Charlatan synonyms

shär'lə-tən

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impostor (related)
One who engages in deception under an assumed name or identity.
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quack
The definition of a quack is the sound a duck makes, or a person who claims to have a specific skilled that he does not have.
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cheat (related)
An act of deception or fraud; that which is the means of fraud or deception; a fraud; a trick; imposition; imposture.
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fraud
A person who deceives or who is not what he or she pretends to be; impostor; cheat
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mountebank
A hawker of quack medicines who attracts customers with stories, jokes, or tricks.
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imposter
Someone who attempts to deceive by using an assumed name or identity or other devious disguise.
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buffoon (related)
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phony
Something not genuine; sham; fake
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sham
An imitation that is meant to deceive; counterfeit
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fake
Anything or anyone not genuine; fraud; counterfeit
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pretender
One who sets forth a claim, especially a claimant to a throne.
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humbug
Something made or done to cheat or deceive; fraud; sham; hoax
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empiric
A person who relies solely on practical experience rather than on scientific principles
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true (related)
Truth.
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charlatanish
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shyster (related)
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gullible (related)
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liar (related)
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hypocrite (related)
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satanist (related)
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medicaster
A quack doctor; someone who pretends to have medical knowledge
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demagogue (related)
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Charlatan Sentence Examples

  • The king himself was indeed a semi-idiot, scarce responsible for his actions, yet his was the era of such striking personalities as the brilliant charlatan Struensee.

  • A quack is one who pretends to knowledge of which he is ignorant, a charlatan, particularly a medical impostor.

  • Alexander had remarkable beauty and the striking personality of the successful charlatan, and must have been a man of considerable intellectual abilities and power of organization.

  • But the pupil soon found his teacher to be a charlatan, and taught himself, aided by commentaries, to master logic, geometry and astronomy.

  • The famous charlatan Cagliostro was also arrested, but it was recognized that he had taken no part in the affair.

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