COUNTERFEITER

Pronunciation (US): (GB):

Irregular inflected form: counterfeiter

Meaning:

Someone who makes copies illegally

Synonyms:

counterfeiter; forger

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Hypernyms ("counterfeiter" 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 "counterfeiter"):

coiner (a maker of counterfeit coins)

paperhanger (someone who passes bad checks or counterfeit paper money)

Derivation:

counterfeit (make a copy of with the intent to deceive)