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
    

Noun

• a person who makes deceitful pretenses

• something that is a counterfeit; not what it seems to be

Verb

• make believe with the intent to deceive
  • He feigned that he was ill
    
  • He shammed a headache
    

• make a pretence of
  • She assumed indifference, even though she was seething with anger
    
  • he feigned sleep
    

Related words

• Synonyms: 
  assumed , false , fictitious , fictive , pretended , put on , fake , postiche , feign , pretend , affect , dissemble , simulate , assume