All imposture synonyms

noun imposture

• impersonation — to assume the character or appearance of; pretend to be: He was arrested for impersonating a police officer.
• deception — Deception is the act of deceiving someone or the state of being deceived by someone.
• imposition — the laying on of something as a burden or obligation.
• ploy — a maneuver or stratagem, as in conversation, to gain the advantage.
• forgery — the crime of falsely making or altering a writing by which the legal rights or obligations of another person are apparently affected; simulated signing of another person's name to any such writing whether or not it is also the forger's name.
• quackery — the practice or methods of a quack.
• counterfeit — Counterfeit money, goods, or documents are not genuine, but have been made to look exactly like genuine ones in order to deceive people.
• illusion — something that deceives by producing a false or misleading impression of reality.
• sham — something that is not what it purports to be; a spurious imitation; fraud or hoax.
• maneuver — a planned and regulated movement or evolution of troops, warships, etc.
• masquerade — a party, dance, or other festive gathering of persons wearing masks and other disguises, and often elegant, historical, or fantastic costumes.
• phony — not real or genuine; fake; counterfeit: a phony diamond.
• feint — a movement made in order to deceive an adversary; an attack aimed at one place or point merely as a distraction from the real place or point of attack: military feints; the feints of a skilled fencer.
• flimflam — a trick or deception, especially a swindle or confidence game involving skillful persuasion or clever manipulation of the victim.
• hocus-pocus — a meaningless chant or expression used in conjuring or incantation.
• make-believe — pretense, especially of an innocent or playful kind; feigning; sham: the make-believe of children playing.
• deceit — Deceit is behaviour that is deliberately intended to make people believe something which is not true.
• spoof — a mocking imitation of someone or something, usually light and good-humored; lampoon or parody: The show was a spoof of college life.
• copy — If you make a copy of something, you produce something that looks like the original thing.
• pretense — pretending or feigning; make-believe: My sleepiness was all pretense.
• fabrication — the act or process of fabricating; manufacture.
• swindle — to cheat (a person, business, etc.) out of money or other assets.
• ruse — a city in N Bulgaria, on the Danube.
• fiddle — a musical instrument of the viol family.
• put-on — an act or instance of putting someone on.
• gambit — Chess. an opening in which a player seeks to obtain some advantage by sacrificing a pawn or piece.
• con — Con is the written abbreviation for constable, when it is part of a policeman's title.
• stratagem — a plan, scheme, or trick for surprising or deceiving an enemy.
• cheat — When someone cheats, they do not obey a set of rules which they should be obeying, for example in a game or exam.
• sleight — skill; dexterity.
• artifice — Artifice is the clever use of tricks and devices.
• hoax — something intended to deceive or defraud: The Piltdown man was a scientific hoax.
• pretension — the laying of a claim to something.
• imitation — a result or product of imitating.
• 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).
• wile — a trick, artifice, or stratagem meant to fool, trap, or entice; device.
• sell — to transfer (goods) to or render (services) for another in exchange for money; dispose of to a purchaser for a price: He sold the car to me for $1000.
• pretence — pretending or feigning; make-believe: My sleepiness was all pretense.
• faking — Present participle of fake.
• fraud — deceit, trickery, sharp practice, or breach of confidence, perpetrated for profit or to gain some unfair or dishonest advantage.
• trick — a crafty or underhanded device, maneuver, stratagem, or the like, intended to deceive or cheat; artifice; ruse; wile.
• manoeuvre — a planned and regulated movement or evolution of troops, warships, etc.