NOUN | person | shammer, malingerer, skulker | someone shirking / shirking their duty by feigning illness or incapacity |
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person | shammer, imposter, impostor, pretender, fake, faker, fraud, sham, pseudo, pseud, role player | a person who makes deceitful pretenses |
Meaning | someone shirking / shirking their duty by feigning illness or incapacity. | |
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Synonyms | malingerer, skulker | |
Broader | slacker, shirker | A person who shirks / shirks his work or duty (especially one who tries to evade military service in wartime) |
Spanish | absentista, escaqueado, remolón, simulador, zanguango | |
Catalan | escacat, escaquejat | |
Verbs | sham | make believe with the intent to deceive / deceive |
sham | make a pretence of |
Meaning | A person who makes deceitful pretenses. | |
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Synonyms | imposter, impostor, pretender, fake, faker, fraud, sham, pseudo, pseud, role player | |
Narrower | name dropper | someone who pretends that famous people are his/her friends |
ringer | A contestant entered in a competition under false pretenses | |
Broader | deceiver, cheat, cheater, trickster, beguiler, slicker | someone who leads you to believe something that is not true |
Spanish | embaucador, embustero, farsante, impostora, impostor, simulador | |
Catalan | engalipador, ensibornador, entabanador, farsaire, farsant, impostor, pseudo | |
Verbs | sham | make believe with the intent to deceive / deceive |
sham | make a pretence of |
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