dissimulator

noun

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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 cheaters in France used simple techniques to conceal their cameras, like hiding the devices in their clothing, but much more robust options exist on the open market.
    Ben Dowsett, WIRED, 10 Dec. 2024
  • The story prompted an uproar from fans of Michigan’s Big Ten opponents, who saw Harbaugh as a cheater and Michigan’s holier-than-thou image as a fraud, and urged commissioner Tony Petitti to take action.
    Austin Meek, The Athletic, 8 Aug. 2024
Definition of cheater
Noun
  • Human beings are motivated by virtue (knights) or rigid self-interest (knaves), or are passive victims of their circumstances (pawns).
    Sachin H. Jain, Forbes, 20 Dec. 2024
  • 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
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
  • 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
  • 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
  • When combined with a thermal imaging camera, the satellite link would allow the operator to home in precisely on specific targets, especially those with an obvious heat signature such as electricity generation equipment.
    David Hambling, Forbes, 24 Dec. 2024
  • Other potential 2025 losers in the Nasdaq-100 could be hotel operator Marriott International and iPhone giant Apple, which each stand to shed around 4% over the next year, according to their consensus price targets on Tuesday.
    Pia Singh, CNBC, 24 Dec. 2024
Definition of operator
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