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All horse trader synonyms

horse trad·er
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noun horse trader

  • deceitful — If you say that someone is deceitful, you mean that they behave in a dishonest way by making other people believe something that is not true.
  • forger — to form by heating and hammering; beat into shape.
  • cheat — When someone cheats, they do not obey a set of rules which they should be obeying, for example in a game or exam.
  • crook — A crook is a dishonest person or a criminal.
  • sham — something that is not what it purports to be; a spurious imitation; fraud or hoax.
  • fake — to lay (a rope) in a coil or series of long loops so as to allow to run freely without fouling or kinking (often followed by down).
  • counterfeit — Counterfeit money, goods, or documents are not genuine, but have been made to look exactly like genuine ones in order to deceive people.
  • bastard — Bastard is an insulting word which some people use about a person, especially a man, who has behaved very badly.
  • racketeer — a person engaged in a racket.
  • phony — not real or genuine; fake; counterfeit: a phony diamond.
  • pretender — a person who pretends, especially for a dishonest purpose.
  • quack — a fraudulent or ignorant pretender to medical skill.
  • deceiver — to mislead by a false appearance or statement; delude: They deceived the enemy by disguising the destroyer as a freighter.
  • impostor — a person who practices deception under an assumed character, identity, or name.
  • swindler — to cheat (a person, business, etc.) out of money or other assets.
  • mechanic — a person who repairs and maintains machinery, motors, etc.: an automobile mechanic.
  • charlatan — You describe someone as a charlatan when they pretend to have skills or knowledge that they do not really possess.
  • shark — a person who preys greedily on others, as by cheating or usury.
  • four-flusher — a person who makes false or pretentious claims; bluffer.
  • double-deal — to practice double-dealing.
  • hoaxer — something intended to deceive or defraud: The Piltdown man was a scientific hoax.
  • bluffer — good-naturedly direct, blunt, or frank; heartily outspoken: a big, bluff, generous man.
  • shyster — a lawyer who uses unprofessional or questionable methods.
  • trickster — a deceiver; cheat; fraud.
  • operator — a person who operates a machine, apparatus, or the like: a telegraph operator.
  • strategist — an expert in strategy, especially in warfare: Julius Caesar was a great military strategist.
  • gamesman — a person who is skilled at manipulating events and circumstances to gain or maintain personal advantage, especially in business or politics.
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