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mountebank

noun

Synonyms and Antonyms of mountebank

one who makes false claims of identity or expertise

claimed that many doctors were frauds and mountebanks

Synonyms of mountebank

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

Words Related to mountebank

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 mountebank

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

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