n. Function: noun
one who passes himself off as something or someone he is not FF1C; the presumed heir was discovered to be an impostor FF1E;
Synonyms: fake, faker, fraud, humbug, phony, pretender; compare CHARLATAN
Related Words: imitator, mimic; beguiler, deceiver, misleader; cheat, pettifogger, shyster, trickster; hypocrite; charlatan, mountebank, quack; bluffer, dissembler, four-flusher, shammer
Idioms: wolf in sheep's clothing