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Definition of impostor : One who imposes upon others; a person who assumes a character or title not his own, for the purpose of deception; a pretender.

Synonyms:

fakir, thespian, fraudulence, cheat, imposter, pseudo, actor, quacksalver, phoney, pretender, crook, role player, dupery, put-on, hypocrite, quack, con artist, brown-nose, skulker, fixer, conman, study at quack, juke, charlatan, postiche, sham, impersonator, fake, pseud, faker, malingerer, dissembler, hoaxer, masquerader, mountebank, true, sharper, wheeler-dealer, histrion, dissimulator, humbug, hoax, deceiver, politician, liar, fraud, ringer, phony, player, shammer

Usage examples:

• My taleb, a shrewd man, said to me, " Don't you see, I told you this Algerian was an impostor?" - "Travels in the Great Desert of Sahara, in the Years of 1845 and 1846", James Richardson.
• " Certainly," said the impostor, " I can soon get rid of them, however near they may be. - "Fairy Tales of the Slav Peasants and Herdsmen", Alexander Chodsko.
• Ninety- eight, the majority of these being disinterested persons, declared that they believed the claimant to be an impostor. - "Stories Of Georgia 1896", Joel Chandler Harris.