| Main Entry: | impostor |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | person pretending to be something else |
Synonyms: |
actor, beguiler, bluffer, charlatan, cheat, con artist, deceiver, empiric, fake, faker, four-flusher, fraud, hypocrite, imitator, impersonator, masquerader, mimic, mocker, mountebank, pettifogger, phony, pretender, pseudo, quack, scorner, sham, sharper, shyster, trickster |
| Main Entry: | cheat |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | person who fools others |
Synonyms: |
bluff, charlatan, chiseler, con artist, confidence operator, conniver, cozener, crook, deceiver, decoy, defrauder, dodger, double-crosser, double-dealer, enticer, fake, hypocrite, impostor, inveigler, jockey, masquerader, pretender, quack, rascal, rogue, scammer, shark, sharper, shyster, swindler, trickster |
| Main Entry: | fraud |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | person who is false, deceitful |
Synonyms: |
bastard, bluffer, charlatan, cheat, counterfeit, crook, deceiver, double-dealer, fake, forger, four-flusher, hoaxer, horse trader, impostor, mechanic, mountebank, phony, play actor, pretender, quack, racketeer, sham*, shark, swindler |
| 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 |
| Main Entry: | quack |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | person who pretends to be an expert |
Synonyms: |
actor, bum*, bunco artist, charlatan, cheat, con artist, counterfeit, counterfeiter, fake, faker, flimflammer, four-flusher, fraud, hoser, humbug, impostor, mountebank, phony, playactor, pretender, pseudo*, put-on, quacksalver, sham, shammer, shark, sharp*, simulator, slicker, whip* |
| Main Entry: | sham |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | hoax, trick |
Synonyms: |
burlesque, cant, caricature, cheat, counterfeit, cover-up, deceit, deception, facade, fake, fakery, false front, farce, feint, flimflam, forgery, fraud, hypocrisy, hypocriticalness, imitation, impostor, imposture, jive, mock, mockery, pharisaism, phoniness, pretend, pretense, pretext, pseudo*, put-on, sell, smoke*, snow job, spoof, travesty, whitewash |
| Main Entry: | swindler |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | person who cheats another |
Synonyms: |
absconder, charlatan, cheat, cheater, chiseler, clip, con artist, confidence artist, counterfeiter, crook, deceiver, defrauder, dodger, double-dealer, falsifier, forger, four-flusher, fraud, gouger, grifter, impostor, mechanic, mountebank, operator, rascal, rook, scammer, scoundrel, shark, sharp, sharper, slicker, thief, trickster |
Antonyms: |
philanthropist |
| Main Entry: | traitor |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | person who is disloyal |
Synonyms: |
Benedict Arnold, Judas, apostate, back-stabber, backslider, betrayer, conspirator, deceiver, defector, deserter, double-crosser, fink, hypocrite, impostor, informer, intriguer, miscreant, quisling, rebel, renegade, snake*, sneak*, snitch, snitcher, spy, squealer, stool pigeon, tattletale, traducer, treasonist, turncoat, two-timer, whistle-blower, wolf* |
Antonyms: |
loyalist |
| Main Entry: | pretender |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | phony |
Synonyms: |
actor, charlatan, deceiver, dissembler, fake, faker, fraud, hypocrite, imitator, impostor, quack, snob |
| 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 |