imposture

Meaning

The act or conduct of an impostor; deception practiced under a false or assumed character; fraud or imposition

Synonyms

fraud

deceit

hoax

trickery

deception

cheating

humbug

imposition

trick

swindling

swindle

quackery

hypocrisy

bilk

dupery

delusion

cheat

sham

deceitfulness

impersonation

fallacy

gag

gammon

guile

gyp

hokum

hoodwinker

imitation

jockey

knave

lie

ploy

pretence

pretense

quibbling

scam

sophism

sophistry

spoof

stratagem

swindler

treachery

wangle

hokey-pokey

humbuggery

hypocrisv

dishonest action

underhand action

astuteness

jiggery pokery

balderdash

beguilement

beguiler

bilker

blackleg

buncombe

charlatanism

chicane

circumvention

claptrap

cog

con

crook

deceptiveness

disguise

dissimulation

do

drivel

fake

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ɪmˈpɒstjʊə(ɹ)/

Etymology

From Middle French imposture, from Late Latin impostura, Latin impostus.