Synonyms of fakir

fakir

noun

1

as in dodger

a dishonest person who uses clever means to cheat others out of something of value

a traveling carnival that was run by fakirs preying on small-town rubes

Synonyms & Similar Words

• dodger
• cheat
• shark
• swindler
• skinner
• sharper
• trickster
• chiseler
• confidence man
• fox
• cheater
• scammer
• defrauder
• fraudster
• adventurer
• phony
• scamster
• ringer
• charlatan
• bilk
• pretender
• imposter
• hoaxer
• sharpie
• mountebank
• sharpy
• sham
• impostor
• chiseller
• tricker
• bilker
• quack
• cozener
• finagler
• faker
• fake
• knave
• rascal
• phoney
• double-dealer
• smoothie
• sneak
• rogue
• prankster
• gamesman
• sneaker
• bluffer
• schemer
• double-crosser
• humbug
• quacksalver
• cardsharp
• plotter
• slicker
• slickster
• blackleg
• fast-talker
• wheeler-dealer
• slick
• cardsharper
• slyboots
• smoothy

2

as in fake

one who makes false claims of identity or expertise

a fakir peddling patent medicines that were mostly liquor and sugar

Synonyms & Similar Words

• fake
• sham
• pretender
• fraud
• charlatan
• imposter
• deceiver
• mountebank
• impostor
• misleader
• quack
• faker
• phoney
• actor
• phony
• operator
• counterfeiter
• hoaxer
• humbug
• ringer
• quacksalver
• imitator
• sharper
• dissembler
• trickster
• impersonator
• skinner
• mimic
• copycat
• swindler
• poseur
• dodger
• bluffer
• duper
• feigner
• scammer
• defrauder
• fraudster
• scamster
• sharpie
• sharpy
• cozener

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• master
• virtuoso
• expert
• wizard
• maestro
• authority
• ace
• professional
• adept
• past master
• whiz
• crackajack
• crackerjack