faker

American  

[fey-ker] / ˈfeɪ kər /

noun

1. a person who fakes.

2. a petty swindler.

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

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Etymology

Origin of faker

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

Example Sentences

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

And it is all filmed like a Z-grade action film where the fight scenes are faker than wrestling.

From Salon • Nov. 26, 2022

“To realize you inspired a faker is just awful,” he said.

From New York Times • Jan. 6, 2022

Pearson saw in McCarthy a witch hunter who couldn’t snare a witch — precisely the sort of faker he’d spent his career exposing.

From Washington Post • Jul. 17, 2020

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

From "Middlesex: A Novel" by Jeffrey Eugenides