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1
one who makes false claims of identity or expertise
- no one was more surprised than the defendant when his lawyer turned out to be a ringer
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- ace,
- adept,
- authority,
- crackerjack
- (also crackajack),
- expert,
- maestro,
- master,
- past master,
- professional,
- virtuoso,
- whiz,
- wizard
2
something or someone that strongly resembles another
- he's a dead ringer for his grandfather
Synonyms for ringer
- alter ego,
- carbon,
- carbon copy,
- clone,
- counterpart,
- doppelgänger
- (or doppelganger),
- double,
- duplicate,
- duplication,
- facsimile,
- fetch,
- image,
- likeness,
- look-alike,
- match,
- mirror image,
- picture,
- replica,
- spit,
- spitting image,
- twin
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“Ringer.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/ringer. Accessed 25 Oct. 2020.
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