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Related / Similar Words: hypocrite, dissembler, phony, phoney, imposter, impostor, fake, faker, fraud, sham, shammer, pseudo, pseud, role player, Pretender

 

Definition:
  • a person who professes beliefs and opinions that he does not hold;
  • a person who makes deceitful pretenses;
  • a claimant to the throne or to the office of ruler (usually without just title);

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    Hyponyms: smoothie, smoothy, sweet talker, charmer, Tartuffe, Tartufe, whited sepulcher, whited sepulchre, name dropper, ringer

     

    Derivational Morphology: feign, sham, pretend, affect, dissemble, simulate, assume, fudge, manipulate, fake, falsify, cook, wangle, misrepresent, bull, forge, counterfeit, act

     

    Anagrams: pretended

     
     
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