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hypocrites
| Main Entry: | |
| 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: | rascal |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | person who is unprincipled, does not work hard |
| Synonyms: | beggar, black sheep, blackguard, bully, bum, cad, cardsharp, charlatan, cheat, delinquent, devil, disgrace, felon, fraud, good-for-nothing, grafter, 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, varmint, villain, wastrel, wretch |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| 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 |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | poser |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | pretender |
| Synonyms: | hypocrite, imposter, mimic, poseur, pretender |
| Notes: | a poser is someone who sets test or exam questions or a difficult or perplexing question or problem; a poseur is a person who adopts an affected style or demeanor |
| Main Entry: | pretender |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | phony |
| Synonyms: | actor, charlatan, deceiver, dissembler, fake, faker, fraud, hypocrite, imitator, impostor, quack, snob |
| Main Entry: | sharper |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | cheat |
| Synonyms: | bilk, bluff, charlatan, cheater, 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, rook, scammer, shark, shyster, swindler, trickster, victimizer |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | victimizer |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | cheat |
| Synonyms: | bilk, bluff, charlatan, cheater, 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, rook, scammer, shark, sharper, shyster, swindler, trickster |
* = informal/non-formal usage
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