faker

American  

[fey-ker] / ˈfeɪ kər /

noun

• fakers
  plural

1. a person who fakes.

2. a petty swindler.

3. a peddler or street vendor of articles of dubious value.

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Other Word Forms

Noun Inflected Forms

• fakers
  plural

Etymology

Origin of faker

First recorded in 1840–50; fake ¹ + -er ¹

Example Sentences

See Examples For:

faker fakers

He’s not as unapologetically hammy as Andrew Polec’s Pirelli, the tonsorial con man who adopts a fake mustache and an even faker Italian accent, but he lends the musical a satiric gaiety.

From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 3, 2026

She's either a caring person or a great faker.

From Salon ● Sep. 4, 2022

Against this backdrop, it might seem encouraging that the highest-profile example of a faker failing to make it has ended with four guilty verdicts.

From Washington Post ● Jan. 7, 2022

He will always be a faker to me, even without his changing his name.

From New York Times ● Dec. 13, 2016

I was realizing that I wasn’t the only faker around.

From "Middlesex: A Novel" by Jeffrey Eugenides

Bars have adopted extreme measures to combat fakers.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 23, 2026

She said the point is to protect what they create, such as merchandise and a detailed log of what the eagles are up to, from fakers.

From Los Angeles Times ● May 2, 2026

Mr. Musk trashed Mr. Zuckerberg’s Instagram as a dwelling for fakers and phonies in a Wednesday evening post to Twitter.

From Washington Times ● Jul. 6, 2023

Those approved by Meta will get a verified badge, which the tech firm says will give them more protection from impersonation, in part because it will monitor their accounts to check for fakers.

From BBC ● May 16, 2023

Some even accused those men of being fakers and cowards.

From "Code Talker: A Novel About the Navajo Marines of World War Two" by Joseph Bruchac