frivolous :

adjective
1.
not having any serious purpose or value.
"frivolous ribbons and lacy frills"
syn flippant, glib, waggish, joking, jokey, lightony hearted, facetious, fatuous, inane, shallow,super
ms: ficial, senseless, thoughtless, ill-considered, non
-serious;
archaic frolicsome, sportive, jocose
"they never indulged in frivolous remarks"
impractical, frothy, flimsy, insubstantial"her face was thickly painted and her clothes
were frivolous"
time-wasting, trivial, trifling, minor, petty, lightwe
ight, insignificant, unimportant,worthless, valuele
ss, pointless, paltry, niggling, peripheral
"new rules to stop frivolous lawsuits"

(of a person) carefree and superficial "the frivolous, fun-loving flappers of the twenties"
synon giddy, silly, foolish, facetious, zany, lightyms: hearted, merry, superficial, shallow, lacking
seriousness, non-serious, light-minded, whim
sical, skittish, flighty, irresponsible,thoughtles
s, lacking in sense, feather-brained, emptyheaded, pea-brained, birdbrained,vacuous, v
apid;

informal
dizzy, dippy, dopey, batty, dotty, nutty;
informal ditzy
"all of the girls were indolent and frivolous"

gourmand:
@ a person who enjoys eating and often eats too
much.
synonyms: glutton, gourmandizer, overeater, big /
good eater, (good) trencherman, (good) trencher
woman; informal pig, greedy pig, hog, gannet,
greedy guts, gutbucket, human dustbin, gobbler,
guzzler; informal chowhound
Eg - "gourmands who care more for quantity than
quality"
a connoisseur of good food; a gourmet.

fritter:
@ waste time, money, or energy on trifling matters.
Eg - "I wish we hadn't frittered the money away so
easily"
synonyms: squander, waste, misuse, misspend,
spend unwisely, throw away, dissipate, make poor

use of; overspend, spend like water, throw around

like confetti, be prodigal with, be wastefully
extravagant with, run through, get through, lose, let
money slip through one's fingers; informal blow,
splurge, pour/chuck something down the drain,
spend money as if it grew on trees, spend money as
if there were no tomorrow, spend money as if it were
going out of style; informal blue; vulgar slang piss
away
@ "he frittered away the money his father left him"

archaic :
@ divide (something) into small pieces.
Eg - "they become frittered into minute tatters"

ennui:
@ a feeling of listlessness and dissatisfaction arising
from a lack of occupation or excitement.
Eg - "he succumbed to ennui and despair"
syn boredom, tedium, listlessness, lethargy, lassitud
ony e, languor, restlessness, weariness,sluggishnes
ms: s, enervation;
malaise, dissatisfaction, unhappiness, uneasine
ss, unease,melancholy, depression, desponden

cy, dejection, disquiet;

Eg - "an ennui bred of long familiarity"

irksome:
@ irritating; annoying.
Eg - "an irksome journey"
synonyms: irritating, annoying, vexing, vexatious,
galling, exasperating, displeasing, grating,
disagreeable; tiresome, wearisome, tedious, trying,
troublesome, burdensome, bothersome, awkward,
inconvenient, difficult, boring, uninteresting;
infuriating, maddening; informal pesky, cussed,
confounded, infernal, pestiferous, plaguy, pestilent
Eg - "an irksome task"

elated

English

energetic

English

Adjective

Alternative forms

(en-adj)

* energetick (obsolete)

Extremely happy
and excited;
delighted; pleased.

Adjective

She
was elated with
her new car.
Synonyms
* ecstatic * euphoric
* exultant * joyful *
jubilant * overjoyed
Antonyms
* displeased *
dissatisfied

(en-adj)
Possessing, exerting,
or displaying energy.
Cosmic rays
are energetic particle
s from outer space.
Those kids are
so energetic : they
want to run around
playing all day.
Of or relating to energy.
energetic laws

Derived terms

Usage notes

* elatedly (adverb) *
elation (noun)

* Nouns to which
"energetic" is often
applied: person, man,
woman, child, life, material,
particle, ion, healing,

Verb
(head)

 (elate)

anatomy, etc. * Where

non-English languages use
an adjective analogous to
"energetic", English often
uses "energy" attributively:
"energy efficiency" is much
more common than
"energetic efficiency".
Derived terms
* energetically

exhausted

tired

English

English

Adjective

Verb

(en-adj)

tired

Depleted; in a state of
exhaustion.

