hypocrite

Meaning

Someone who practices hypocrisy, who pretends to hold beliefs, or whose actions are not consistent with their claimed beliefs.

Synonyms

dissembler

pretender

cheat

impostor

pharisee

fraud

swindler

dissimulator

deceitful person

sanctimonious person

deceiver

phoney

phony

imposter

sham

rogue

liar

thief

traitor

trickster

two-faced

mocker

tricky person

hypocritical

humbug

scoffer

cunning person

double-tongued

Jesuit

Pharisee

Philistine

shammer

smooth talker

fox in a lamb’s skin

prevaricator

canter

doublefaced

colloquial

crook

deceive

dishonest

double-dealer

double-faced

goody

hydroplane

hymen

hymn

hypersensitive

hypocrisy

hysterical

Translations

hypocrite

ipocrita

hipócrita

Heuchler

hypocriet

υποκριτής

hipócrita

huichelaar

veinzer

hipòcrita

dissimulatore

hypocrita

منافق

simulatore

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˈhɪ.pə.kɹɪt/

Etymology

From Old French ypocrite (Modern French hypocrite), from Latin hypocrita, from Ancient Greek ὑποκριτής (hupokritḗs, “actor, hypocrite”), from ὑποκρίνομαι (hupokrínomai, “I answer, act, feign”). Displaced native Old English līċettere.