Imposter — meaning, pronunciation & more

Definition

a person who makes deceitful pretenses

Pronunciation

🇺🇸American English

/ɪmpˈɔstɚ/

🇬🇧British English

/ɪmpˈɒstə/

🇮🇳Indian English

/ɪmpˈɒstə/

3 syllables Say it as /ɪmpˈɔstɚ/.

Synonyms & Antonyms

Synonyms

sham shammer faker 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

Hochstapler

eine Person, die betrügerische Vorspiegelungen macht

🇫🇷French

imposteur

une personne qui fait des semblants trompeurs

🇪🇸Spanish

impostor

una persona que hace pretensiones engañosas

🇮🇹Italian

impostore

una persona che fa finzioni ingannevoli

🇳🇱Dutch

bedrieger

iemand die bedrieglijke voorwendselen doet

🇵🇹Portuguese

impostor

uma pessoa que faz pretensões enganosas

🇷🇺Russian

самозванец

человек, который делает лживые притворства

India

🇮🇳Hindi

ढोंगी

वह व्यक्ति जो कपटपूर्ण दिखावा करता हो

🇧🇩Bengali

প্রতারক

একজন ব্যক্তি যে প্রতারণামূলক ভান করে

🇮🇳Tamil

ஏமாற்றுக்காரன்

வஞ்சகமான பாசாங்கு செய்யும் நபர்

🇮🇳Telugu

మోసగాడు

మోసపూరిత వేషాలు చేసే వ్యక్తి

🇮🇳Marathi

खोटे बोलणारा

एक व्यक्ती जो फसव्या ढोंग करतो

🇮🇳Gujarati

ઢોંગી

એક વ્યક્તિ જે કપટપૂર્ણ ઢોંગ કરે છે

🇮🇳Kannada

ವೇಷಧಾರಿ

ಮೋಸದ ಸೋಗು ಮಾಡುವ ವ್ಯಕ್ತಿ

🇮🇳Malayalam

വഞ്ചകൻ

വഞ്ചനാപരമായ ഭാവങ്ങൾ ചെയ്യുന്ന ഒരു വ്യക്തി

🇮🇳Punjabi

ਧੋਖੇਬਾਜ਼

ਇੱਕ ਵਿਅਕਤੀ ਜੋ ਧੋਖੇਬਾਜ਼ ਦਿਖਾਵਾ ਕਰਦਾ ਹੈ

🇵🇰Urdu

جعل ساز

ایک شخص جو دھوکہ دہی کا ڈھونگ کرتا ہے۔

East & Southeast Asia

🇨🇳Chinese

冒名顶替者

装模作样的人

🇯🇵Japanese

詐欺師

欺瞞的なふりをする人

🇰🇷Korean

사기꾼

거짓된 척을 하는 사람

🇻🇳Vietnamese

kẻ mạo danh

một người giả vờ lừa dối

🇹🇭Thai

ตัวปลอม

บุคคลที่แสร้งทำเป็นหลอกลวง

🇮🇩Indonesian

penipu

orang yang membuat kepura-puraan yang menipu

🇵🇭Filipino

impostor

isang taong gumagawa ng mapanlinlang na pagpapanggap

🇲🇾Malay

penipu

orang yang berpura-pura menipu

Middle East

🇸🇦Arabic

دجال

الشخص الذي يقدم ادعاءات خادعة

🇮🇷Persian

متقلب

فردی که تظاهر به فریبکاری می کند

🇹🇷Turkish

sahtekar

aldatıcı iddialarda bulunan kişi

🇮🇱Hebrew

מתחזה

אדם שעושה התחזות מרמה

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