bogus
adjective
noun
Origin of bogus
Synonyms for bogus
Related Words for bogus
spurious, phony, fraudulent, fictitious, forged, fake, sham, false, artificial, dummy, ersatz, imitation, pretended, pseudo, simulatedExamples from the Web for bogus
Contemporary Examples of bogus
The man, Joshua Kemp, told what police describe as “a bogus story that quickly fell apart.”
With a nose for bogus facts, Johnson sets out to break the Internet by breaking news.
Rich Lowry, editor of the conservative National Review, called that statistic “bogus.”
He opens up about the bogus Midnight Express, Oliver Stone on blow, and his riveting one-man show.
The Unbelievable (True) Story of the World’s Most Infamous Hash SmugglerMarlow Stern
November 14, 2014
What do they do if they find out there are these bogus parts that can come unscrewed?
Historical Examples of bogus
Save for subsiding bubbles, and the bogus water, there was nothing there.
The Paliser caseEdgar Saltus
In all such cases the heraldry should be true, and not of the "bogus" kind.
Wood-CarvingGeorge Jack
She must explain to me how that bogus money came into her possession.
Frank Merriwell's BraveryBurt L. Standish
By some fearful mischance I dropped a real despatch and not the bogus one.
The Lost DespatchNatalie Sumner Lincoln
Wall, I must say I like yer looks a heap better nor I did the bogus one!
Dave Porter in the Gold FieldsEdward Stratemeyer