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hoaxer

noun

Synonyms and Antonyms of hoaxer

1 a dishonest person who uses clever means to cheat others out of something of value

if it sounds too good to be true, youʼre probably dealing with a hoaxer in a boiler room somewhere

Synonyms of hoaxer

bilk, bilker, cheat, cheater, chiseler (or chiseller), confidence man, cozener, defrauder, dodger, fakir, finagler, fraudster [chiefly British], scammer, scamster, shark, sharper, sharpie (or sharpy), skinner, swindler, tricker, trickster

Words Related to hoaxer

double-crosser, double-dealer

bluffer, charlatan, fake, faker, humbug, impostor (or imposter), mountebank, phony (also phoney), pretender, quack, quacksalver, ringer, sham

adventurer, fox, gamesman, knave, prankster, rascal, rogue

fast-talker, slick, slicker, slickster, slyboots, smoothy (or smoothie), wheeler-dealer

plotter, schemer, sneak, sneaker

blackleg, cardsharp (or cardsharper)

2 one who makes false claims of identity or expertise

his college roommate turned out be a complete hoaxer and not the son of a wealthy shipping tycoon he said he was

Synonyms of hoaxer

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

Words Related to hoaxer

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 hoaxer

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

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