ringer

Meaning

1. Someone who rings, especially a bell ringer.
2. A crowbar.

Synonyms

toller

bell ringer

dead ringer

clone

bell-ringer

collar

con man

doppelganger

double

fake

finagler

fraud

goldbrick

image

impersonator

imposter

look-alike

phony

pillory

scammer

shark

🦈

spitting image

spiv

swindler

two-timer

utterer

weasel

welcher

welsher

shammer

ganef

sandbagger

clip artist

ganof

gonif

goniff

sharpy

spit and image

spit image

the very spit of

charlatan

cheat

cheater

chimer

Translations

campanero

Glöckner

Rufstromgeber

campaner

κωδωνοκρούστης

clone

sonneur

copia

campanaro

klokkeluider

campainha

🔔

impostor

encaje

قارع الأجراس

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˈɹɪŋə(ɹ)/

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English: ringere

In summary

From Middle English ringere, rynger, ryngar, equivalent to ring (“to sound a bell”) + -er.