bluffer

noun

Definition of bluffernext
1
as in dissembler

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2
as in speculator

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for bluffer
  1. speculator
  2. pretender
  3. sharper
  4. hypocrite
  5. charlatan
Noun
  • While short-term speculators are departing, seasoned collectors and industry experts suggest this reset is creating opportunities.
    Mark Littler, Forbes, 23 Dec. 2024
  • Toronto is full of tiny condos that no one except speculators and investors want.
    Raja Krishnamoorthi, Newsweek, 16 Dec. 2024
Definition of speculator
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
  • Yet as Russian war atrocities have become more evident, and Ukraine’s need for heavy armor has increased, the lines have grown blurrier and the rhetoric sharper.
    David E. Sanger, New York Times, 25 Apr. 2022
  • Both offer blistering acceleration and sharper handling than the standard model.
    Eric Stafford, Car and Driver, 19 Feb. 2021
Definition of sharper
Noun
  • The pardon now gives Trump and his allies the opportunity to call Biden a hypocrite and proceed having their own way with the law.
    Isaac Chotiner, The New Yorker, 2 Dec. 2024
  • Those who argue in favor of the killing of some innocent people but against the killing of other innocent people —such as those who justify the unprovoked mass murders of Oct. 7 but condemn Israel’s self-defense measures — should be exposed as hypocrites.
    Alan M. Dershowitz, New York Daily News, 22 Dec. 2024
Definition of hypocrite
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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