Synonyms and Antonyms of fakir
1
a dishonest person who uses clever means to cheat others out of something of value
- a traveling carnival that was run by fakirs preying on small-town rubes
bilk, bilker, cheat, cheater, chiseler (or chiseller), confidence man, cozener, defrauder, dodger, finagler, fraudster [chiefly British], hoaxer, scammer, scamster, shark, sharper, sharpie (or sharpy), skinner, swindler, tricker, trickster
double-crosser, double-dealer
bluffer, charlatan, fake, faker, humbug, impostor (or imposter), mountebank, phony (also phoney), pretender, quack, quacksalver, ringer, sham
adventurer, fox, gamesman, knave, prankster, rascal, rogue
fast-talker, slick, slicker, slickster, slyboots, smoothy (or smoothie), wheeler-dealer
plotter, schemer, sneak, sneaker
blackleg, cardsharp (or cardsharper)
2
one who makes false claims of identity or expertise
- a fakir peddling patent medicines that were mostly liquor and sugar
charlatan, fake, faker, fraud, hoaxer, humbug, impostor (or imposter), mountebank, phony (also phoney), pretender, quack, quacksalver, ringer, sham
copycat, imitator, impersonator, mimic
actor, bluffer, counterfeiter, deceiver, dissembler, duper, feigner, misleader, operator, trickster
poseur
cozener, defrauder, dodger, fraudster [chiefly British], scammer, scamster, sharper, sharpie (or sharpy), skinner, swindler
ace, adept, authority, crackerjack (also crackajack), expert, maestro, master, past master, professional, virtuoso, whiz, wizard
