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- pronunciation:
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- features:
- Word Combinations (noun), Word Parts
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noun |
| definition: |
one who defrauds or deceives by pretending to be another person.
The man who claimed to be heir to the throne was an impostor.- similar words:
- humbug, sham
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| related words: |
bandit, fake, fraud, mountebank, phony |
adjective + (n.)impostor (imposter)
complete, evil, futuristic, intellectual, petty, real, shabby, total
verb + (n.)impostor (imposter)
assume, blackmail, expose, extend, feel, loot, replace, spot, treat
noun + (n.)impostor (imposter)
actor, bug, charlatan, christian, credit, fake, imposition, joke, mom, nurse, phenomenon, relative, sort, suit, survivor, syndrome, thief, throne
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The word impostor
contains the following part:
pos, -pose, pon, -pone, -pound
Latin
root
that means put, place
  Example words:
appose, apposite, apposition, appositive, component, composed, composite, compositor, compost, compound, decompose, deponent, depositary, deposition, depositor, depository, discompose, disposable, disposal, disposer, exponent, exponential, expose, exposition, expositor, expository, exposure, expound, impose, imposing, imposition, impostor, impound, inapposite, indisposed, indisposition, interpose, interposition, juxtapose, juxtaposition, opponent, opposable, oppose, opposite, opposition, overexpose, ovipositor, photocompose, pose, poser, poseur, positive, positivism, postpone, posture, predispose, proponent, proposal, propose, proposition, propound, purpose, purposeful, purposely, repose, suppose, transposition
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