dissimulator

Definition of dissimulatornext

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of Synonyms for dissimulator
Noun
  • Productivity is the cheat code for a more prosperous society.
    Josh Tyrangiel, The Atlantic, 10 Feb. 2026
  • An oversized Oxford shirt is a rich-looking cheat code for the ages.
    Annie Blackman, InStyle, 7 Feb. 2026
Noun
  • The cheaters, in multiple senses.
    Chris Branch, New York Times, 24 Feb. 2026
  • What if the person flipping the coin is a cheater?
    Zachary del Rosario, The Conversation, 20 Feb. 2026
Noun
  • How does history distinguish knaves from legendary figures?
    W.E. Gutman, Sun Sentinel, 8 July 2025
  • Human beings are motivated by virtue (knights) or rigid self-interest (knaves), or are passive victims of their circumstances (pawns).
    Sachin H. Jain, Forbes, 20 Dec. 2024
Noun
  • Carl Sagan's baloney detection kit taught us how to separate good science from the work of charlatans.
    Big Think, Big Think, 10 Feb. 2026
  • First up was Ben Shapiro, who described Tucker Carlson and others as grifters and charlatans, guilty of misleading their audiences with falsehoods and conspiracy theories.
    Jonathan J. Cooper, Fortune, 19 Dec. 2025
Noun
  • 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
  • Islamic eschatology warned of a deceiver who distorts perception, blurring reality.
    Kaif Shaikh, Interesting Engineering, 15 Aug. 2025
Noun
  • Schlossberg spoke at the Democratic National Convention in 2024 as JFK’s grandson, the implicit message of his speech being that Kennedy followers ought to listen to Democrats, as true heirs to Camelot, rather than the pretender, RFK Jr.
    Jonathan Chait, The Atlantic, 10 Feb. 2026
  • The Cult of the Beaver has to fend off pretenders.
    AJ Willingham, AJC.com, 13 Jan. 2026
Noun
  • Good afternoon and welcome to Con Con, the convention for swindlers, mountebanks, and the people who love them.
    Henry Alford, New Yorker, 1 Dec. 2025
  • Godard might have come across as a species of poseur – a pretentious, quote-spouting mountebank – but his way of seeing was genuinely new.
    Peter Rainer, Christian Science Monitor, 13 Nov. 2025
Noun
  • Analyst Steven Cahall applauded Live Nation’s strategy to deploy capital to become a concert owner and operator.
    Lisa Kailai Han, CNBC, 25 Feb. 2026
  • That would be a perfectly reasonable offer from a for-profit real-estate company; a local operator would likely be helpful as a foreign entity attempts to deal with the eccentricities of the New York regulatory environment.
    Christopher Bonanos, Curbed, 25 Feb. 2026
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“Dissimulator.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/dissimulator. Accessed 27 Feb. 2026.

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