(tire)

The exhausted man

fell asleep
immediately.
The exhausted min
e was worthless
once all the ore had
been extracted.
Synonyms
* See also
Derived terms

Adjective
(en-adj)
In need of some
rest or sleep.
Fed up, annoyed,
irritated, sick of.
I'm tired of this
Overused]],
[[clich.
a tired song

* exhaustedly

Usage notes

Verb

* Adverbs often
applied to "tired":
physically, mentally,
emotionally.

exhausted
(exhaust)

Synonyms

reveal verb:
@ to make known or show something that
is surprising or that waspreviously secret:
Eg - He was jailed for revealing secrets to the
Russians.
[ + that ] Her biography revealed that she was not
as rich as everyone thought.
[ + question word ] He would not reveal where he
had hidden her chocolate eggs.
to allow something to be seen that, until then, had
been hidden:
A gap in the clouds revealed the Atlantic far below.
More examples

The committee pressed him to reveal

more information.

The journalist refused to reveal her sources.

The survey reveals that two-thirds

of married women earn less than their husbands.

A close inspection revealed minute cracks in

the aircraft's fuselage and wings.

The curtains parted, revealing

a darkened stage.

obsequious: adjective
@ 1. too eager to serve or obey someone:
@ 2. too eager to help or obey someone
important
@ 3. too eager to praise or obey someone:
Eg- She is embarrassingly obsequious to
anyone in authority.
@ 4. Obedient or attentive to an excessive or
servile degree
Eg - they were served by obsequious waiters

fervent - adjective:
1. used to describe beliefs that are strongly and
sincerely felt or people who have strong and
sincere beliefs:
Eg - a fervent supporter of the communist party
Eg - It is his fervent hope that a peaceful solution
will soon be found.

2. very hot : glowing

3. exhibiting or marked by great intensity of
feeling
4. Having or displaying a passionate intensity:
Eg - a fervent supporter of the revolution.
5. archaic Hot, burning, or glowing.
Eg - The "eternal fire" also symbolizes the love
of homeland which is always alive like a fervent
fire.
Eg - But carrying in our hearts fervent coals of
His hope and faith we can journey in the courage
of His peace.
6. having or showing great warmth or intensity of
spirit, feeling, enthusiasm, etc.; ardent:
a fervent admirer; a fervent plea.
7. showing strong and sincere feelings or
beliefs:
Eg - She was a fervent supporter of art and
culture.

Merging :
verb (used with object), merged, merging.
1. to cause to combine or coalesce; unite.
2. to combine, blend, or unite gradually so as to
blur the individuality or individual identity of:
Eg - They voted to merge the two branch offices
into a single unit.
3. verb (used without object), merged, merging.
4. to become combined, united, swallowed up, or
absorbed; lose identity by uniting or blending
(often followed by in or into):
Eg - This stream merges into the river up ahead.
5. to combine or unite into a single enterprise,
organization, body, etc.:
Eg - The two firms merged last year.
6. Combine or cause to combine to form a single
entity:
Eg - [NO OBJECT]: the merchant bank merged
with another broker

Eg - [WITH OBJECT]: he agreed to merge his

broadcasting company with a multinational
concern.
More example sentences Synonyms
7. Blend or cause to blend gradually into
something else so as to become
indistinguishable from it:
Eg - [NO OBJECT]: he crouched low and
endeavoured to merge into the darkness of the
forest
Eg - [WITH OBJECT]: he placed a sheet of paper
over the fresh paint to merge the colours.

As adjectives the difference

between cautious and frivolous
is that cautious is careful; using or exercising
caution; tentative while frivolous is silly, especially
at an inappropriate time or in an inappropriate
manner.

cautious

frivolous

English

English

Adjective

Adjective

(en-adj)

(en-adj)

careful; using
or exercising
caution; tentative

Silly, especially at an
inappropriate time or in an
inappropriate manner.

