noun
Meaning 1
A person who beguiles.
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noun
A person who beguiles.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Antonyms: none provided
noun
a person who charms others (usually by personal attractiveness)
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Synonyms: charmer
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: person, individual, someone, somebody, mortal, soul
Narrower terms: heartbreaker
noun
someone who leads you to believe something that is not true
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Synonyms: deceiver, cheat, cheater, trickster, slicker
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: wrongdoer, offender
Narrower terms: bluffer, four-flusher, swindler, defrauder, chiseller, chiseler, gouger, scammer, grifter, decoy, steerer, dodger, fox, slyboots, double-crosser, double-dealer, two-timer, betrayer, traitor, embezzler, defalcator, peculator, falsifier, finagler, wangler, forger, counterfeiter, fortune hunter, front man, front, figurehead, nominal head, straw man, strawman, hypocrite, dissembler, dissimulator, phony, phoney, pretender, impersonator, imitator, imposter, impostor, fake, faker, fraud, sham, shammer, pseudo, pseud, role player, liar, prevaricator, misleader, mountebank, charlatan, obscurantist, sandbagger, utterer
History
From Middle English bigiler, begylar, begilere, bigylere, equivalent to beguile + -er.