fakers
They deceive others
Fakers are people who pretend to be something they're not or who feign abilities they lack.
The word carries contempt—fakers deceive others for advantage or attention: The psychic was exposed as one of many fakers preying on the grieving.
In sports, a faker might exaggerate an injury; in everyday life, someone faking expertise or emotion.
Illegitimate claimant to power
- fraudIntentional criminal trickery
- charlatanFaker claiming false expertise
- phonyFraudulent person or thing
- imposterOne feigning identity
con artist · swindler · hoaxer · deceiver · scammer · trickster · quack · mountebank
Those who create fraudulent copies
- counterfeitersMakers of fake currency
- bootleggersIllicit liquor traffickers
- piratesMaritime thieves and raiders
- copiersReproduction machines or imitators
replicators · cloners · imitators · duplicators · plagiarists · falsifiers
Insincere behavior for effect
- affectationArtificial behavior for effect
- feigningPretending to feel something
- playactingInsincere dramatic performance
- bluffingDeceiving about one's position
posing · shamming · fronting · acting · make-believe · simulation · dissimulation · insincerity
pretender
Illegitimate claimant to power
- fraudIntentional criminal trickery
- charlatanFaker claiming false expertise
- phonyFraudulent person or thing
imposter · con artist · swindler · hoaxer · deceiver · scammer · trickster · quack · mountebank · masquerader
forgers
Those who create fraudulent copies
- counterfeitersMakers of fake currency
- bootleggersIllicit liquor traffickers
- piratesMaritime thieves and raiders
copiers · replicators · cloners · imitators · duplicators · plagiarists · falsifiers
posturing
Insincere behavior for effect
- affectationArtificial behavior for effect
- feigningPretending to feel something
- playactingInsincere dramatic performance
bluffing · posing · shamming · fronting · acting · make-believe · simulation · dissimulation · insincerity · going through the motions
fakersgenuine article
Authentic original item
real deal · originals · legitimates · true believers · authentics
fakersexperts
Highly skilled practitioners
professionals · masters · virtuosos · adepts
- fake itPretend to know
- fake newsIntentionally deceptive media content
- fake smileFeigned expression of happiness
- fake teethArtificial replacement chompers
- fake IDFraudulent identity document
- fake outDeceptive maneuver to mislead