1. (noun) a person who makes deceitful pretenses

• fake
• faker
• fraud
• imposter
• impostor
• pretender
• pseud
• role player
• sham
• shammer

1. (noun) a person who makes deceitful pretenses

• beguiler
• cheat
• cheater
• deceiver
• slicker
• trickster

1. (adjective) (often used in combination) not genuine but having the appearance of

• counterfeit
• imitative

1. (noun) a person who makes deceitful pretenses

• name dropper
• ringer

1. (noun) a person who makes deceitful pretenses

• act
• dissemble
• pretend
• affect
• affect
• dissemble
• dissemble
• feign
• feign
• pretend
• pretend
• sham
• sham
• assume
• assume
• feign
• feign
• sham
• sham
• simulate
• simulate
• assumed
• false
• fictitious
• fictive
• pretended
• put on
• sham
• bastard
• bogus
• fake
• phoney
• phony
• bull
• bullshit
• fake
• talk through one's hat
• cook
• cook
• fake
• fake
• falsify
• falsify
• fudge
• fudge
• manipulate
• manipulate
• misrepresent
• misrepresent
• wangle
• wangle
• counterfeit
• fake
• forge