hypocrite
Plural: hypocrites
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
- Someone who practices hypocrisy, who pretends to hold beliefs, or whose actions are not consistent with their claimed beliefs.
Origin / Etymology
From Old French ypocrite (Modern French hypocrite), from Latin hypocrita, from Ancient Greek ὑποκριτής (hupokritḗs, “actor, hypocrite”), from ὑποκρίνομαι (hupokrínomai, “I answer, act, feign”). Displaced native Old English līċettere.
Synonyms
dissembler, dissimulator, phoney, phony, pretender, Scandaroon, Spanish athlete, bamboozler, bouncer, bullshitter, cheat, cheater, cogger, cony-catcher, crammer, deceiver, deceptor, fabricator, fabulist, falser, flip-flopper, gabber, grifter, guiler, liar, losenger, mocker, pseudologist, rook, shammer, swike, swindler, treacher, trickster, trucker, wernard
Scrabble Score: 19
hypocrite: valid Scrabble (US) TWL Wordhypocrite: valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
hypocrite: valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary