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Bookmark or Share- SHAM | English meaning - Cambridge DictionaryAdd to word list. 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.
- SHAM Definition & Meaning | Dictionary.comnoun. 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. adjective. pretended; counterfeit; feigned: sham attacks; a sham Gothic façade. Synonyms: mock, make-believe, spurious.
- sham noun - Definition, pictures, pronunciation and usage ...[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. His intellectual pretensions are all sham. Word Origin. See sham in the Oxford Advanced American Dictionary. Check pronunciation: sham.
- SHAM Synonyms: 254 Similar and Opposite Words | Merriam ...Merriam-Webster unabridged. Synonyms for SHAM: faux, fake, synthetic, simulated, dummy, artificial, false, imitation; Antonyms of SHAM: real, genuine, natural, true, legitimate, authentic, bona fide, valuable.
- Sham - definition of sham by The Free Dictionary1. 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 is. adj. counterfeit or false; simulated. vb, shams, shamming or shammed.
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