impostor

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, imposter [ɪmˈpɒstə]

n

a person who deceives others, esp by assuming a false identity; charlatan

[from Late Latin: deceiver; see impose]

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) He was an imposter who masqueraded as a doctor.

Translations

impostor [ɪmˈpɒstə^r] n → imposteur m

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impostor

n → Betrüger(in) m(f), → Schwindler(in) m(f); (assuming higher position also) → Hochstapler(in) m(f)

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impostor [ɪmˈpɒstəʳ] n → impostore/a

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impostor [ɪmˈpɒstəʳ] n → impostore/a

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impostor

n impostor [imˈpostə]

a person who pretends to be someone else, or to be something he is not, in order to deceive another person. bedrieër دَجّال، مُحْتال измамник podvodník svindler; bedrager der/die Betrüger(in) απατεώνας, τσαρλατάνος impostor isehakanu شیاد huijari imposteur מִתחָזֶה धोखेबाज varalica szélhámos gadungan svikari, svindlari impostore 詐欺師 사기꾼 apsimetėlis krāpnieks; blēdis penyamar bedrieger svindler, bedrager uzurpator impostor impostor самозванец podvodník slepar varalica bedragare, skojare คนที่ปลอมเป็นคนอื่น dolandırıcı, sahtekâr kimse 冒充者 самозванець بناوٹی شخص kẻ mạo danh 冒名顶替者