| Main Entry: | liar |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | person who tells falsehood |
Synonyms: |
cheat, con artist, deceiver, deluder, dissimulator, equivocator, fabler, fabricator, fabulist, false witness, falsifier, fibber, maligner, misleader, perjurer, phony, prevaricator, promoter, storyteller, trickster |
| Main Entry: | rascal |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | person who is unprincipled, does not work hard |
Synonyms: |
beggar, black sheep, blackguard, bully, bum, cad, cardsharp, charlatan, cheat, delinquent, devil, disgrace, felon, fraud, good-for-nothing, grafter, hooligan*, hypocrite, idler, imp, liar, loafer, mischief-maker, miscreant, opportunist, pretender, prodigal, profligate, recreant, reprobate, robber, rowdy, ruffian, scamp, scoundrel, sinner, skunk, sneak*, swindler, tough*, tramp, trickster, varmint, villain, wastrel, wretch |
| Main Entry: | scamp |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | rascal |
Synonyms: |
cheat, cheater, delinquent, fraud, hooligan*, liar, mischief-maker, prankster, rapscallion, reprobate, rogue, rowdy, ruffian, scalawag, scallywag, scoundrel, shyster, sneak, swindler, trickster, troublemaker, villain, whippersnapper |
| Main Entry: | storyteller |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | recounter of stories |
Synonyms: |
allegorist, author, bard, fibber, liar, minstrel, narrator, raconteur, writer |
| Main Entry: | wretch |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | derelict |
Synonyms: |
beggar, bezonian, blackguard, brute, bum, caitiff, cullion, dog, ingrate, knave, liar, libertine, looser, lowlife, miscreant, outcast, pariah, pauper, pilgarlic, poltroon, rake, rapscallion, rascal, renegade, reprobate, rogue, ronion, scalawag, scamp, scapegrace, scoundrel, scullion, scum, snake, vagabond, varlet, villain, worm |
| Notes: | retch is to vomit or gag; wretch is a noun for a pitiable person |
| Main Entry: | fabricator |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | forger |
Synonyms: |
coiner, counterfeiter, distorter, fabulist, faker, falsifier, fibber, liar, prevaricator, storyteller |
| Main Entry: | faker |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | fake |
Synonyms: |
charlatan, coiner, counterfeiter, deceiver, fabricator, forger, fraud, impersonator, impostor, liar, mountebank, phony, pretender, quack, shammer |