Janus
noun
1 Janus
Roman mythology The Roman god of doorways and passages; is depicted with two faces on opposite sides of his head.
Dutch: Janus
Polish: Janus
Roget 548:
deceiver
etc.
(deceive)
etc.
545;
dissembler,
hypocrite;
sophist,
Pharisee,
Jesuit,
Mawworm†,
Pecksniff,
Joseph Surface,
Tartufe†,
Janus;
serpent,
snake in the grass,
cockatrice,
Judas,
wolf in sheep's clothing;
jilt;
shuffler†,
stool pigeon.
liar
etc.
(lie)
etc.
544;
story-teller,
perjurer,
false witness,
menteur a triple etage [Fr.],
Scapin†;
bunko steerer [U.S.],
carpetbagger [U.S.],
capper [U.S.],
faker,
fraud,
four flusher [Slang],
horse coper†,
ringer [Slang],
spieler†,
straw bidder [U.S.].
imposter,
pretender,
soi-disant [Fr.],
humbug;
adventurer;
Cagliostro,
Fernam Mendez Pinto;
ass in lion's skin
etc.
(bungler)
701;
actor
etc.
(stage player)
599.
quack,
charlatan,
mountebank,
saltimbanco†,
saltimbanque†,
empiric,
quacksalver,
medicaster†,
Rosicrucian,
gypsy;
man of straw.
conjuror,
juggler,
trickster,
prestidigitator,
jockey;
crimp,
decoy,
decoy duck;
rogue,
knave,
cheat;
swindler
etc.
(thief)
792;
jobber.
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Roget 607:
change of mind,
change of intention,
change of purpose;
afterthought.
tergiversation,
recantation;
palinode,
palinody†;
renunciation;
abjuration†,
abjurement;
defection
etc.
(relinquishment)
624;
going over
etc.
v.;
apostasy;
retraction,
retractation†;
withdrawal;
disavowal
etc.
(negation)
536;
revocation,
revokement†;
reversal;
repentance
etc.
950;
redintegratio amoris [Lat.].
coquetry;
vacillation
etc.
605;
backsliding;
volte-face [Fr.].
turn coat,
turn tippet†;
rat,
apostate,
renegade;
convert,
pervert;
proselyte,
deserter;
backslider;
blackleg,
crawfish [U.S.],
scab [Slang],
mugwump [U.S.],
recidivist.
time server,
time pleaser†;
timist†,
Vicar of Bray,
trimmer,
ambidexter†;
weathercock
etc.
(changeable)
149;
Janus.
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Moby thesaurus: ambiguity, ambivalence, biformity, bifurcation, conjugation, dichotomy, doubleness, doublethink, doubling, dualism, duality, duplexity, duplication, duplicity, equivocality, halving, irony, pairing, polarity, twinning, two-facedness, twoness ... show more.
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