He took a
few cautiou
s steps out
the door.
Synonyms
* See also
Antonyms
* neglecting *
careless
Derived terms
* overcautious

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One of the major cost
drivers in the delivery of
health care are these
junk
and frivolouslawsuits.
Of little weight or
importance; not worth
notice; slight.
In litigation, a lawsuit
filed by a party who is

aware the claim is without

merit and has no
reasonable prospect of
success because of a lack
of supporting legal or factual
basis.
Derived terms
* frivolent * frivolously *
frivolousness
Related terms * frivol *
frivolity

scold:
verb (used with object)
1. to find fault with angrily; chide; reprimand:
Eg - The teacher scolded me for being late.
verb (used without object)
2. to find fault; reprove.
3.to use abusive language.
noun

4.a person who is constantly scolding, often with

loud and abusive speech.
5.common scold.
NOUN
@ An angry rebuke or reprimand:
Eg - shed get a scolding from Victoria.
6. to speak to someone angrily because you
disapprove of their behaviour:
7. to criticize angrily someone who has done
something wrong:
Eg - His mother scolded him for breaking the
window.

frivolous:
adjective
1. not having any serious purpose or value.
"frivolous ribbons and lacy frills"
synonyms: flippant, glib, waggish, joking, jokey,
light-hearted, facetious, fatuous, inane, shallow,
superficial, senseless, thoughtless, ill-

considered, non-serious; informal flip; informal

daft; archaic frolic-some, sportive, jocose
Eg - "they never indulged in frivolous remarks"
impractical, frothy, flimsy, insubstantial
Eg -"her face was thickly painted and her clothes
were frivolous"
time-wasting, trivial, trifling, minor, petty,
lightweight, insignificant, unimportant,
worthless, valueless, pointless, paltry, niggling,
peripheral
Eg - "new rules to stop frivolous lawsuits"
(of a person) carefree and superficial.
Eg - "the frivolous, fun-loving flappers of the
twenties"
synonyms: giddy, silly, foolish, facetious, zany,
light-hearted, merry, superficial, shallow, lacking
seriousness, non-serious, light-minded,
whimsical, skittish, flighty, irresponsible,
thoughtless, lacking in sense, feather-brained,
empty-headed, pea-brained, bird brained,

vacuous, vapid; informal dizzy, dippy, dopey,

batty, dotty, nutty; informal ditzy
Eg - "all of the girls were indolent and frivolous"

resent : verb
Eg - to feel angry because you have been forced
@ to accept someone or something that you do
not like:
@ to criticize in a loud and angry way:
Eg - She bitterly resented her father's new wife.
[ + -ing verb ]
Eg - He resents having to explain his work to
other people.
Eg - People still resent the closure of the local
school.
Eg - I resent paying extra for my drink just
because it's in a posey bottle!
Eg - We resent these insinuations that we are not
capable of leading the company forward.
Eg - I resent it that my job is starting to encroach
on my family life.

Eg - He resents the way his ideas have been

hijacked by others in the department.
@ Bitter indignation at having been treated

unfairly:
Eg - his resentment at being demoted
[COUNT NOUN]: some people harbour
resentments going back many years.
@ the feeling of displeasure or indignation at
some act, remark, person, etc., regarded as
causing injury or insult.

admonish: verb
@ reprimand firmly.
Eg - "she admonished me for appearing at
breakfast unshaven"
synonyms: reprimand, rebuke, scold, reprove,
upbraid, chastise, chide, censure, castigate,
lambaste, berate, reproach, lecture, criticize, take
to task, pull up, read the Riot Act to, give a piece

of one's mind to, haul over the coals; informal

tell off, give someone a telling-off, dress down,
give someone a dressing-down, bawl out, pitch
into, lay into, lace into, blow up, give someone
an earful, give someone a roasting, give
someone a rocket, give someone a rollicking, rap
over the knuckles, slap someone's wrist, send
someone away with a flea in their ear, let
someone have it, give someone hell; informal
tick off, have a go at, carpet, tear someone off a
strip, monster, give someone a mouthful, give
someone what for, give someone some stick,
give someone a wigging; informal chew out,
ream out; vulgar slang bollock, give someone a
bollocking; dated trim, rate, give someone a
rating; rare reprehend, objurgate
"he was severely admonished by his father"
advise or urge (someone) earnestly.
Eg - "she admonished him to drink no more than
one glass of wine"

synonyms: advise, recommend, urge, caution,

warn, counsel, exhort, implore, beseech, entreat,
encourage, bid, enjoin, adjure, push, pressure
Eg - "she admonished him to drink no more than
one glass of wine"
archaic warn (someone) of something to be
avoided.
Eg - "he admonished the people against the evil
of such practices"

