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| Main Entry: | |
| 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: | 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 |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| 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: | storyteller |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | recounter of stories |
| Synonyms: | allegorist, author, bard, fibber, liar, minstrel, narrator, raconteur, writer |
| 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 |
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