir  thomas  gresham 
  sisham 
 
  Overview  of  noun  sham 
 
  The  noun  sham  has  2  senses  (first  1  from  tagged  texts) 
 
  1.  (2)  fake,  sham,  postiche  --  (something  that  is  a  counterfeit;  not  what  it  seems  to  be) 
  2.  imposter,  impostor,  pretender,  fake,  faker,  fraud,  sham,  shammer,  pseudo,  pseud,  role  player  --  (a  person  who  makes  deceitful  pretenses) 
 
  Overview  of  verb  sham 
 
  The  verb  sham  has  2  senses  (no  senses  from  tagged  texts) 
 
  1.  simulate,  assume,  sham,  feign  --  (make  a  pretence  of  "She  assumed  indifference,  even  though  she  was  seething  with  anger";  "he  feigned  sleep") 
  2.  feign,  sham,  pretend,  affect,  dissemble  --  (make  believe;  "He  feigned  that  he  was  ill";  "He  shammed  a  headache") 
 
  Overview  of  adj  sham 
 
  The  adj  sham  has  1  sense  (no  senses  from  tagged  texts) 
 
  1.  assumed,  false,  fictitious,  fictive,  pretended,  put  on  sham  --  (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  of  adj  sham 
 
  1  sense  of  sham 
 
  Sense  1 
  assumed,  false,  fictitious,  fictive,  pretended,  put  on  sham 
 
  INDIRECT  (VIA  counterfeit)  ->  genuine,  echt 
 
  Similarity  of  adj  sham 
 
  1  sense  of  sham 
 
  Sense  1 
  assumed,  false,  fictitious,  fictive,  pretended,  put  on  sham 
  =>  counterfeit  (vs.  genuine),  imitative 
 
  Attributes  of  adj  sham 
 
 
  Familiarity  of  adj  sham 
 
  sham  used  as  an  adjective  is  very  rare  (polysemy  count  =  1) 
 
  Grep  of  adj  sham 
  sham 
  shamanist 
  shamanistic 
  shamed 
  shamefaced 
  shameful 
  shameless 
 
  Overview  of  noun  sham 
 
  The  noun  sham  has  2  senses  (first  1  from  tagged  texts) 
 
  1.  (2)  fake,  sham,  postiche  --  (something  that  is  a  counterfeit;  not  what  it  seems  to  be) 
  2.  imposter,  impostor,  pretender,  fake,  faker,  fraud,  sham,  shammer,  pseudo,  pseud,  role  player  --  (a  person  who  makes  deceitful  pretenses) 
 
  Overview  of  verb  sham 
 
  The  verb  sham  has  2  senses  (no  senses  from  tagged  texts) 
 
  1.  simulate,  assume,  sham,  feign  --  (make  a  pretence  of  "She  assumed  indifference,  even  though  she  was  seething  with  anger";  "he  feigned  sleep") 
  2.  feign,  sham,  pretend,  affect,  dissemble  --  (make  believe;  "He  feigned  that  he  was  ill";  "He  shammed  a  headache") 
 
  Overview  of  adj  sham 
 
  The  adj  sham  has  1  sense  (no  senses  from  tagged  texts) 
 
  1.  assumed,  false,  fictitious,  fictive,  pretended,  put  on  sham  --  (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") 

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