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impostor
im·pos·tor or im·pos·ter I0063700 (ĭm-pŏs′tər)n. One who engages in deception under an assumed name or identity.
[French imposteur, from Latin impostor, one who assigns a name, from impostus, variant of impositus, past participle of impōnere, to place upon; see impose.]impostor (ɪmˈpɒstə) or imposterna person who deceives others, esp by assuming a false identity; charlatan[C16: from Late Latin: deceiver; see impose]im•pos•tor or im•post•er (ɪmˈpɒs tər)
n. a person who practices deception under an assumed character, identity, or name. [1580–90; < Late Latin, = Latin impos(i)-, variant s. of impōnere to deceive, place on, impose] Thesaurus| Noun | 1. |  impostor - a person who makes deceitful pretensesfaker, imposter, pseud, pseudo, role player, sham, shammer, pretender, fraud, fakebeguiler, cheater, deceiver, trickster, slicker, cheat - someone who leads you to believe something that is not truename dropper - someone who pretends that famous people are his/her friendsringer - a contestant entered in a competition under false pretenses |
impostornoun fraud, cheat, fake, impersonator, rogue, deceiver, sham, pretender, hypocrite, charlatan, quack, trickster, knave (archaic), phoney or phony (informal) He was an imposter who masqueraded as a doctor.impostornounOne who fakes:charlatan, fake, faker, fraud, humbug, mountebank, phony, pretender, quack.Translationsimpostor (imˈpostə) noun a person who pretends to be someone else, or to be something he is not, in order to deceive another person. 冒充者 冒名顶替者IdiomsSeeimpostor syndromeimpostor
Synonyms for impostornoun fraudSynonyms- fraud
- cheat
- fake
- impersonator
- rogue
- deceiver
- sham
- pretender
- hypocrite
- charlatan
- quack
- trickster
- knave
- phoney or phony
Synonyms for impostornoun one who fakesSynonyms- charlatan
- fake
- faker
- fraud
- humbug
- mountebank
- phony
- pretender
- quack
Synonyms for impostornoun a person who makes deceitful pretensesSynonyms- faker
- imposter
- pseud
- pseudo
- role player
- sham
- shammer
- pretender
- fraud
- fake
Related Words- beguiler
- cheater
- deceiver
- trickster
- slicker
- cheat
- name dropper
- ringer
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