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Synonyms for mountebank

  • noun

Most common

fake cheat quack imposter clown quack-salver

All synonyms

Noun

1. Charlatan — one who sells by deception; a con artist

quack, imposter, fake, cheat, con-man, pretender, slicker, empiric, flimflammer, saltimbanco, humbug, deceiver, charlatan dated

Other

clown, quack-salver

Definitions

  1. n. 1

    One who sells by deception; a con artist.

Forms

Plural
mountebanks → quacks, imposters, fakes, cheats…

Example sentences

  • fake Many consumer reviews of books on Amazon are fake.
  • cheat I felt like hitting him when he tried to cheat me.
  • quack My mother thinks that the doctor is a quack.
  • imposter How do I know that you're not an imposter?
  • clown Don't tell your father you want to become a clown.

Popularity over time

Word1850 → 2019Trend
mountebanksteady
fakerising
cheatrising
quacksteady
imposterrising
clownrising

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

By length

4 letters
fake1
5 letters
cheat1, clown1, quack1
6 letters
humbug2
7 letters
slicker2, empiric
8 letters
imposter3, deceiver
9 letters
pretender3, charlatan3
11 letters
flimflammer, saltimbanco

The small number after each word is its number of syllables (humbug2 = 2 syllables).