quacks

The word “quacks” has 1 syllable: quacks

It's pronounced as /kwæks/


What is synonym and antonym for quacks?

In the thesaurus, “quacks” has 41 synonyms and 15 antonyms.

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


Synonyms for quacks

  • actors
  • bluffers
  • charlatans
  • copycats
  • counterfeiters
  • cozeners
  • deceivers
  • defrauders
  • dissemblers
  • dodgers
  • duper
  • fakers
  • fakes
  • fakirs
  • feigners
  • frauds
  • fraudsters
  • hoaxers
  • humbugs
  • imitators
  • impersonators
  • imposters
  • impostors
  • mimics
  • misleaders
  • mountebanks
  • operators
  • phoneys
  • phonies
  • poseurs
  • pretenders
  • quacksalvers
  • ringers
  • scammers
  • scamsters
  • shams
  • sharpers
  • sharpies
  • skinners
  • swindlers
  • tricksters

Antonyms for quacks

  • aces
  • adepts
  • authorities
  • crackajacks
  • crackerjacks
  • experts
  • maestri
  • maestros
  • masters
  • past masters
  • professionals
  • virtuosi
  • virtuosos
  • whizzes
  • wizards

Meanings of quacks

  • noun
    1. The sound made by a duck.
    2. A fraudulent healer or incompetent professional; especially, a doctor of medicine who makes false diagnoses or inappropriate treatment; an impostor who claims to have qualifications to practice medicine.
    3. A charlatan.
    4. A doctor.
  • verb
    1. To make a noise like a duck.
    2. To practice or commit quackery (fraudulent medicine).
    3. To make vain and loud pretensions.

Example Sentences

  • The lake echoed with the playful quacks of the resident ducks.
  • In the park, children giggled at the amusing quacks of the ducklings.
  • Farmers often rely on the natural pest control provided by ducks and their distinctive quacks.
  • Tourists flocked to the pond, charmed by the harmonious quacks of the waterfowl.
  • As dusk fell, the serene evening was accompanied by the soothing quacks of ducks returning to their nests.

On this page you'll find 56 synonyms, antonyms, or another words to quacks, such as: aces, actors, adepts, authorities, bluffers, charlatans, copycats.

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  • views
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fake

  • Janus-faced
  • Pecksniffian
  • act
  • actor
  • ad-lib
  • adulterate
  • adulterated
  • affect
  • affected
  • artful
  • artificial
  • assume
  • assumed
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  • backhanded
  • bastard
  • bluff
  • bluffer
  • bogus
  • brummagem
  • bum
  • calculated
  • camouflage
  • campy
  • canned
  • canting
  • charlatan
  • cheat
  • claptrap
  • conceal
  • concoct
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  • conscious
  • contrive
  • contrived
  • conventional
  • copy
  • copycat
  • counterfeit
  • counterfeiter
  • cozener
  • crib
  • cultivated
  • cultured
  • cute
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  • deceitful
  • deceiver
  • deception
  • deceptive
  • defrauder
  • deke
  • deliberate
  • delusive
  • designer
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  • devise
  • disguise
  • dishonest
  • dissemble
  • dissembler
  • dissimulate
  • doctor
  • doctored
  • dodge
  • dodger
  • double
  • double-dealing
  • double-faced
  • duffer
  • dummy
  • duper
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  • empty
  • engineered
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  • evade
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  • extemporize
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  • facile
  • facsimile
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  • fake out
  • faker
  • fakir
  • false
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  • feign
  • feigned
  • feigner
  • feint
  • fictitious
  • flimflam
  • forced
  • forge
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  • 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
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  • improvise
  • inauthentic
  • inflexible
  • insincere
  • invent
  • invented
  • jive
  • jocular
  • juggle
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  • juke
  • junque
  • knockoff
  • labored
  • left-handed
  • let on
  • lip
  • make believe
  • make up
  • malinger
  • man-made
  • manipulate
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  • mask
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  • mealy
  • mealymouthed
  • meaningless
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  • mimic
  • mincing
  • misleader
  • misleading
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  • mountebank
  • nonfunctioning
  • operator
  • ornamental
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  • phoney
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  • pinchbeck
  • pious
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  • premeditated
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  • put on
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  • put-on
  • quack
  • quacksalver
  • queer
  • reduplicate
  • replica
  • replicate
  • reproduce
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  • rigid
  • ringer
  • sanctimonious
  • scam
  • scammer
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  • self-righteous
  • sham
  • sharper
  • sharpie
  • sharpy
  • shoddy
  • sidestep
  • simon-pure
  • simpering
  • simulate
  • simulated
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  • 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

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

fakers

  • actors
  • bluffers
  • charlatans
  • copycats
  • counterfeiters
  • cozeners
  • deceivers
  • defrauders
  • dissemblers
  • dodgers
  • duper
  • fakes
  • fakirs
  • feigners
  • frauds
  • fraudsters
  • hoaxers
  • humbugs
  • imitators
  • impersonators
  • imposters
  • impostors
  • mimics
  • misleaders
  • mountebanks
  • operators
  • phoneys
  • phonies
  • poseurs
  • pretenders
  • quacks
  • quacksalvers
  • ringers
  • scammers
  • scamsters
  • shams
  • sharpers
  • sharpies
  • skinners
  • swindlers
  • tricksters

fakes

  • actors
  • acts
  • ad-libs
  • adulterates
  • affects
  • assumes
  • bastards
  • bluffers
  • bluffs
  • brummagems
  • camouflages
  • charlatans
  • conceals
  • concocts
  • contrives
  • copies
  • copycats
  • counterfeiters
  • counterfeits
  • cozeners
  • cribs
  • deceivers
  • defrauders
  • dekes
  • devises
  • disguises
  • dissemblers
  • dissembles
  • dissimulates
  • doctors
  • dodgers
  • dodges
  • duffers
  • dummies
  • duper
  • duplicates
  • evades
  • extemporizes
  • fabricates
  • facsimiles
  • fakers
  • fakes out
  • fakirs
  • feigners
  • feigns
  • feints
  • forgeries
  • forges
  • frauds
  • fraudsters
  • fudges
  • gaffs
  • hatches
  • hoaxers
  • hoaxes
  • humbug
  • humbugs
  • imitates
  • imitators
  • impersonates
  • impersonators
  • imposters
  • impostors
  • impostures
  • improvises
  • invents
  • juggles
  • jukes
  • knockoffs
  • lets on
  • makes believe
  • makes up
  • malingers
  • manipulates
  • manufactures
  • masks
  • masquerades
  • mimics
  • misleaders
  • mock-ups
  • mountebanks
  • operators
  • phoneys
  • phonies
  • plagiarizes
  • playacts
  • plays
  • poses
  • poseurs
  • pretenders
  • pretends
  • professes
  • pump-fakes
  • puts on
  • quacks
  • quacksalvers
  • reduplicates
  • replicas
  • replicates
  • reproduces
  • reproductions
  • ringers
  • scammers
  • scamsters
  • shams
  • sharpers
  • sharpies
  • shoddies
  • sidesteps
  • simulates
  • simulations
  • skinners
  • slips
  • spoofs
  • stutter-steps
  • swindlers
  • swindles
  • synthetics
  • tricksters

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