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charlatan

noun

Synonyms and Antonyms of charlatan

one who makes false claims of identity or expertise

the famed faith healer turned out to be a charlatan

Synonyms of charlatan

fake, faker, fakir, fraud, hoaxer, humbug, impostor (or imposter), mountebank, phony (also phoney), pretender, quack, quacksalver, ringer, sham

Words Related to charlatan

copycat, imitator, impersonator, mimic

actor, bluffer, counterfeiter, deceiver, dissembler, duper, feigner, misleader, operator, trickster

cozener, defrauder, dodger, fraudster [chiefly British], scammer, scamster, sharper, sharpie (or sharpy), skinner, swindler

Near Antonyms of charlatan

ace, adept, authority, crackerjack (also crackajack), expert, maestro, master, past master, professional, virtuoso, whiz, wizard

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