vivacious: adjective
(especially of a woman) attractively lively and
animated.
Eg - "her vivacious and elegant mother"
synonyms: lively, animated, full of life, spirited,
high-spirited, effervescent, bubbling, bubbly,
ebullient, buoyant, sparkling, scintillating, lighthearted, carefree, happy-go-lucky, jaunty, merry,
happy, jolly, joyful, full of fun, full of the joys of
spring, cheery, cheerful, perky, sunny, airy,
breezy, bright, enthusiastic, irrepressible,

vibrant, vivid, vital, zestful, energetic, dynamic,

vigorous, full of vim and vigour, lusty; informal
bright-eyed and bushy-tailed, bright and breezy,
peppy, zingy, zippy, bouncy, upbeat, chirpy, full
of beans, chipper; informal peart; dated gay
Eg - "she was a pretty and vivacious brunette"

Imbecility:
@ Is a medical category of people with moderate
to severe intellectual disability, as well as a type
of criminal.
@ a person who behaves in an extremely stupid
way:
1. an instance or point of weakness; feebleness;
incapability.
2. stupidity; silliness; absurdity.
3. an instance of this.
a : utter foolishness; also : futility
b : something that is foolish or nonsensical.
The term arises from the Latin word imbecillus,
meaning weak, or weak-minded. It included

people with an IQ of 2650, between "idiot" (IQ of

025) and "moron" (IQ of 5170).
Related to imbecility
Synonyms:
absurdity, asininity, btise, fatuity, foolery,
foppery, idiocy, folly, inanity, insanity, lunacy,
stupidity
Antonyms:
prudence, sagaciousness, sagacity, sageness,
sanity, sapience, sensibleness, soundness,
wisdom

disconcert: [dis-kuh n-sur-tid]

adjective
1. disturbed, as in one's composure or selfpossession; perturbed; ruffled:
Eg - She was disconcerted by the sudden attack
on her integrity.
2. bewildered or confused, as by something
unexpected:

Eg - The class was disconcerted by the

instructor's confusion.
@ Disturb the composure of; unsettle:
Eg - the abrupt change of subject disconcerted
her.
@ to make (someone) upset or embarrassed.
1 : to throw into confusion
2 : to disturb the composure of
Synonyms:
abash, confound, confuse, discomfit, embarrass,
discountenance, faze, fluster, mortify, nonplus,
rattle
Related Words:
agitate, bother, chagrin, discomfort, discompose,
dismay, disquiet, distress, disturb, perturb, put
off, put out, unhinge, unsettle, upset; debase,
degrade, demean, humble, humiliate, queer,
shame.

Near Antonyms:
calm, comfort, console, relieve, soothe; buoy,
cheer, embolden, encourage, hearten; assure,
reassure

impetuous: adjective
@ acting or done quickly and without thought or
care.
Eg - "she might live to rue this impetuous
decision"
synonyms:impulsive, rash, hasty, overhasty,
reckless, heedless, foolhardy, incautious,
imprudent, injudicious, ill-conceived, illconsidered, unplanned, unreasoned, unthoughtout, unthinking; spontaneous, impromptu, spurof-the-moment, precipitate, precipitous,
headlong, hurried, rushed
Eg - "she might live to regret this impetuous
decision"
@ moving forcefully or rapidly.

Eg - "an impetuous but controlled flow of water"

synonyms: torrential, powerful, forceful,
vigorous, violent, raging, rampant, relentless,
unrestrained, uncontrolled, unbridled; rapid,
fast, fast-flowing, rushing
Eg - "an impetuous flow of water"

vex: verb
1. make (someone) feel annoyed, frustrated, or
worried, especially with trivial matters.
Eg - "the memory of the conversation still vexed
him"
synonyms: annoy, irritate, infuriate, anger,
incense, inflame, enrage, irk, chagrin,
exasperate, madden, pique, provoke, nettle,
disturb, upset, perturb, discompose, put out; try,
try someone's patience, get on someone's
nerves, bother, trouble, worry, agitate, harass,
harry, fuss, fluster, ruffle, hound; rankle with,
nag, torment, pain, distress, tease, frustrate,
chafe, grate, fret, gall, outrage, displease, offend,

