CHARLATAN

Pronunciation (US): (GB):

Meaning:

A flamboyant deceiver; one who attracts customers with tricks or jokes

Synonyms:

charlatan; mountebank

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Hypernyms ("charlatan" is a kind of...):

beguiler; cheat; cheater; deceiver; slicker; trickster (someone who leads you to believe something that is not true)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "charlatan"):

craniologist; phrenologist (someone who claims to be able to read your character from the shape of your skull)

quack (an untrained person who pretends to be a physician and who dispenses medical advice)