hypocrite (n)
dissembler (n)
dissimulator (n)
phony (n)
phoney (n)
pretender#1 (n)

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type n
lex_filenum 18
def a person who professes beliefs and opinions that he or she does not hold in order to conceal his or her real feelings or motives
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Hypernym deceiver, cheat, cheater, trickster, beguiler, slicker
Derivationally related form phoney → phoney
Derivationally related form phony → phony
Derivationally related form dissembler → dissemble
Hyponym smoothie, smoothy, sweet talker, charmer; Tartuffe, Tartufe; whited sepulcher, whited sepulchre
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Derivationally related form phoney → phoney
Derivationally related form phony → phony
Hyponym deceiver, cheat, cheater, trickster, beguiler, slicker
Hypernym smoothie, smoothy, sweet talker, charmer; Tartuffe, Tartufe; whited sepulcher, whited sepulchre
Derivationally related form dissemble → dissembler

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