🎭mountebank

noun
/ˈmaʊntɪˌbæŋk/

Meaning

A charlatan or trickster who deceives others, often for personal gain.

Example Sentences

The crowd was fooled by the mountebank’s false promises.

Synonyms

charlatan, fraud, impostor, trickster, swindler

Antonyms

honest person, genuine, truth-teller

Collocations

clever mountebank, political mountebank, mountebank tricks

Related Vocabularies

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A person's behavior or manners, especially in a formal situation.
the final part of something, such as a story, event, or period of time

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