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IMPOSTER
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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 ("imposter" 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 "imposter"):
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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