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Impostor synonyms

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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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impersonator
Entertainer whose act is based upon performing impressions of others.
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hypocrite
The definition of a hypocrite is a person who pretends to have certain beliefs, attitudes or feelings when they really do not.
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sham
An imitation that is meant to deceive; counterfeit
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fake
(Soccer) Move meant to deceive an opposing player, used for gaining advantage when dribbling an opponent.
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faker
One who fakes something
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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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phony
A person who assumes an identity or quality other than their own.
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masquerader
One who masquerades; a person wearing a mask; one disguised.
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pretender
A person who professes beliefs and opinions that they do not hold.
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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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pharisee
A pharisaic person
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mountebank
One who sells by deception; a con artist; a charlatan.
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true (related)
Truth.
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con-artist
Alternative spelling of con artist.
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epigone
An undistinguished or inferior imitator of a well known artist or their style.
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pseudo
An intellectually pretentious person; a pseudointellectual.
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quack (related)
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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pettifogger
The definition of a pettifogger is a lawyer who handles minor cases using unethical manors, or a cheater.
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quacksalver
(Archaic) One falsely claiming to possess medical or other skills, especially one who dispenses potions, ointments, etc. supposedly having curative powers.
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charlatan
A person who makes elaborate, fraudulent, and often voluble claims to skill or knowledge; a quack or fraud.
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humbug
Something made or done to cheat or deceive; fraud; sham; hoax
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shammer
A person who shams; a liar
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pseud
A person who affects being an intellectual
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role-player
(Basketball) A player who isn't one of the best players on the team, but still contributes to the team in a meaningful way
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extortioner (related)
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egomaniac (related)
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evil-man (related)
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ex-con (related)
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adulteress (related)
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agent provocateur (related)
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imitator
One who imitates or apes another.
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deceiver
A person who lies or deceives.
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dissembler
Someone who dissembles
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sharper
One that deals dishonestly with others, especially a cheating gambler.
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evil spirit (related)
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  • An impostor, who claimed to be a son of Antiochus Epiphanes, Alexander Balas (reigned 150-145), was installed as king by Ptolemy Philometor and given Ptolemy's daughter Cleopatra to wife, but Alexander proved to be dissolute and incapable, and when Demetrius, the son of Demetrius I., was brought back to Syria by Cretan condottieri, Ptolemy transferred his support and Cleopatra to the rightful heir.

  • The chief con spirator, Shuiski, seized the power and was elected tsar by an Assembly composed of his faction, but neither Shuiski, the ambitious boyars, nor the pillaging Cossacks, nor the German mercenaries were satisfied with the change, and soon a new impostor, likewise calling himself Dimitri, son of Tsar Ivan, came forward as the rightful heir.

  • She found the impostor useful as a means of injuring the king of England.

  • English impostor, was probably the son of a tradesman at Oxford.

  • In 35 he dispersed a number of Samaritans, who had assembled near Mt Gerizim at the bidding of an impostor, in order to see the temple vessels buried there by Moses.

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