Synonyms of mountebank

mountebank

noun

ˈmau̇n-ti-ˌbaŋk 

as in fraud

one who makes false claims of identity or expertise

claimed that many doctors were frauds and mountebanks

Synonyms & Similar Words

• fraud
• sham
• pretender
• charlatan
• fake
• deceiver
• quack
• impostor
• misleader
• faker
• actor
• fakir
• phony
• operator
• counterfeiter
• hoaxer
• humbug
• ringer
• dissembler
• sharper
• quacksalver
• imitator
• trickster
• impersonator
• swindler
• poseur
• copycat
• skinner
• mimic
• bluffer
• duper
• defrauder
• dodger
• fraudster
• scammer
• feigner
• cozener
• scamster
• sharpie

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• master
• expert
• virtuoso
• wizard
• professional
• authority
• maestro
• ace
• whiz
• adept
• past master
• crackerjack

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of mountebank

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

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

Gould observed that Jerry Falwell had taken up the mountebank’s mission of William Jennings Bryan. — Michael Hiltzik, Los Angeles Times, 26 July 2024

The alternative circumstance, that crackpots and mountebanks might claim such evidence exists, then fail to produce any, is, on the other hand, entirely plausible and familiar. — Timothy Noah, The New Republic, 31 July 2023

Now, this pallid Color Purple epitomizes the artistic dearth of an era when a cultural mountebank like Winfrey uses race and feminist guile to cheat us of America’s most creative achievements. — Armond White, National Review, 3 Jan. 2024

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