impostor

Meaning

1. Someone who attempts to deceive by using an assumed name or identity.
2. A sprite or animation integrated into a three-dimensional scene to look like part of the 3D world.
3. A term referenced in an unusual grammatical person.

Synonyms

cheat

deceiver

pretender

fraud

swindler

fake

imposter

sham

hypocrite

trickster

faker

rogue

charlatan

shammer

humbug

defrauder

phoney

phony

cheater

pseud

pseudo

quack

mountebank

dissembler

role player

impersonator

liar

wangler

mumper

pretended ascetic

cozener

guller

con artist

confidence man

counterfeit

counterfeiter

crook

dissimulator

dodger

double-dealer

empiric

falsifier

fly-by-night

fortune teller

fudge

gouge

guise

hoodwinker

imitator

prowler

Translations

impostor

impostore

imposteur

impostor

αγύρτης

Betrüger

Hochstapler

engañador

impostor

impostrice

ingannatore

impostora

απατεώνας

praestigiator

charlatan

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ɪmˈpɒstə/

Etymology

Borrowed from Middle French imposteur, respelled in the Latin manner; ultimately from Latin impositor, agent form of Latin imponere (“to impose”).