All imposter synonyms
im·pos·tor
I i noun imposter
- 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.
- swindler — to cheat (a person, business, etc.) out of money or other assets.
- grifter — a person who operates a side show at a circus, fair, etc., especially a gambling attraction.
- hypocrite — a person who feigns some desirable or publicly approved attitude, especially one whose private life, opinions, or statements belie his or her public statements.
- mimic — to imitate or copy in action, speech, etc., often playfully or derisively.
- poseur — a person who attempts to impress others by assuming or affecting a manner, degree of elegance, sentiment, etc., other than his or her true one.
- deceiver — to mislead by a false appearance or statement; delude: They deceived the enemy by disguising the destroyer as a freighter.
- charlatan — You describe someone as a charlatan when they pretend to have skills or knowledge that they do not really possess.
- con man — A con man is a man who persuades people to give him their money or property by lying to them.
- confidence man — A confidence man is a man who persuades people to give him their money or property by lying to them.
- conniver — to cooperate secretly; conspire (often followed by with): They connived to take over the business.