dissimulator

noun

Definition of dissimulatornext
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  1. cheat
  2. cheater
  3. knave
  4. charlatan
  5. pretender
  6. mountebank
  7. operator
Noun
  • And Justin Fields’ legs are like a cheat code near the goal line.
    The Athletic NFL Staff, The Athletic, 21 Nov. 2024
  • Theresa May is selling out the UK to a serial liar and a cheat.
    Orianna Rosa Royle, Fortune, 6 Nov. 2024
Definition of cheat
Noun
  • The alleged cheater in this case hasn’t been seen since, and Berkey wonders if he was banned from this and possibly other casinos.
    Ben Dowsett, WIRED, 10 Dec. 2024
  • Be proactive; weakness will attract scammers, liars and cheaters.
    Eugenia Last, The Mercury News, 4 Nov. 2024
Definition of cheater
Noun
  • Still, our heroes are not traditional heroes but rather scoundrels and knaves and outcasts, all of whom have complex inner turmoil and compelling character arcs.
    Erik Kain, Forbes, 2 Oct. 2024
  • Alice begs for the knave’s freedom, putting herself in danger.
    Liesbeth Powers, Dallas News, 27 May 2023
Definition of knave
Noun
  • Tartuffe, a charismatic charlatan, insinuates himself into the lives of a wealthy family, setting off a chain reaction of disruption and pandemonium.
    Del Mar Times, San Diego Union-Tribune, 20 Feb. 2024
  • But in Wicked, he's elevated to an even more sinister place — not merely a charlatan, but a fraud who has seized power and wants to use the magic of others to create a totalitarian world that answers to his every whim.
    Maureen Lee Lenker, EW.com, 23 Nov. 2024
Definition of charlatan
Noun
  • In Saturday's game at Arizona (1:30 p.m., FOX) ASU has the chance to do something it's done only once before this century: go undefeated in November, the month in which good teams separate themselves from early-season pretenders.
    Matthew Self, The Arizona Republic, 26 Nov. 2024
  • Other pretender brands like Stellantis’s DS, and Hyundai’s Genesis look to be fighting a losing battle.
    Neil Winton, Forbes, 8 Oct. 2024
Definition of pretender
Noun
  • Gould observed that Jerry Falwell had taken up the mountebank’s mission of William Jennings Bryan.
    Michael Hiltzik, Los Angeles Times, 26 July 2024
  • Now, this pallid Color Purple epitomizes the artistic dearth of an era when a cultural mountebank like Winfrey uses race and feminist guile to cheat us of America’s most creative achievements.
    Armond White, National Review, 3 Jan. 2024
Definition of mountebank
Noun
  • Byte Federal, a leading Bitcoin ATM operator in the United States, has disclosed a data breach that compromised the sensitive personal information of approximately 58,000 customers.
    Lars Daniel, Forbes, 13 Dec. 2024
  • The largest operator of minor league baseball teams bought the Modesto Nuts and plans to move the team to San Bernardino in 2026, the Nuts announced Thursday.
    Austin Knoblauch, Los Angeles Times, 13 Dec. 2024
Definition of operator
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