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TARTUFE Synonyms

There are 16 synonyms of the word tartufe. (exact relations)
There are 9 hypernyms of the word tartufe. (close relations)

Best Alternative Words for TARTUFE

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actor
nounn
noun

• a theatrical performer

• a person who acts and gets things done

charlatan
nounn
noun

• a flamboyant deceiver; one who attracts customers with tricks or jokes

deceiver
nounn
noun

• someone who leads you to believe something that is not true

dissembler
nounn
noun

• 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

fake
adjectiveadj
noun

• something that is a counterfeit; not what it seems to be

• a person who makes deceitful pretenses

• (football) a deceptive move made by a football player

adjective satellite

• fraudulent; having a misleading appearance

• not genuine or real; being an imitation of the genuine article

verb

• make a copy of with the intent to deceive

• tamper, with the purpose of deception

• speak insincerely or without regard for facts or truths

huckster
nounn
noun

• a seller of shoddy goods

• a person who writes radio or tv advertisements

verb

• sell or offer for sale from place to place

• wrangle (over a price, terms of an agreement, etc.)

hypocrite
nounn
noun

• 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

impostor
nounn
noun

• a person who makes deceitful pretenses

moralist
nounn
noun

• a philosopher who specializes in morals and moral problems

• someone who demands exact conformity to rules and forms

pharisee
nounn
noun

• a member of an ancient Jewish sect noted for strict obedience to Jewish traditions

• a self-righteous or sanctimonious person

phony
noun, adjectiven, adj
noun

• 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

adjective satellite

• fraudulent; having a misleading appearance

poser
verb, nounv, n
noun

• a person who habitually pretends to be something he is not

• a person who poses for a photographer or painter or sculptor

• a particularly difficult or baffling question or problem

pretender
nounn
noun

• a person who makes deceitful pretenses

• a claimant to the throne or to the office of ruler (usually without just title)

• 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

sham
nounn
noun

• something that is a counterfeit; not what it seems to be

• a person who makes deceitful pretenses

adjective satellite

• adopted in order to deceive

verb

• make a pretence of

• make believe with the intent to deceive

two-faced
adjectiveadj
adjective satellite

• marked by deliberate deceptiveness especially by pretending one set of feelings and acting under the influence of another

• having two faces--one looking to the future and one to the past

tartuffe
nounn
noun

• a hypocrite who pretends to religious piety (after the protagonist in a play by Moliere)

Best Hypernyms For TARTUFE

Here is a list of related hypernyms for tartufe, these are close relations that fall within the same topic. Most relevant words are highlighted and in order.
Words (9)
hypocrite pretender deceiver dissembler dissimulator fraud impostor phoney phony

Alternatives for ACTOR

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