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charlatan - 13 thesaurus results
| Main Entry: | charlatan |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | swindler |
| Synonyms: | cheat, con, con artist, fake, fraud, mountebank, phony, pretender, quack, sham, imposter, rip-off artist |
| Main Entry: | adventurer |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | person who takes risks |
| Synonyms: | charlatan, daredevil, entrepreneur, explorer, gambler, globetrotter, hero, heroine, madcap, mercenary, opportunist, pioneer, pirate, romantic, speculator, swashbuckler, traveler, wanderer, fortune-hunter, stunt person, venturer, voyager |
| Main Entry: | fake |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | imposter, copy |
| Synonyms: | actor, charlatan, cheat, counterfeit, deception, fabrication, flimflam*, forgery, fraud, hoax, imitation, imposition, imposture, make-believe, mountebank, phony, plant*, pretender, pretense, pseudo*, reproduction, scam, sham*, sleight, spoof, swindle, trick, bluffer, faker, four-flusher, gold brick, junque, put-on |
| Notes: | a fake is a work of art that is deliberately made or altered to appear better, older, or other than what it is; a forgery is a fraudulent imitation of another thing that already exists |
| Antonyms: | original, reality |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | hypocrite |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | person who pretends, is deceitful |
| Synonyms: | Pharisee, actor, attitudinizer, backslider, bigot, bluffer, casuist, charlatan, cheat, con artist, crook, deceiver, decoy, dissembler, dissimulator, fake, faker, four-flusher, fraud, hook*, humbug, impostor, informer, lip server, malingerer, masquerader, mountebank, phony, playactor, poser, pretender, quack*, smoothie, sophist, swindler, trickster, two-face, two-timer, wolf in sheep's clothing |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | impostor |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | person pretending to be something else |
| Synonyms: | actor, charlatan, cheat, con artist, deceiver, fake, fraud, hypocrite, imitator, mimic, mountebank, phony, pretender, pseudo, quack, sham, shyster, trickster, beguiler, bluffer, empiric, faker, four-flusher, impersonator, masquerader, mocker, pettifogger, scorner, sharper |
| Main Entry: | pretended |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | alleged; imaginary |
| Synonyms: | affected, artificial, assumed, avowed, bogus, charlatan, cheating, concealed, counterfeit, covered, factitious, fake, false, falsified, feigned, fictitious, lying, make-believe, masked, mock, ostensible, phony, pretend, professed, pseudo*, quack*, sham*, simulated, so-called, spurious, supposed, bluffing, dissimulated, impostrous, imposturous, purported, put-on, shammed |
| Antonyms: | genuine, real, sincere |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | quack |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | person who pretends to be an expert |
| Synonyms: | actor, bum*, charlatan, cheat, con artist, counterfeit, counterfeiter, fake, fraud, humbug, impostor, mountebank, phony, pretender, pseudo*, sham, sharp*, whip*, bunco artist, faker, flimflammer, four-flusher, hoser, playactor, put-on, quacksalver, shammer, shark*, simulator, slicker |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | rascal |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | person who is unprincipled, does not work hard |
| Synonyms: | beggar, black sheep*, blackguard, bully, bum, cad, charlatan, cheat, delinquent, devil, disgrace, felon, fraud, good-for-nothing*, 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, villain, wastrel, wretch, cardsharp, grafter, varmint |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | rogue |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | person who deceives, swindles |
| Synonyms: | bad egg*, bad news*, black sheep*, blackguard*, charlatan, cheat, cheater, con artist, criminal, crook, defrauder, devil, fraud, heel*, hooligan*, lowlife, mischief, miscreant, monstrosity, ne'er-do-well, outlaw, problem*, rapscallion, rascal, reprobate, scalawag, scamp, scoundrel, swindler, trickster, villain |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | swindler |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | person who cheats another |
| Synonyms: | absconder, charlatan, cheat, chiseler, clip, con artist, counterfeiter, crook, deceiver, forger, fraud, grifter, impostor, mechanic, mountebank, operator, rascal, rook, scoundrel, sharp, thief, trickster, cheater, confidence artist, defrauder, dodger, double-dealer, falsifier, four-flusher, gouger, scammer, shark, sharper, slicker |
| Antonyms: | philanthropist |
| Main Entry: | trickster |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | fraud |
| Synonyms: | charlatan, cheat, con artist, con man, confidence man, deceiver, swindler, conniver, imposter |
| Main Entry: | cheat |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | person who fools others |
| Synonyms: | bluff, charlatan, chiseler, con artist, crook, deceiver, decoy, fake, hypocrite, impostor, jockey, pretender, quack, rascal, rogue, shyster, swindler, trickster, confidence operator, conniver, cozener, defrauder, dodger, double-crosser, double-dealer, enticer, inveigler, masquerader, scammer, shark, sharper |
| Main Entry: | fraud |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | person who is false, deceitful |
| Synonyms: | bastard, charlatan, cheat, counterfeit, crook, deceiver, fake, forger, impostor, mechanic*, mountebank, phony, pretender, quack*, racketeer, sham*, swindler, bluffer, double-dealer, four-flusher, hoaxer, horse trader, play actor, shark* |
* = informal/non-formal usage
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition
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Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition
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