Deceiver is the most comprehensive term, including all the other words of the group. The deceiver seeks to give false impressions of any matter where he has an end to gain; the dissembler or hypocrite seeks to give false impressions in regard to himself.

J. C. Fernald, English Synonyms and Antonyms (1914)

Example sentences

cheat I felt like hitting him when he tried to cheat me.
hypocrite The word "hypocrite" originally meant "actor."
swindler She went so far as to say that he was a swindler.
liar He told me he was a liar, but I don't believe him.
traitor Their leader is regarded as a traitor to the nation.

Popularity over time

Word	1850 → 2019	Trend
deceiver		rising
cheat		rising
hypocrite		rising
trickster		rising
swindler		steady
liar		rising

Use in printed books, per decade from 1850 to 2019.

By length

4 letters: liar²
5 letters: fraud¹, cheat¹, phony²
6 letters: phoney², cogger
7 letters: traitor², cheater², slicker², shammer
8 letters: imposter³, swindler³, beguiler
9 letters: hypocrite³, trickster², pretender³, charlatan³
10 letters: mountebank

The small number after each word is its number of syllables (liar² = 2 syllables).

In other languages

Français: trompeuse
Deutsch: Betrügerin