counterfeiter

noun

Definition of counterfeiternext
as in imposter

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for counterfeiter
  1. pretender
  2. impostor
  3. charlatan
  4. hypocrite
  5. fake
Noun
  • Ball could be that piece to turn the Rockets from pretenders to contenders.
    Benedict Cosgrove, Newsweek, 19 Dec. 2024
  • Just this week alone, there's potential for some of these contenders to fall into the pretender pool.
    Chase Goodbread, The Tennessean, 20 Nov. 2024
Definition of pretender
Noun
  • However, Macy's Santa is supposed to be the real Santa, so the department store wanted to cut the famous scene where Buddy finds out about the impostor.
    Kaycee Sloan, The Enquirer, 2 Dec. 2024
  • Nearly 600,000 reports of impostor schemes, including romance scams, were received by FTC officials this year, with losses exceeding $2.1 billion.
    Tom Rogers, Newsweek, 26 Dec. 2024
Definition of impostor
Noun
  • The good, sincere members would flourish and the charlatans, the folks who over-promise to their constituents, would not.
    Gary Franks, Boston Herald, 20 Jan. 2024
  • Tartuffe, a charismatic charlatan, insinuates himself into the lives of a wealthy family, setting off a chain reaction of disruption and pandemonium.
    Del Mar Times, San Diego Union-Tribune, 20 Feb. 2024
Definition of charlatan
Noun
  • The pardon now gives Trump and his allies the opportunity to call Biden a hypocrite and proceed having their own way with the law.
    Isaac Chotiner, The New Yorker, 2 Dec. 2024
  • Those who argue in favor of the killing of some innocent people but against the killing of other innocent people —such as those who justify the unprovoked mass murders of Oct. 7 but condemn Israel’s self-defense measures — should be exposed as hypocrites.
    Alan M. Dershowitz, New York Daily News, 22 Dec. 2024
Definition of hypocrite
Noun
  • In this essay for The Paris Review, Simon Wu recounts his experiences pining after, and eventually buying, six designer handbags: some real, some real but used, and one fake.
    Cheri Lucas Rowlands, Longreads, 17 Dec. 2024
  • The 49ers began the game with Purdy exclusively under center, and his play-action fakes to Guerendo created plenty of comfortable throws against the Bears’ defense.
    Kevin Fishbain, The Athletic, 9 Dec. 2024
Definition of fake
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