imposter

imposter

charlatan, fake, fraud, pretender: He claimed to be a prince, but he was only an imposter.

Not to be confused with:

imposture – the act of deceiving by assuming a false identity; fraud, hoax, swindle

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im·pos·tor

or im·pos·ter  (ĭm-pŏs′tər)

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 impōnere, to place upon; see impose.]

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Thesaurus

Noun

1.

imposter - a person who makes deceitful pretenses faker, impostor, 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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Translations

imposter

impostor [ɪmˈpɒstəʳ] N → impostor(a) m/f

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