Entry Word: impostor

Function: noun

Meaning:

or imposter

one who makes false claims of identity or expertise <the man who claimed to be a prince turned out to be an impostor>

Synonyms charlatan, fake, faker, fraud, hoaxer, humbug, mountebank, phony (also phoney), pretender, quack

Related Words imitator, impersonator, mimic; actor, bluffer, counterfeiter, deceiver, dissembler, duper, feigner, misleader, trickster; poseur

Near Antonyms adept, expert, master, professional, virtuoso, whiz, wizard