four-flusher
All talk, nothing
A four-flusher is a bluffer or fraud—someone who pretends to have more than they do.
The term comes from poker: a player holding four cards of the same suit (one short of a flush) might bet as if they had the winning hand.
The meaning extended to anyone who makes false claims about their abilities, wealth, or intentions: He's a four-flusher who talks big but never delivers.
Faker claiming false expertise
- impostorOne feigning another's identity
- phonyFraudulent person or thing
- swindlerPerson who deceives for money
- fakerOne who pretends
sham · conman · grifter · fraudster · trickster · cheat · hoaxer · mountebank
Calculated false front
Pretense of fearlessness
- posturingInsincere behavior for effect
- blusterLoud, empty boasting
- swaggerConfident, boastful manner
- showboatOstentatious attention-seeker
facade · charade · masquerade · affectation · puffery · boast · exaggeration · ostentation
charlatan
Faker claiming false expertise
- impostorOne feigning another's identity
- phonyFraudulent person or thing
- swindlerPerson who deceives for money
faker · sham · conman · grifter · fraudster · trickster · cheat · hoaxer · mountebank · scammer
bluff
Calculated false front
ante · bet · raise · call · fold · check · pot · showdown · tells · river
bravado
Pretense of fearlessness
showboat · facade · charade · masquerade · affectation · puffery · boast · exaggeration · ostentation · artifice
four-flusherstraight shooter
Forthright, blunt person
truth-teller · genuine article · honest broker · man of his word · straight arrow
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