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plural of ringer
Synonyms & Antonyms of ringers
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 for ringers
- charlatans,
- fakers,
- fakes,
- fakirs,
- frauds,
- hoaxers,
- humbugs,
- impostors
- (or imposters),
- mountebanks,
- phonies
- (also phoneys),
- pretenders,
- quacks,
- quacksalvers,
- shams
Words Related to ringers
- actors,
- bluffers,
- counterfeiters,
- deceivers,
- dissemblers,
- duper,
- feigners,
- misleaders,
- operators,
- tricksters
- cozeners,
- defrauders,
- dodgers,
- fraudsters
- [chiefly British],
- scammers,
- scamsters,
- sharpers,
- sharpies,
- skinners,
- swindlers
Near Antonyms for ringers
- aces,
- adepts,
- authorities,
- crackerjacks
- (also crackajacks),
- experts,
- maestros
- (or maestri),
- masters,
- past masters,
- professionals,
- virtuosos
- (or virtuosi),
- whizzes,
- wizards
2
something or someone that strongly resembles another
- he's a dead ringer for his grandfather
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“Ringers.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/ringers. Accessed 28 Sep. 2021.
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