faker

The word “faker” has 2 syllables: fak-er

It's pronounced as /ˈfeɪkər/


What is synonym and antonym for faker?

In the thesaurus, “faker” has 47 synonyms and 13 antonyms.

Here are synonyms and antonyms for faker along with examples of usage in sentences.


Synonyms for faker

  • actor
  • bluffer
  • charlatan
  • coiner
  • copycat
  • counterfeiter
  • cozener
  • deceiver
  • defrauder
  • dissembler
  • dodger
  • duper
  • fabricator
  • fake
  • fakir
  • feigner
  • forger
  • fraud
  • fraudster
  • hoaxer
  • humbug
  • imitator
  • impersonator
  • imposter
  • impostor
  • liar
  • mimic
  • misleader
  • mountebank
  • operator
  • phoney
  • phony
  • poseur
  • pretender
  • quack
  • quacksalver
  • ringer
  • scammer
  • scamster
  • sham
  • shammer
  • sharper
  • sharpie
  • sharpy
  • skinner
  • swindler
  • trickster

Antonyms for faker

  • ace
  • adept
  • authority
  • crackajack
  • crackerjack
  • expert
  • maestro
  • master
  • past master
  • professional
  • virtuoso
  • whiz
  • wizard

Meanings of faker

  • noun
    1. One who fakes something.
    2. An impostor or impersonator.
    3. A thief.
    4. A peddler of petty things.
    5. A workman who dresses things up.

Example Sentences

  • The jury saw through the defendant's lies and labeled him a faker.
  • The athlete was accused of being a faker after feigning an injury to waste time during the game.
  • Don't be fooled by his charm, he's a notorious faker who pretends to be something he's not.
  • The detective exposed the identity of the art forger, revealing him as a skilled faker.
  • Her colleagues quickly realized she was a faker when they caught her pretending to be an expert in a subject she knew little about.

On this page you'll find 60 synonyms, antonyms, or another words to faker, such as: ace, actor, adept, authority, bluffer, charlatan, coiner.

Make sure to choose synonyms and antonyms that are appropriate for the context of the sentence.

Related Words

fabricator

  • assembler
  • calumniator
  • charlatan
  • cheat
  • cheater
  • coiner
  • constructor
  • counterfeiter
  • cozener
  • deceiver
  • defamer
  • defrauder
  • developer
  • dissembler
  • dissimulator
  • distorter
  • double-dealer
  • equivocator
  • exaggerator
  • fabulist
  • faker
  • falsifier
  • fibber
  • fraud
  • gossip
  • gossiper
  • hustler
  • knave
  • liar
  • libeler
  • libelist
  • maker
  • mountebank
  • mythomaniac
  • operator
  • palterer
  • perjurer
  • pretender
  • prevaricator
  • producer
  • slanderer
  • storyteller
  • talebearer

quack

  • actor
  • bluffer
  • bum
  • bunco artist
  • charlatan
  • cheat
  • con artist
  • copycat
  • counterfeit
  • counterfeiter
  • cozener
  • deceiver
  • defrauder
  • dishonest
  • dissembler
  • dissembling
  • dodger
  • duper
  • fake
  • faker
  • fakir
  • false
  • feigner
  • flimflammer
  • four-flusher
  • fraud
  • fraudster
  • fraudulent
  • hoaxer
  • hoser
  • humbug
  • imitator
  • impersonator
  • imposter
  • impostor
  • mimic
  • misleader
  • mountebank
  • operator
  • phoney
  • phony
  • playactor
  • poseur
  • pretended
  • pretender
  • pretentious
  • pseudo
  • put on
  • quacksalver
  • ringer
  • scammer
  • scamster
  • sham
  • shammer
  • shark
  • sharp
  • sharper
  • sharpie
  • sharpy
  • simulated
  • simulator
  • skinner
  • slicker
  • swindler
  • trickster
  • unprincipled
  • whip

quacksalver

  • actor
  • bluffer
  • bum
  • bunco artist
  • charlatan
  • cheat
  • con artist
  • copycat
  • counterfeit
  • counterfeiter
  • cozener
  • deceiver
  • defrauder
  • dissembler
  • dodger
  • duper
  • fake
  • faker
  • fakir
  • feigner
  • flimflammer
  • four-flusher
  • fraud
  • fraudster
  • hoaxer
  • hoser
  • humbug
  • imitator
  • impersonator
  • imposter
  • impostor
  • mimic
  • misleader
  • mountebank
  • operator
  • phoney
  • phony
  • playactor
  • poseur
  • pretender
  • pseudo
  • put on
  • quack
  • ringer
  • scammer
  • scamster
  • sham
  • shammer
  • shark
  • sharp
  • sharper
  • sharpie
  • sharpy
  • simulator
  • skinner
  • slicker
  • swindler
  • trickster
  • whip

