Definitions

hypocrite

[hip-uh-krit] / ˈhɪp ə krɪt /

NOUN

person who pretends, is deceitful

Synonyms

STRONGEST

bigot charlatan crook impostor phony trickster

STRONG

actor backslider bluffer casuist cheat deceiver decoy dissembler dissimulator fake faker four-flusher fraud humbug informer malingerer masquerader mountebank pharisee poser pretender quack smoothie sophist swindler two-timer

WEAK

attitudinizer con artist lip server two-face wolf in sheep's clothing

Example Sentences

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While historians often portray Cromwell as “a hypocrite or a double-dealer,” here he’s a dexterous politician, a pragmatic and adaptable leader who “could ride two horses at once, while advancing three agendas.”

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 11, 2026

I’m the hypocrite who’s stayed up for Jake Paul’s boxing matches.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 26, 2026

She laughed about how she'll have to be a hypocrite now:

From BBC • Jan. 24, 2026

“He’s not a hypocrite saying one thing and doing another. He lives what he believes.”

From Salon • Oct. 31, 2025

If I wasn’t going to be a hypocrite, I would have to learn to ask hard questions, I figured, and this was as good a time as any.

From "Please Ignore Vera Dietz" by A.S. King

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