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FAKER
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Irregular inflected form: faker
I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
A person who makes deceitful pretenses
Synonyms:
fake; faker; fraud; imposter; impostor; pretender; pseud; pseudo; role player; sham; shammer
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("faker" 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 "faker"):
name dropper (someone who pretends that famous people are his/her friends)
ringer (a contestant entered in a competition under false pretenses)
Derivation:
fake (speak insincerely or without regard for facts or truths)
fake (tamper, with the purpose of deception)
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