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| Main Entry: | |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | imposter, copy |
| Synonyms: | actor, bluffer, charlatan, cheat, counterfeit, deception, fabrication, faker, flimflam, forgery, four-flusher, fraud, gold brick, hoax, imitation, imposition, imposture, junque, make-believe, mountebank, phony, plant*, pretender, pretense, pseudo*, put-on, reproduction, scam, sham*, sleight, spoof, swindle, trick |
| 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, 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: | 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* |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| 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: | tartuffe |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | hypocrite |
| 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, pharisee, phony*, playactor, poser, pretender, quack, smoothie, sophist, swindler, trickster, two-face, two-timer, wolf in sheep's clothing |
* = informal/non-formal usage
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition
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