A person who makes deceitful pretenses.
synonyms: fake, fraud, imposter, impostor, pretender, pseud, pseudo, role player, sham, shammer.
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 797:
merchant,
trader,
dealer,
monger,
chandler,
salesman;
changer;
regrater†;
shopkeeper,
shopman†;
tradesman,
tradespeople,
tradesfolk.
retailer;
chapman,
hawker,
huckster,
higgler†;
pedlar,
colporteur,
cadger,
Autolycus†;
sutler†,
vivandiere†;
costerman†,
costermonger†;
tallyman;
camelot;
faker;
vintner.
money broker,
money changer,
money lender;
cambist†,
usurer,
moneyer†,
banker.
jobber;
broker
etc.
(agent)
758;
buyer
etc.
795;
seller
etc.
796;
bear,
bull.
concern;
firm
etc.
(partnership)
712.
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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 797:
merchant,
trader,
dealer,
monger,
chandler,
salesman;
changer;
regrater†;
shopkeeper,
shopman†;
tradesman,
tradespeople,
tradesfolk.
retailer;
chapman,
hawker,
huckster,
higgler†;
pedlar,
colporteur,
cadger,
Autolycus†;
sutler†,
vivandiere†;
costerman†,
costermonger†;
tallyman;
camelot;
faker;
vintner.
money broker,
money changer,
money lender;
cambist†,
usurer,
moneyer†,
banker.
jobber;
broker
etc.
(agent)
758;
buyer
etc.
795;
seller
etc.
796;
bear,
bull.
concern;
firm
etc.
(partnership)
712.
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Dutch: snoever, vervalser, bedrieger, fraudeur
Polish: impostor