All imposturous synonyms
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I i adj imposturous
- dishonest β not honest; disposed to lie, cheat, or steal; not worthy of trust or belief: a dishonest person.
- tricky β given to or characterized by deceitful tricks; crafty; wily.
- ambiguous β If you describe something as ambiguous, you mean that it is unclear or confusing because it can be understood in more than one way.
- underhanded β underhand.
- deceitful β 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.
- sneaky β like or suggestive of a sneak; furtive; deceitful.
- slick β smooth and glossy; sleek.
- fraudulent β characterized by, involving, or proceeding from fraud, as actions, enterprise, methods, or gains: a fraudulent scheme to evade taxes.
- misleading β deceptive; tending to mislead.
- subtle β thin, tenuous, or rarefied, as a fluid or an odor.
- unreliable β not reliable; not to be relied or depended on.
- disingenuous β lacking in frankness, candor, or sincerity; falsely or hypocritically ingenuous; insincere: Her excuse was rather disingenuous.
- false β not true or correct; erroneous: a false statement.
- professed β avowed; acknowledged.
- counterfeit β Counterfeit money, goods, or documents are not genuine, but have been made to look exactly like genuine ones in order to deceive people.
- cheating β an instance of rule-breaking
- assumed β false; fictitious
- avowed β If you are an avowed supporter or opponent of something, you have declared that you support it or oppose it.
- masked β using or wearing a mask or masks: a masked burglar; masked actors.
- affected β If you describe someone's behaviour as affected, you disapprove of the fact that they behave in an unnatural way that is intended to impress other people.
- concealed β to hide; withdraw or remove from observation; cover or keep from sight: He concealed the gun under his coat.
- quack β a fraudulent or ignorant pretender to medical skill.
- pretend β to cause or attempt to cause (what is not so) to seem so: to pretend illness; to pretend that nothing is wrong.
- feigned β pretended; sham; counterfeit: feigned enthusiasm.
- supposed β assumed as true, regardless of fact; hypothetical: a supposed case.
- simulated β to create a simulation, likeness, or model of (a situation, system, or the like): to simulate crisis conditions.
- sham β something that is not what it purports to be; a spurious imitation; fraud or hoax.
- falsified β to make false or incorrect, especially so as to deceive: to falsify income-tax reports.
- purported β reputed or claimed; alleged: We saw no evidence of his purported wealth.
- bluffing β to mislead by a display of strength, self-confidence, or the like: He bluffed me into believing that he was a doctor.
- bum β Someone's bum is the part of their body which they sit on.
- catchy β If you describe a tune, name, or advertisement as catchy, you mean that it is attractive and easy to remember.
- crafty β If you describe someone as crafty, you mean that they achieve what they want in a clever way, often by deceiving people.
- cunning β Someone who is cunning has the ability to achieve things in a clever way, often by deceiving other people.
- delusive β tending to delude; misleading
- designing β artful and scheming; conniving; crafty
- fake β 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).
- fallacious β containing a fallacy; logically unsound: fallacious arguments.
- fishy β like a fish in shape, smell, taste, or the like.
- foxy β foxlike; cunning or crafty; slyly clever.
- illusory β causing illusion; deceptive; misleading.
- indirect β not in a direct course or path; deviating from a straight line; roundabout: an indirect course in sailing.
- insidious β intended to entrap or beguile: an insidious plan.
- lying β the manner, relative position, or direction in which something lies: the lie of the patio, facing the water. Synonyms: place, location, site.
- mock β to attack or treat with ridicule, contempt, or derision.
- oblique β neither perpendicular nor parallel to a given line or surface; slanting; sloping.
- off β so as to be no longer supported or attached: This button is about to come off.
- phony β not real or genuine; fake; counterfeit: a phony diamond.
- plausible β having an appearance of truth or reason; seemingly worthy of approval or acceptance; credible; believable: a plausible excuse; a plausible plot.
- rascal β a base, dishonest, or unscrupulous person.