backslider

  • AWOL
  • Benedict Arnold
  • Judas
  • abandoner
  • absconder
  • actor
  • ame damnee
  • apostate
  • attitudinizer
  • back-stabber
  • bankrupt
  • betrayer
  • bigot
  • blackguard
  • bluffer
  • cad
  • casuist
  • charlatan
  • cheat
  • con artist
  • conspirator
  • criminal
  • crook
  • debauchee
  • debaucher
  • decadent
  • deceiver
  • decoy
  • defector
  • degenerate
  • delinquent
  • derelict
  • deserter
  • deviate
  • dissembler
  • dissenter
  • dissident
  • dissimulator
  • double-crosser
  • escapee
  • escaper
  • exile
  • fake
  • faker
  • fink
  • forsaker
  • four-flusher
  • fraud
  • fugitive
  • heel
  • heretic
  • hooky player
  • humbug
  • hypocrite
  • iconoclast
  • impostor
  • incorrigible
  • informer
  • insurgent
  • intriguer
  • knave
  • lawbreaker
  • lecher
  • libertine
  • lip server
  • lost sheep
  • lost soul
  • malingerer
  • masquerader
  • miscreant
  • mountebank
  • mutineer
  • no-show
  • nonconformist
  • outlaw
  • perv
  • pervert
  • pharisee
  • phony
  • playactor
  • playboy
  • playgirl
  • poser
  • pretender
  • profligate
  • quack
  • quisling
  • rake
  • rakehell
  • rascal
  • rat
  • rebel
  • recidivist
  • recreant
  • refugee
  • renegade
  • reprobate
  • rip
  • rogue
  • runaway
  • satyr
  • schismatic
  • scoundrel
  • smoothie
  • snake
  • snake in the grass
  • sneak
  • snitch
  • snitcher
  • sophist
  • spy
  • squealer
  • stool pigeon
  • swindler
  • tattletale
  • tergiversator
  • traducer
  • traitor
  • treasonist
  • trickster
  • truant
  • turnabout
  • turncoat
  • two-face
  • two-timer
  • villain
  • whistle-blower
  • wolf

fake

  • Janus-faced
  • Pecksniffian
  • act
  • actor
  • ad-lib
  • adulterate
  • adulterated
  • affect
  • affected
  • artful
  • artificial
  • assume
  • assumed
  • automatic
  • backhanded
  • bastard
  • bluff
  • bluffer
  • bogus
  • brummagem
  • bum
  • calculated
  • camouflage
  • campy
  • canned
  • canting
  • charlatan
  • cheat
  • claptrap
  • conceal
  • concoct
  • concocted
  • conscious
  • contrive
  • contrived
  • conventional
  • copy
  • copycat
  • counterfeit
  • counterfeiter
  • cozener
  • crib
  • cultivated
  • cultured
  • cute
  • cutesy
  • deceitful
  • deceiver
  • deception
  • deceptive
  • defrauder
  • deke
  • deliberate
  • delusive
  • designer
  • devious
  • devise
  • disguise
  • dishonest
  • dissemble
  • dissembler
  • dissimulate
  • doctor
  • doctored
  • dodge
  • dodger
  • double
  • double-dealing
  • double-faced
  • duffer
  • dummy
  • duper
  • duplicate
  • empty
  • engineered
  • ersatz
  • evade
  • exaggerated
  • extemporize
  • fabricate
  • fabricated
  • fabrication
  • facetious
  • facile
  • facsimile
  • factitious
  • fake out
  • faker
  • fakir
  • false
  • faux
  • feign
  • feigned
  • feigner
  • feint
  • fictitious
  • flimflam
  • forced
  • forge
  • forged
  • forgery
  • formal
  • four-flusher
  • fraud
  • fraudster
  • fraudulent
  • fudge
  • fudged
  • gaff
  • genteel
  • glib
  • gold brick
  • goody-goody
  • hatch
  • histrionic
  • hoax
  • hoaxer
  • hokey
  • hollow
  • humbug
  • hypocritical
  • imitate
  • imitation
  • imitative
  • imitator
  • impersonal
  • impersonate
  • impersonator
  • imposition
  • imposter
  • impostor
  • imposture
  • improvise
  • inauthentic
  • inflexible
  • insincere
  • invent
  • invented
  • jive
  • jocular
  • juggle
  • juggled
  • juke
  • junque
  • knockoff
  • labored
  • left-handed
  • let on
  • lip
  • make believe
  • make up
  • malinger
  • man-made
  • manipulate
  • manipulated
  • manufacture
  • manufactured
  • mask
  • masquerade
  • mealy
  • mealymouthed
  • meaningless
  • mechanical
  • melodramatic
  • mimic
  • mincing
  • misleader
  • misleading
  • mock
  • mock-up
  • mountebank
  • nonfunctioning
  • operator
  • ornamental
  • overacted
  • overdone
  • overrefined
  • pat
  • pharisaical
  • phoney
  • phoney-baloney
  • phony
  • phony-baloney
  • pinchbeck
  • pious
  • plagiarize
  • plant
  • plastic
  • play
  • playact
  • pose
  • poseur
  • premeditated
  • pretend
  • pretended
  • pretender
  • pretense
  • process
  • profess
  • pseudo
  • pump-fake
  • put on
  • put on an act
  • put-on
  • quack
  • quacksalver
  • queer
  • reduplicate
  • replica
  • replicate
  • reproduce
  • reproduction
  • rigid
  • ringer
  • sanctimonious
  • scam
  • scammer
  • scamster
  • self-righteous
  • sham
  • sharper
  • sharpie
  • sharpy
  • shoddy
  • sidestep
  • simon-pure
  • simpering
  • simulate
  • simulated
  • simulation
  • skinner
  • sleight
  • slip
  • snide
  • spoof
  • spurious
  • stiff
  • strained
  • studied
  • stutter-step
  • stylized
  • substitute
  • superficial
  • swindle
  • swindler
  • synthetic
  • theatric
  • theatrical
  • tongue-in-cheek
  • trick
  • trickster
  • two-faced
  • unauthentic
  • unctuous
  • unnatural
  • unreal
  • unrealistic
  • untruthful
  • wooden

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