faker
Not genuinely authentic
A faker is someone who pretends to be something they're not or feigns abilities they lack.
The word carries mild contempt—a faker isn't just mistaken but deliberately deceptive: He claimed to be a doctor but turned out to be a faker.
In sports, a faker successfully deceives opponents with misleading movements.
The word can also describe someone faking illness or injury: She's not really sick—she's a faker.
One feigning identity
- pretenderIllegitimate claimant to power
- fraudIntentional criminal trickery
- phonyFraudulent person or thing
- shamFraudulent imitation
charlatan · con artist · hoaxer · masquerader · deceiver · quack · mountebank · swindler
One who fakes currency
- forgerOne who fakes documents
- falsifierOne who distorts truth
- fabricatorCreator of lies
- counterfeitingMaking fake money
knockoff · bootleg · reproduction · imitation · plagiarist · art forger · falsification · tampering
One who deceives boldly
- posturingInsincere behavior for effect
- affectationArtificial behavior for effect
- playactingInsincere dramatic performance
- feigningPretending to feel something
put-on · facade · front · masquerade · simulation · make-believe · insincerity · dissembler
imposter
One feigning identity
- pretenderIllegitimate claimant to power
- fraudIntentional criminal trickery
- phonyFraudulent person or thing
sham · charlatan · con artist · hoaxer · masquerader · deceiver · quack · mountebank · swindler · grifter
counterfeiter
One who fakes currency
- forgerOne who fakes documents
- falsifierOne who distorts truth
- fabricatorCreator of lies
counterfeiting · knockoff · bootleg · reproduction · imitation · plagiarist · art forger · falsification · tampering · doctoring
bluffer
One who deceives boldly
- posturingInsincere behavior for effect
- affectationArtificial behavior for effect
- playactingInsincere dramatic performance
feigning · put-on · facade · front · masquerade · simulation · make-believe · insincerity · dissembler · malingerer
deceit
Deliberate misleading of others
scam · swindle · dupery · ruse · bamboozle · hoodwink · subterfuge · chicanery · sleight · manipulation
- cheaterscheat, cheater, con artist, swindler, deceiver
- Crookscrook, swindler, fraudster, embezzler, con artist
- smooth talkerssmooth talker, smooth-talker, sweet talker, sweet-talker, fast talker
- scamsscam, scams, fraud, frauds, swindle
- posersposer, poseur, wannabe, phony, phoney
- deceptionlie, lies, lying, fraud, cheat
fakergenuine article
Authentic original item
real deal · real thing · authentic · genuine · real McCoy
- fake itPretend to know
- fake newsIntentionally deceptive media content
- fake smileFeigned expression of happiness
- fake teethArtificial replacement chompers
- fake IDFraudulent identity document
- faking itPerforming authenticity without possessing it
fake, faked, faking, fakery, fakers, fakest, unfaked, fakeries, fakeness