shammer

English Thesaurus

1. a person who makes deceitful pretenses (noun.person)

hypernym	:	beguiler, cheat, cheater, deceiver, slicker, trickster,
definition	:	someone who leads you to believe something that is not true (noun.person)

hyponym	:	name dropper,
definition	:	someone who pretends that famous people are his/her friends (noun.person)

hyponym	:	ringer,
definition	:	a contestant entered in a competition under false pretenses (noun.person)

2. someone shirking their duty by feigning illness or incapacity (noun.person)

hypernym	:	shirker, slacker,
definition	:	a person who shirks his work or duty (especially one who tries to evade military service in wartime) (noun.person)

3. a person who makes deceitful pretenses (noun.person)

derivation	:	affect, dissemble, feign, pretend, sham,
definition	:	make believe with the intent to deceive (verb.communication)

derivation	:	bull, bullshit, fake, talk through one's hat,
definition	:	speak insincerely or without regard for facts or truths (verb.communication)

derivation	:	counterfeit, fake, forge,
definition	:	make a copy of with the intent to deceive (verb.creation)

derivation	:	act, dissemble, pretend,
definition	:	behave unnaturally or affectedly (verb.creation)

derivation	:	assume, feign, sham, simulate,
definition	:	make a pretence of (verb.creation)

derivation	:	cook, fake, falsify, fudge, manipulate, misrepresent, wangle,
definition	:	tamper, with the purpose of deception (verb.social)

derivation	:	assumed, false, fictitious, fictive, pretended, put on, sham,
definition	:	adopted in order to deceive (adj.all)

derivation	:	bastard, bogus, fake, phoney, phony,
definition	:	fraudulent; having a misleading appearance (adj.all)

4. someone shirking their duty by feigning illness or incapacity (noun.person)

derivation	:	affect, dissemble, feign, pretend, sham,
definition	:	make believe with the intent to deceive (verb.communication)

derivation	:	assume, feign, sham, simulate,
definition	:	make a pretence of (verb.creation)

derivation	:	malinger, skulk,
definition	:	avoid responsibilities and duties, e.g., by pretending to be ill (verb.social)

5. a person who makes deceitful pretenses (noun.person)

derivation	:	affect, dissemble, feign, pretend, sham,
definition	:	make believe with the intent to deceive (verb.communication)

derivation	:	bull, bullshit, fake, talk through one's hat,
definition	:	speak insincerely or without regard for facts or truths (verb.communication)

derivation	:	counterfeit, fake, forge,
definition	:	make a copy of with the intent to deceive (verb.creation)

derivation	:	act, dissemble, pretend,
definition	:	behave unnaturally or affectedly (verb.creation)

derivation	:	assume, feign, sham, simulate,
definition	:	make a pretence of (verb.creation)

derivation	:	cook, fake, falsify, fudge, manipulate, misrepresent, wangle,
definition	:	tamper, with the purpose of deception (verb.social)

derivation	:	assumed, false, fictitious, fictive, pretended, put on, sham,
definition	:	adopted in order to deceive (adj.all)

derivation	:	bastard, bogus, fake, phoney, phony,
definition	:	fraudulent; having a misleading appearance (adj.all)

6. someone shirking their duty by feigning illness or incapacity (noun.person)

derivation	:	affect, dissemble, feign, pretend, sham,
definition	:	make believe with the intent to deceive (verb.communication)

derivation	:	assume, feign, sham, simulate,
definition	:	make a pretence of (verb.creation)

derivation	:	malinger, skulk,
definition	:	avoid responsibilities and duties, e.g., by pretending to be ill (verb.social)