8
attention seeker
8
humbug(noun, person, true)
8
hypocrite(noun, person, fake, spy, crook)
8
pseudo(noun, person, sharp, fake, trick)
8
shammer(noun, sharp, fake, counterfeit, fraud)
7
Pretender
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cheater(noun, trickster, double-dealer, con man)
7
pseud
6
phoney orphony
5
dissembler(noun, fake, counterfeit, fraud, phony)
5
hoax(noun, fake, trick, deception, counterfeit)
4
counterfeit(noun, sharp, fake, trick, deception)
4
four-flusher(noun, person, sharp, fake, counterfeit)
4
impersonator(noun, person)
4
phoney
4
quacksalver(sharp, fake, counterfeit, fraud, charlatan)
4
rogue(noun, crook, rascal, trickster, cheater)
4
role player(noun, expression, idiom)
3
actor(noun, person)
3
beguiler(noun, person, counterfeit, deceiver, impersonator)
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