deceiver (n)
cheat (n)
cheater (n)
trickster#1 (n)
beguiler#1 (n)
slicker (n)

n09998101

type n
lex_filenum 18
def someone who leads you to believe something that is not true
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Hypernym wrongdoer, offender
Derivationally related form beguiler → beguile
Derivationally related form trickster → trick; trickster → trick
Derivationally related form cheater → cheat; cheater → cheat; cheater → cheat
Derivationally related form cheat → cheat
Derivationally related form deceiver → deceive
Hyponym bluffer, four-flusher; swindler, defrauder, chiseller, chiseler, gouger, scammer, grifter; decoy, steerer; dodger, fox, slyboots; double-crosser, double-dealer, two-timer, betrayer, traitor; embezzler, defalcator, peculator; falsifier; finagler, wangler; forger, counterfeiter; fortune hunter; front man, front, figurehead, nominal head, straw man, strawman; hypocrite, dissembler, dissimulator, phony, phoney, pretender; impersonator, imitator; imposter, impostor, pretender, fake, faker, fraud, sham, shammer, pseudo, pseud, role player; liar, prevaricator; misleader; mountebank, charlatan; obscurantist; sandbagger; two-timer; utterer
Incoming links
Derivationally related form trick → trickster; trick → trickster
Hyponym wrongdoer, offender
Hypernym bluffer, four-flusher; swindler, defrauder, chiseller, chiseler, gouger, scammer, grifter; decoy, steerer; dodger, fox, slyboots; double-crosser, double-dealer, two-timer, betrayer, traitor; embezzler, defalcator, peculator; falsifier; finagler, wangler; forger, counterfeiter; fortune hunter; front man, front, figurehead, nominal head, straw man, strawman; hypocrite, dissembler, dissimulator, phony, phoney, pretender; impersonator, imitator; imposter, impostor, pretender, fake, faker, fraud, sham, shammer, pseudo, pseud, role player; liar, prevaricator; misleader; mountebank, charlatan; obscurantist; sandbagger; two-timer; utterer
Derivationally related form deceive → deceiver
Derivationally related form cheat → cheater; cheat → cheater; cheat → cheater
Derivationally related form cheat → cheat
Derivationally related form beguile → beguiler

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