Akademik

imposter
noun
a person who makes deceitful pretenses
• Syn:
↑impostor, ↑pretender, ↑fake, ↑faker, ↑fraud, ↑sham, ↑shammer, ↑pseudo, ↑pseud, ↑role player
• Derivationally related forms: ↑sham (for: ↑shammer), ↑sham (for: ↑sham), ↑fake (for: ↑faker), ↑fake (for: ↑fake), ↑pretend (for: ↑pretender)
• Hypernyms: ↑deceiver, ↑cheat, ↑cheater, ↑trickster, ↑beguiler, ↑slicker
• Hyponyms: ↑name dropper, ↑ringer

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imposter
obs. f. impostor; see impost v.2

Useful english dictionary. 2012.