All hoaxer synonyms

noun hoaxer

• deceitful — If you say that someone is deceitful, you mean that they behave in a dishonest way by making other people believe something that is not true.
• forger — to form by heating and hammering; beat into shape.
• cheat — When someone cheats, they do not obey a set of rules which they should be obeying, for example in a game or exam.
• crook — A crook is a dishonest person or a criminal.
• sham — something that is not what it purports to be; a spurious imitation; fraud or hoax.
• 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).
• counterfeit — Counterfeit money, goods, or documents are not genuine, but have been made to look exactly like genuine ones in order to deceive people.
• bastard — Bastard is an insulting word which some people use about a person, especially a man, who has behaved very badly.
• racketeer — a person engaged in a racket.
• phony — not real or genuine; fake; counterfeit: a phony diamond.
• pretender — a person who pretends, especially for a dishonest purpose.
• quack — a fraudulent or ignorant pretender to medical skill.
• deceiver — to mislead by a false appearance or statement; delude: They deceived the enemy by disguising the destroyer as a freighter.
• impostor — a person who practices deception under an assumed character, identity, or name.
• swindler — to cheat (a person, business, etc.) out of money or other assets.
• mechanic — a person who repairs and maintains machinery, motors, etc.: an automobile mechanic.
• charlatan — You describe someone as a charlatan when they pretend to have skills or knowledge that they do not really possess.
• shark — a person who preys greedily on others, as by cheating or usury.
• four-flusher — a person who makes false or pretentious claims; bluffer.
• double-deal — to practice double-dealing.
• bluffer — good-naturedly direct, blunt, or frank; heartily outspoken: a big, bluff, generous man.
• trickster — a deceiver; cheat; fraud.
• joker — a person who jokes.
• con artist — A con artist is someone who tricks other people into giving them their money or property.
• fraudster — A person who practices fraud; a swindler.
• horse trader — a person who is shrewd and clever at bargaining.