faker
noun/ˈfeɪkər/
Frequency rank: #15,555 of 20,003 in the WORDED list (wordfreq data)
Meaning
a person who pretends to be something they are not; someone who deceives others by putting on a false appearance.
Example sentence
Everyone at the party soon realized that the so-called expert was, in truth, just another faker trying to impress people.
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