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dissembler

noun · 2 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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noun

Meaning 1

Someone who dissembles.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: hypocrite, phony, pretender, bamboozler, bouncer, bullshitter, cheat, cheater, cogger, cony-catcher, crammer, deceiver, deceptor, fabricator, fabulist, falser, gabber, grifter, guiler, liar, losenger, mocker, pseudologist, rook, Scandaroon, shammer, Spanish athlete, swindler, swike, treacher, trickster, trucker, wernard

Antonyms: none provided

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noun

Meaning 2

a person who professes beliefs and opinions that he or she does not hold in order to conceal his or her real feelings or motives

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: hypocrite, dissimulator, phony, phoney, pretender

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: deceiver, cheat, cheater, trickster, beguiler, slicker

Narrower terms: smoothie, smoothy, sweet talker, charmer, Tartuffe, Tartufe, whited sepulcher, whited sepulchre

History

Etymology

A modification of earlier dissimuler (from Middle English dissimulour) after resemble and semblance; equivalent to dissemble + -er.

Across languages

Translations

10 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Bulgarian: лицемер (licemer) — someone who dissembles
  • German: Gleisner — someone who dissembles
  • German: Heuchler — someone who dissembles
  • Italian: dissimulatore — someone who dissembles
  • Latin: dissimulātor — someone who dissembles
  • Polish: obłudnik — someone who dissembles
  • Polish: obłudnica — someone who dissembles
  • Russian: лицеме́р (licemér) — someone who dissembles
  • Russian: обма́нщик (obmánščik) — someone who dissembles
  • Russian: притво́рщик (pritvórščik) — someone who dissembles