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faker

noun

Synonyms and Antonyms of faker

one who makes false claims of identity or expertise

the medium was exposed as a faker who was herself making the strange noises that she claimed were from the dead

Synonyms of faker

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

Words Related to faker

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 faker

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

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