shammers
Those who fake
Shammers are people who fake or pretend—those who put on a false appearance to deceive others.
The word derives from sham, meaning something false or counterfeit.
A shammer might feign illness to avoid work or pretend to expertise they don't possess: The conference was full of shammers who'd padded their credentials.
Pretenders to authenticity
- pretendersThose falsely claiming something
- impostersThose feigning false identities
- fraudsDeceptive acts or impostors
- charlatansPretenders to special knowledge
con artists · deceivers · phonies · bluffers · poseurs · malingerers · tricksters · swindlers
fakers
Pretenders to authenticity
- pretendersThose falsely claiming something
- impostersThose feigning false identities
- fraudsDeceptive acts or impostors
charlatans · con artists · deceivers · phonies · bluffers · poseurs · malingerers · tricksters · swindlers · hoaxers
malingerers
Those faking illness
dodgers · fakers · avoiders · hypochondriacs · goldbrickers · bludgers · loafers · truants · absentees
shammersstraight shooters
Forthright, honest individuals
truth-tellers · originals · true believers · genuine articles · authentics