Faker

2 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  faker \fak"er\, n. [Sometimes erroneously written fakir.]
     1. One who fakes something; as
        (a) a thief.
        (b), a peddler of petty things.
        (c) a workman who dresses things up. [Slang]
            [Webster 1913 Suppl.]


  
     2. a person who makes deceitful pretenses.
  
     Syn: imposter, impostor, pretender, fake, fraud, sham,
          pseudo, pseud, role player.
          [WordNet 1.5]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  faker
       n : a person who makes deceitful pretenses [syn: {imposter}, {impostor},
            {pretender}, {fake}, {fraud}, {sham}, {shammer}, {pseudo},
            {pseud}, {role player}]