Faker — meaning, pronunciation & more

Definition

a person who makes deceitful pretenses

Pronunciation

🇺🇸American English

/fˈeɪkɚ/

🇬🇧British English

/fˈeɪkə/

🇮🇳Indian English

/fˈeɪkə/

2 syllables Say it as /fˈeɪkɚ/.

Synonyms & Antonyms

Synonyms

imposter sham shammer fraud pseud role player pretender impostor fake pseudo

Word Forms

pretend	verb	behave unnaturally or affectedly
fake	adjective	fraudulent; having a misleading appearance
fake	verb	tamper, with the purpose of deception
sham	adjective	adopted in order to deceive
sham	verb	make a pretence of

Around the World

Europe

🇩🇪German

Schwindler

eine Person, die betrügerische Vorspiegelungen macht

🇫🇷French

faussaire

une personne qui fait des semblants trompeurs

🇪🇸Spanish

farsante

una persona que hace pretensiones engañosas

🇮🇹Italian

falso

una persona che fa finzioni ingannevoli

🇳🇱Dutch

nepper

iemand die bedrieglijke voorwendselen doet

🇵🇹Portuguese

falsificador

uma pessoa que faz pretensões enganosas

🇷🇺Russian

мошенник

человек, который делает лживые притворства

India

🇮🇳Hindi

ठग

वह व्यक्ति जो कपटपूर्ण दिखावा करता हो

🇧🇩Bengali

জাল

একজন ব্যক্তি যে প্রতারণামূলক ভান করে

🇮🇳Tamil

போலி

வஞ்சகமான பாசாங்கு செய்யும் நபர்

🇮🇳Telugu

నకిలీ

మోసపూరిత వేషాలు చేసే వ్యక్తి

🇮🇳Marathi

बनावट

एक व्यक्ती जो फसव्या ढोंग करतो

🇮🇳Gujarati

બનાવટી

એક વ્યક્તિ જે કપટપૂર્ણ ઢોંગ કરે છે

🇮🇳Kannada

ನಕಲಿ

ಮೋಸದ ಸೋಗು ಮಾಡುವ ವ್ಯಕ್ತಿ

🇮🇳Malayalam

വ്യാജൻ

വഞ്ചനാപരമായ ഭാവങ്ങൾ ചെയ്യുന്ന ഒരു വ്യക്തി

🇮🇳Punjabi

ਜਾਅਲੀ

ਇੱਕ ਵਿਅਕਤੀ ਜੋ ਧੋਖੇਬਾਜ਼ ਦਿਖਾਵਾ ਕਰਦਾ ਹੈ

🇵🇰Urdu

جعلی

ایک شخص جو دھوکہ دہی کا ڈھونگ کرتا ہے۔

East & Southeast Asia

🇨🇳Chinese

骗子

装模作样的人

🇯🇵Japanese

偽者

欺瞞的なふりをする人

🇰🇷Korean

위조자

거짓된 척을 하는 사람

🇻🇳Vietnamese

kẻ giả mạo

một người giả vờ lừa dối

🇹🇭Thai

คนขี้แกล้ง

บุคคลที่แสร้งทำเป็นหลอกลวง

🇮🇩Indonesian

pemalsu

orang yang membuat kepura-puraan yang menipu

🇲🇾Malay

penipu

orang yang berpura-pura menipu

Middle East

🇸🇦Arabic

مزيف

الشخص الذي يقدم ادعاءات خادعة

🇮🇷Persian

جعلی

فردی که تظاهر به فریبکاری می کند

🇹🇷Turkish

sahtekar

aldatıcı iddialarda bulunan kişi

🇮🇱Hebrew

מזויף

אדם שעושה התחזות מרמה

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