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ringer

noun

Synonyms and Antonyms of ringer

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

Synonyms of ringer

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

Words Related to ringer

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 ringer

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

2 something or someone that strongly resembles another

heʼs a dead ringer for his grandfather

Synonyms of 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

Words Related to ringer

effigy, portrait, portrayal

companion, fellow, mate

equal, equivalent

analogue (or analog), parallel

Near Antonyms of ringer

antithesis, converse, opposite, reverse

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