COUNTERFEITER Synonyms: 24 Similar and Opposite Words

counterfeiter

noun

Definition of counterfeiter

as in pretender

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Recent Examples of counterfeiter With sister Coco a gifted painter and her brother, Raymond, a master counterfeiter, the two end up in the middle of a scheme with a down-on-his-luck millionaire. — Michelle F. Solomon, Miami Herald, 7 Apr. 2026

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Noun

At least one of them will in the coming weeks likely be exposed as a pretender.

— Kevin Acee, San Diego Union-Tribune, 7 July 2026
To add to the challenge, Brady also left his mark on the latest pretender to his crown.

— Peter Carline, New York Times, 26 June 2026

Definition of pretender

Noun

Such impostor scams, when a criminal pretends to be a legitimate business or even a government official, are proliferating and morphing at an accelerated rate as artificial intelligence makes impersonation easier than ever.

— Bill Lukitsch, Boston Herald, 13 July 2026
Heroes have to figure out who's who, what's going on, and if longtime friends are actual allies or extraterrestrial imposters.

— Brian Truitt, USA Today, 8 July 2026

Definition of impostor

Noun

The actors are perfectly cast, starting with Marmaï’s likable Antoine, the only player here not being the deceiver.

— Pete Hammond, Deadline, 12 May 2026
The film tells the true and twisted tale of a deceiver of land and folk, who, defying her birth as a woman, comported herself as a man and committed many a wicked deed.

— Leo Barraclough, Variety, 20 Jan. 2026

Definition of deceiver

Noun

Others estimate that $500 billion in federal spending is diverted by charlatans each year.

— Las Vegas Review-Journal, Twin Cities, 7 June 2026
To this day, a portion of the left-wing Democratic elite views Obama as a charlatan who hoodwinked their voters into supporting him.

— Ben Smith, semafor.com, 28 Apr. 2026

Definition of charlatan

Noun

Campbell is essentially calling Mohajir a hypocrite, but these aren’t exactly similar cases.

— Mike Bianchi, The Orlando Sentinel, 25 June 2026
As well as calling you a hypocrite almost a decade ago over your Monica Lewinsky jokes in the late 1990s and your calls for civility, John Oliver in particular has taken you to the woodshed over your criticism of late-night getting too partisan.

— Dominic Patten, Deadline, 17 June 2026

Definition of hypocrite

Noun

Some of the manuscripts were never returned, while others were replaced with fakes.

— Maximilíano Durón, ARTnews.com, 13 July 2026
The model can spot obvious fakes, but Fleek also runs quality-check centers in Karachi and Delhi that inspect items from brands and categories its data has flagged as frequently counterfeited.

— Jeremy Kahn, Fortune, 8 July 2026

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