All charlatan synonyms
char·la·tan
C c noun charlatan
- swindler — to cheat (a person, business, etc.) out of money or other assets.
- con artist — A con artist is someone who tricks other people into giving them their money or property.
- quack — a fraudulent or ignorant pretender to medical skill.
- fraud — deceit, trickery, sharp practice, or breach of confidence, perpetrated for profit or to gain some unfair or dishonest advantage.
- phony — not real or genuine; fake; counterfeit: a phony diamond.
- cheat — When someone cheats, they do not obey a set of rules which they should be obeying, for example in a game or exam.
- fake — to lay (a rope) in a coil or series of long loops so as to allow to run freely without fouling or kinking (often followed by down).
- pretender — a person who pretends, especially for a dishonest purpose.
- con — Con is the written abbreviation for constable, when it is part of a policeman's title.
- sham — something that is not what it purports to be; a spurious imitation; fraud or hoax.
- imposter — a tax; tribute; duty.
- impostor — a person who practices deception under an assumed character, identity, or name.
- counterfeit — Counterfeit money, goods, or documents are not genuine, but have been made to look exactly like genuine ones in order to deceive people.
adjective charlatan
- imposturous — the action or practice of imposing fraudulently upon others.
- pretended — Informal. make-believe; simulated; counterfeit: pretend diamonds.
- imposture — the action or practice of imposing fraudulently upon others.