Impostor

/ɪmˈpɒstə/

Synonyms for "impostor" (127 found)

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Closest matches (26)

Noun(8 words)

fraud pretender catfish changeling changelings charlatan charlatans deceiver

ape beguiler blagueur bluff bluffer charlatan cheat clinquantcon manconfidence manconformist copier copycat copyist counterfeit counterfeiter cuckoo deceiver

Strong matches (38)

dissembler dissimulator dummy echo echoer echoist fake fakement fakerflimflam manforger forgery fourflusherframe upframe-up fraud hoax humbug hypocrite imitation

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imitator impersonator imposter junk malingerer

Noun(12 words)

fainer fake faker fakers fakesfalse claimantimpersonator impersonators imposter malingerers masquerader masqueraders

Verb(1 words)

interlope

Related words (63)

mime mimer mimic mimicker misleader mock mocker mockingbird monkey mountebank parrot paste pettifogger phoney phony pinchbeck plagiarist poll-parrot polly polly-parrot

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poser poseur pretenderput onput up jobput-onput-up jobquack quacksalver quackster ringerrip offrip-off saltimbanco sham shammer shark sheep shoddy shyster simulacrum simulator swindle swindler tinsel trickster twisterwhited sepulcher

Noun(14 words)

mountebanks mummers phoneys phoniesportuguese pretenderpretenders pseud pseudorole playershamsham professionalshammer shams simulant

Adjective(1 words)

phoney

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More general

7 entries

beguiler cheat cheaterdeceitful persondeceiver slicker trickster

More specific

5 entries

fake doctorfalse claimantfraudsteridentity thiefsham professional

Collocations

5 entries

academic impostorcredential impostoridentity impostorimpostor phenomenonimpostor syndrome

Inflections

2 entries

imposters impostors

Derivations

1 entries

imposture

Sample sentences

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His father is an impostor.

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I feel like an impostor.

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Tom is an impostor.

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The impostor has been caught.

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