Topic Thesaurus
Roget's Thesaurus

Deceiver

Nouns
  • deceiver etc. (deceive) etc. Deception
  • dissembler, hypocrite
  • sophist, Pharisee, Jesuit, Mawworm, Pecksniff, Joseph Surface, Tartufe, Janus
  • serpent, snake in the grass, cockatrice, Judas, wolf in sheep's clothing
  • jilt
  • shuffler, stool pigeon. liar etc. (lie) etc. Falsehood
  • story-teller, perjurer, false witness, Scapin
  • bunko steerer [U.S.], carpetbagger [U.S.], capper [U.S.], faker, fraud, four flusher [Slang], horse coper, ringer [Slang], spieler, straw bidder [U.S.]. imposter, pretender, humbug
  • adventurer
  • Cagliostro, Fernam Mendez Pinto
  • ass in lion's skin etc. (bungler) Bungler
  • actor etc. (stage player) The Drama. quack, charlatan, mountebank, saltimbanco, saltimbanque, empiric, quacksalver, medicaster, Rosicrucian, gypsy
  • man of straw. conjuror, juggler, trickster, prestidigitator, jockey
  • crimp, decoy, decoy duck
  • rogue, knave, cheat
  • swindler etc. (thief) Thief
  • jobber.
Phrases
  • saint abroad and a devil at home" [Bunyan].