faker

noun

Definition of fakernext
as in fake
one who makes false claims of identity or expertise the medium was exposed as a faker who was herself making the strange noises that she claimed were from the dead

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for faker
  1. fake
  2. fraud
  3. sham
  4. pretender
  5. impostor
  6. charlatan
Noun
  • The story was updated to add details from an X employee who calls the screenshot a fake.
    Jess Weatherbed, The Verge, 3 Jan. 2025
  • In this essay for The Paris Review, Simon Wu recounts his experiences pining after, and eventually buying, six designer handbags: some real, some real but used, and one fake.
    Cheri Lucas Rowlands, Longreads, 17 Dec. 2024
Definition of fake
Noun
  • When Trump’s civil case on financial fraud ramped up in New York City — and through methods that are highly creative (and highly off-the-record) — Brourman finagled a seat with the other courtroom sketch artists, who were not entirely welcoming to this stilettoed upstart in their midst.
    Alex Morris, Rolling Stone, 16 Jan. 2025
  • Previous installments examined fraud in local governments, police vetting requirements and the water crisis in Kansas.
    Jonathan Shorman, Kansas City Star, 16 Jan. 2025
Definition of fraud
Noun
  • The 2018 election was widely considered a sham after his government banned major opposition parties from participating.
    Regina Garcia Cano, Los Angeles Times, 10 Jan. 2025
  • Speaker of the House Mike Johnson and others used this access to delegitimize every part of the proceeding, calling the trial a sham, questioning witnesses’ credibility, and accusing Merchan of bias.
    Richard Robbins, New York Daily News, 9 Jan. 2025
Definition of sham
Noun
  • Every decision carries weight, and in a league where the line between contender and pretender is razor-thin, there’s little room for error.
    Kristian Winfield, New York Daily News, 6 Jan. 2025
  • The only saving grace for City is that there is no clear pretender to take its place as the top dog in English soccer.
    Joe Prince-Wright, NBC Sports, NBC News, 20 Dec. 2024
Definition of pretender
Noun
  • However, Macy's Santa is supposed to be the real Santa, so the department store wanted to cut the famous scene where Buddy finds out about the impostor.
    Kaycee Sloan, The Enquirer, 2 Dec. 2024
  • Nearly 600,000 reports of impostor schemes, including romance scams, were received by FTC officials this year, with losses exceeding $2.1 billion.
    Tom Rogers, Newsweek, 26 Dec. 2024
Definition of impostor
Noun
  • The good, sincere members would flourish and the charlatans, the folks who over-promise to their constituents, would not.
    Gary Franks, Boston Herald, 20 Jan. 2024
  • 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
Definition of charlatan
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