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Impostor

Impostor Meaning & Definition
Impostor Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Impostor?

[n] a person who makes deceitful pretenses

Synonyms | Synonyms for Impostor: fake | faker | fraud | imposter | pretender | pseud | pseudo | role player | sham | shammer

Related Terms | Find terms related to Impostor: ape | beguiler | blagueur | bluff | bluffer | charlatan | cheat | clinquant | con man | confidence man | conformist | copier | copycat | copyist | counterfeit | counterfeiter | cuckoo | deceiver | dissembler | dissimulator | dummy | echo | echoer | echoist | fake | fakement | faker | flimflam man | forger | forgery | fourflusher | frame-up | fraud | hoax | humbug | hypocrite | imitation | imitator | impersonator | imposter | junk | malingerer | mime | mimer | mimic | mimicker | misleader | mock | mocker | mockingbird | monkey | mountebank | parrot | paste | pettifogger | phony | pinchbeck | plagiarist | poll-parrot | polly | polly-parrot | poser | poseur | pretender | put-on | put-up job | quack | quacksalver | quackster | ringer | rip-off | saltimbanco | sham | shammer | shark | sheep | shoddy | shyster | simulacrum | simulator | swindle | swindler | tinsel | trickster | whited sepulcher

See Also | beguiler | cheat | cheater | deceiver | namedropper | ringer | slicker | trickster

Impostor In Webster's Dictionary

\Im*pos"tor\, n. [L. impostor a deceiver, fr. imponere to impose upon, deceive. See {Impone}.] One who imposes upon others; a person who assumes a character or title not his own, for the purpose of deception; a pretender. ``The fraudulent impostor foul.'' --Milton. Syn: Deceiver; cheat; rogue. See {Deceiver}.

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