disgust, dissatisfy, disquiet; rub up the wrong

way; mither; informal peeve, aggravate, miff,
bug, bite, eat, hassle, rile, get to, hack off, make
someone's blood boil, make someone see red,
get someone's goat, get someone's hackles up,
make someone's hackles rise, get someone's
back up, get someone's dander up, drive up the
wall, drive bananas, needle, be a thorn in
someone's side / flesh, be a pain in the neck,
ruffle someone's feathers, get in someone's hair,
get up someone's nose, get under someone's
skin, give someone a hard time; informal nark,
get on someone's wick, give someone the hump,
wind up, get across; informal tick off, ride,
rankle, gravel, bum out; vulgar slang piss off, get
on someone's tits
Eg - "Alice was vexed by his remarks"

yielding: adjective
1. (of a substance or object) giving way under
pressure; not hard or rigid.

"she dropped on to the yielding cushions"

2. giving a product or generating a financial
return of a specified amount.
"higher-yielding wheat"

reprimand; verb
past tense: reprimanded; past participle:
reprimanded
address a reprimand to.
"officials were reprimanded for poor work"
synonyms: rebuke, admonish, chastise, chide,
upbraid, reprove, reproach, scold, remonstrate
with, berate, take to task, pull up, castigate,
lambaste, read someone the Riot Act, give
someone a piece of one's mind, haul over the
coals, lecture, criticize, censure; informal tell off,
give someone a talking-to, give someone a
telling-off, dress down, give someone a
dressing-down, give someone an earful, give
someone a roasting, give someone a rocket, give
someone a rollicking, rap, rap over the knuckles,

slap someone's wrist, send someone away with

a flea in their ear, let someone have it, bawl out,
give someone hell, come down on, blow up,
pitch into, lay into, lace into, give someone a
caning, put on the mat, slap down, blast, rag,
keelhaul; informal tick off, have a go at, carpet,
give someone a mouthful, tear someone off a
strip, give someone what for, give someone
some stick, wig, give someone a wigging, give
someone a row, row; informal chew out, ream
out; informal monster; vulgar slang bollock, give
someone a bollocking; vulgar slang chew
someone's ass, ream someone's ass; dated call
down, rate, give someone a rating, trim; rare
reprehend, objurgate
"he was publicly reprimanded for his behaviour"

prostration : noun
@ the action of lying stretched out on the
ground.

synonyms: collapse, weakness, debility,

lassitude, exhaustion, fatigue, tiredness,
enervation, emotional exhaustion; paralysis;
desolation, despair, despondency, dejection,
depression, helplessness
Eg - "he was left exhausted, sometimes near to
prostration"
@ the state of being extremely weak or
subservient.
Eg - "the refusal to call a strike reflects the union
leadership's prostration before the company"
@ extreme physical weakness or emotional
exhaustion.
@ extreme mental or emotional depression or
dejection:
@ The state of being extremely weak or
subservient:
Eg - the refusal to call a strike reflects the union
leaderships prostration before the company.
@ the process of being made powerless or the
condition of powerlessness

Eg - the country suffered economic prostration

after the war.
@ lying with the face down and arms stretched
out, especially as a sign of respect or worship.

precocity:
@ (Of a child) having developed certain abilities
or inclinations at an earlier age than is usual or
expected: a precocious, solitary boy.
@ (Of behaviour or ability) having developed at
an earlier age than is usual or expected:
a precocious talent for computing.
1. unusually advanced or mature in
development, especially mental development:
a precocious child.
2. prematurely developed, as the mind, faculties,
etc.
3. of or relating to premature development.
4. Botany.
@ flowering, fruiting, or ripening early, as plants
or fruit.

@ bearing blossoms before leaves, as plants.

appearing before leaves, as flowers.
@ of a child : having or showing the qualities or
abilities of an adult at an unusually early age.

Synonyms:
inopportune, early, premature, unseasonable,
untimely
Antonyms: late
Related Words:
unanticipated, unexpected, unforeseen,
unlooked-for; abrupt, sudden
Near Antonyms:
behindhand, belated, delinquent, latish, overdue,
slow, tardy; anticipated, expected; delayed,
detained, postponed.

