impostor (redirected from imposters)

im·pos·tor or im·pos·ter  (m-pstr)

n.

One who engages in deception under an assumed name or identity.

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[French imposteur, from Latin impostor, one who assigns a name, from impostus, variant of impositus, past participle of impnere, to place upon; see impose.]

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impostor or imposter

Noun

a person who cheats or swindles by pretending to be someone else [Late Latin impostor deceiver]

Thesaurus

Noun

1.

impostor - a person who makes deceitful pretenses faker, imposter, pseud, pseudo, role player, sham, shammer, pretender, fraud, fake beguiler, cheater, deceiver, trickster, slicker, cheat - someone who leads you to believe something that is not true name dropper - someone who pretends that famous people are his/her friends ringer - a contestant entered in a competition under false pretenses

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impostor

noun fraud, cheat, fake, impersonator, rogue, deceiver, sham, pretender, hypocrite, charlatan, quack, trickster, knave (archaic) phoney or phony (informal)

Translations

impostor [ɪmˈpɔstəʳ] n → impostor(a) m/f

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impostor [ɪmˈpɔstəʳ] n → imposteur m

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impostor [ɪmˈpɔstəʳ] n → Hochstapler(in) m(f)

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impostor [ɪmˈpɔstəʳ] n → impostore/a