Charlatan :
sharlatan
Synonyms :
Quack, Sham, Fraud, Fake, Impostor, Hoaxer, Cheat, Deceiver, Double-dealer, Swindler, Fraudster, Mountebank, Phony, Shark, Con man, Con artist, Scam artist, Flimflammer, Bunco artist, Snake oil salesman, Confidence man/woman
Quack, Sham, Fraud, Fake, Impostor, Hoaxer, Cheat, Deceiver, Double-dealer, Swindler, Fraudster, Mountebank, Phony, Shark, Con man, Con artist, Scam artist, Flimflammer, Bunco artist, Snake oil salesman, Confidence man/woman
English Meaning :
(Noun : A flamboyant deceiver; one who attracts customers with tricks or jokes)
(Noun : A flamboyant deceiver; one who attracts customers with tricks or jokes)
Example : Was he the charlatan and opportunist many still claim him to be?
Was he the charlatan and opportunist many still claim him to be?
Word Example from TV Shows :
the CHARLATAN who claimed descent
from the Children of the Forest.
Game of Thrones Season 7, Episode 5
the CHARLATAN who claimed descent
from the Children of the Forest.
Game of Thrones Season 7, Episode 5
Mountebank :
sharlatan
Synonyms :
Swindler, Charlatan, Confidence trickster, Fraud, Fraudster, Impostor, Trickster, Hoaxer, Con man, Flimflammer, Snake oil salesman, Sharp, Grifter, Bunco artist
Swindler, Charlatan, Confidence trickster, Fraud, Fraudster, Impostor, Trickster, Hoaxer, Con man, Flimflammer, Snake oil salesman, Sharp, Grifter, Bunco artist
English Meaning :
(Noun : A flamboyant deceiver; one who attracts customers with tricks or jokes)
(Noun : A flamboyant deceiver; one who attracts customers with tricks or jokes)
Example : All along, he was an audacious mountebank and a mendacious bully, who knew almost nothing about actual existing communism and who never identified a single Soviet agent.
All along, he was an audacious mountebank and a mendacious bully, who knew almost nothing about actual existing communism and who never identified a single Soviet agent.
Quack :
sharlatan
Synonyms :
Swindler, Charlatan, Mountebank, Trickster, Fraud, Fraudster, Impostor, Hoaxer, Con man, Snake oil salesman, Shark, Grifter
Swindler, Charlatan, Mountebank, Trickster, Fraud, Fraudster, Impostor, Hoaxer, Con man, Snake oil salesman, Shark, Grifter
English Meaning :
(Noun : An untrained person who pretends to be a physician and who dispenses medical advice)
(Verb : Utter quacking noises)
(Adjective : Medically unqualified)
(Noun : An untrained person who pretends to be a physician and who dispenses medical advice)
(Verb : Utter quacking noises)
(Adjective : Medically unqualified)
Example : Depressed by the abundance of absurd claims for quack alternative therapies, he had set up the site as a credulity experiment.
Depressed by the abundance of absurd claims for quack alternative therapies, he had set up the site as a credulity experiment.
Word Example from TV Shows :
I was also right about her hair.
It did everything but QUACK.
The Big Bang Theory Season 8, Episode 4
I was also right about her hair.
It did everything but QUACK.
The Big Bang Theory Season 8, Episode 4