Liar :
@ someone who tells lies:

Eg - He's such a liar - you can't trust a word he

says.
Synonyms:
fabricator, fabulist, fibber, prevaricator,
storyteller

Related Words:
exaggerator, mythomaniac; calumniator,
defamer, libeler, libelist, slanderer; perjurer;
distorter, falsifier; equivocator, palterer; gossip,
gossiper, talebearer; charlatan, cheat, cheater,
counterfeiter, cozener, deceiver, defrauder,
dissembler, dissimulator, double-dealer, fraud,
hustler, knave, mountebank, operator, pretender
Near Antonyms:
square shooter

deceitful :
@ keeping the truth hidden, especially to get an
advantage:

Eg - The story is about theft, fraud, and deceit on

an incredible scale.
Eg- When the newspapers published the full
story, all his earlier deceits were revealed.
@ not honest : making or trying to make
someone believe something that is not true
@ Guilty of or involving deceit; deceiving or
misleading others: a deceitful politician
Eg - such an act would have been deceitful and
irresponsible
Synonyms:
crooked, fraudulent, defrauding, dishonest,
double-dealing, false
Antonyms:
aboveboard, honest, truthful
Related Words:
beguiling, deceiving, deceptive, deluding,
delusive, delusory, duplicitous, fallacious,
misleading, specious; spurious
Near Antonyms:

legitimate, true, valid

hypocrisy :
@ a situation in which someone pretends to
believe something that they do not really believe,
or that is the opposite of what they do or say at
another time:
@ pretending to be what you are not, or
pretending to believe something that you do not:
@ the behavior of people who do things that
they tell other people not to do : behavior that
does not agree with what someone claims to
believe or feel.
@ The practice of claiming to have higher
standards or more noble beliefs than is the case:
1. his target was the hypocrisy of suburban life
2. she was irritated to be accused of hypocrisy
3. spokesmen unversed in the smoother hypocrisies of diplomacy

Her strongest criticism was reserved for

the prime minister whom she accused of 'nauseating hypocrisy'.

I'm amazed at the hypocrisy of the man

- buying a foreign car after urging everyoneelse to buy British prod
ucts.

In constantly criticizing others for

being intolerant while refusing to hear anyone else's view, they
are guilty of supreme hypocrisy.

His behaviour in this whole affair does rather savour of

hypocrisy - he's certainly not without blame himself.

Why can't politicians just be honest with themselves

and stop all this hypocrisy?

Synonyms
cant , dissembling , dissimulation ,insincerity , piousness
Antonyms
genuineness , sincereness , sincerity
Related Words
deceit , deceitfulness , deception ,deceptiveness , dishonesty , do
uble-dealing ,falsity , perfidy , two-facedness ;
affectation ,affectedness , pretense (or pretence ),pretension , pr
etentiousness ,sanctimoniousness , self-righteousness ,selfsatisfaction ; duplicity , fakery ,falseness , fraudulentness , sham
ming ;artificiality , glibness , oiliness , smoothness ,unctuousness
Near Antonyms
candor , directness , forthrightness ,frankness , honesty , openhe
artedness ,openness , probity , straightforwardness ,truthfulness ;
artlessness , guilelessness ,naturalness , unaffectedness

slander - noun:

@ 1. a false spoken statement about someone

that damages their reputation, or the making of
such a statement:
2. to make a false spoken statement that causes
people to have a bad opinion of someone.
3. The action or crime of making a false spoken
statement damaging to a persons reputation:
4. a malicious, false, and defamatory statement
or report: a slander against his good name.
Eg - He is suing the TV company for slander
Eg - The doctor is suing his partner for slander.
Eg - She regarded his comment as a slander on
her good reputation.

Charlatan:
@ a person who pretends to have skills or
knowledge that they do not have, especially in
medicine
@ a person who falsely pretends to know or be
something in order to deceive people.

@ A person falsely claiming to have a special

knowledge or skill:
Eg - a self-confessed con artist and charlatan
@ a person who pretends or claims to have more
knowledge or skill than he or she possesses;
quack.
Synonyms

impostor , fake , faker , fakir , fraud , hoaxer ,humbug , mountebank

, phony (alsophoney ), pretender , quack , quacksalver ,ringer , sh
am
Related Words

copycat , imitator , impersonator , mimic ;actor , bluffer , counterfei

ter , deceiver ,dissembler , duper , feigner , misleader ,operator , tri
ckster ; poseur ; cozener ,defrauder , dodger , fraudster [chiefly
British], scammer , scamster , sharper ,sharpie (or sharpy ), skin
ner , swindler
Near Antonyms

ace , adept , authority , crackerjack (alsocrackajack ), expert , ma

estro , master , past master , professional , virtuoso , whiz , wizard