charlatan
noun
[ ˈʃɑːlət(ə)n ]
• a person falsely claiming to have a special knowledge or skill.
• "a self-confessed con artist and charlatan"
Similar:
quack,
mountebank,
sham,
fraud,
fake,
humbug,
impostor,
pretender,
masquerader,
hoodwinker,
hoaxer,
cheat,
deceiver,
dissembler,
double-dealer,
double-crosser,
trickster,
confidence trickster,
cheater,
swindler,
fraudster,
racketeer,
rogue,
villain,
scoundrel,
phoney,
sharper,
sharp,
shark,
con man,
con artist,
hustler,
flimflammer,
flimflam man,
twister,
grifter,
bunco artist,
gold brick,
chiseller,
shicer,
magsman,
illywhacker,
schlenter,
confidence man/woman,
defalcator,
tregetour,
Origin:
early 17th century (denoting an itinerant seller of supposed remedies): from French, from Italian ciarlatano, from ciarlare ‘to babble’.
