Synonyms of poseur

poseur

noun

as in pretender

disapproving a person who dresses or behaves in a deceptive way that is meant to impress other people

Synonyms & Similar Words

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

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

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

Examples of poseur in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

As his profligacy and parties flashed bigger and brighter, his guests saw in Low no mere party-boy poseur, but a man of apparently limitless means, whatever their origin, whose interests could even enhance their own ambitions. —Michael Ames, Rolling Stone, 12 Mar. 2023

The seats just don't get it, but our guess is that the target customers for the Olds and the Chevy don't worry too much about seats and ergonomics—that's for Porsche people and other poseurs. —David E. Davis Jr., Car and Driver, 1 Mar. 2023

Kylo Ren is the J. Alfred Prufrock of space: a self-conscious poseur, needled by his own insecurities. —Richard Brod, The New Yorker, 11 Aug. 2021

More often than not, a songwriter who sets out to work both sides and the middle of that street comes off like a poseur — a pleaser without much personality. —Michael Phillips, Chicago Tribune, 9 Feb. 2023