counterfeiter

noun

Definition of counterfeiternext
as in imposter

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for counterfeiter
  1. pretender
  2. impostor
  3. charlatan
  4. hypocrite
  5. fake
Noun
  • Ball could be that piece to turn the Rockets from pretenders to contenders.
    Benedict Cosgrove, Newsweek, 19 Dec. 2024
  • Just this week alone, there's potential for some of these contenders to fall into the pretender pool.
    Chase Goodbread, The Tennessean, 20 Nov. 2024
Definition of pretender
Noun
  • 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
  • But don’t be fooled — what might seem like a clandestine cannabis crop is often just a harmless impostor.
    Brandi D. Addison, Austin American-Statesman, 25 June 2024
Definition of impostor
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
  • 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
  • These protestors are fighting for a hypocrite, not a hero.
    Hannah Parry, Newsweek, 18 Dec. 2024
Definition of hypocrite
Noun
  • YouTubers are used to carefully scanning supposed offers to weed out the real ones from the fakes.
    Ashley Belanger, Ars Technica, 19 Dec. 2024
  • Give customers and readers tools to identify the real from the fake. 4.
    Mary Meehan, Forbes, 17 Dec. 2024
Definition of fake
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