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imposter
| Main Entry: | |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | swindler |
| Synonyms: | cheat, con, con artist, fake, fraud, imposter, mountebank, phony, pretender, quack, rip-off artist, sham |
| 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: | trickster |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | fraud |
| Synonyms: | charlatan, cheat, con artist, con man, confidence man, conniver, deceiver, imposter, swindler |
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| Concept: | Deceiver. |
| Synonyms: |
-nouns
deceiver (deceive [more]); dissembler, hypocrite; sophist, Pharisee, Jesuit, Mawworm, Pecksniff, Joseph Surface, Tartuffe, Janus; serpent, snake in the grass, cockatrice, Judas, wolf in sheep's clothing; jilt; shuffler, stool pigeon., liar (lie [more]); story-teller, perjurer, false witness, menteur a triple etage, Scapin; bunko steerer [U.S.], carpetbagger [U.S.], capper [U.S.], faker, fraud, four flusher, horse coper, ringer, spieler, straw bidder [U.S.]., imposter, pretender, soi-disant, humbug; adventurer; Cagliostro, Fernam Mendez Pinto; ass in lion's skin (bungler) [more]; actor (stage player)., quack, charlatan, mountebank, saltimbanco, saltimbanque, empiric, quacksalver, medicaster, Rosicrucian, gypsy; man of straw., conjuror, juggler, trickster, prestigitator, jockey; crimp, decoy, decoy duck; rogue, knave, cheat; swindler (thief); jobber.
-phrases
"saint abroad and a devil at home" [Bunyan].
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| Antonyms: | dupe |
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