What is another word for Quacksalver?
Pronunciation:
[ kwˈaksalvə], [ kwˈaksalvə], [ k_w_ˈa_k_s_a_l_v_ə]
Related words: quack, quackery, homeopathy, anecdotal evidence, placebo effect, voodoo
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Similar words for Quacksalver:
Synonyms for Quacksalver:
n.
• Other relevant words: (noun)- shark,
- phonies,
- simulator,
- playactor,
- shammers,
- fourflusher,
- shammer,
- SHARPS,
- slickers,
- four-flusher,
- Sharks,
- hoser,
- simulators,
- quack,
- flimflammer,
- hosers.
- con artist,
- whip,
- sharp,
- cheat,
- put-on,
- slicker,
- pseudo,
- bunco artist,
- actor,
- counterfeiter,
- counterfeit,
- bum.
Other synonyms:
• Other relevant words:- do-nothing,
- four flush,
- astute,
- prankster,
- imitation,
- flog,
- screw,
- bum around,
- send-up,
- lounge about,
- cadge,
- taradiddle,
- bogus,
- tail end,
- chintzy,
- needlelike,
- fudge,
- worst,
- player,
- gipsy,
- pasquinade,
- sharp-worded,
- tosh,
- phoney,
- cheating,
- tramp,
- scammer,
- chess,
- cook,
- precipitous,
- sleazy,
- tare,
- skunk,
- acute,
- faux,
- rat,
- drool,
- layabout,
- mop up,
- prat,
- lash,
- tooshie,
- assume,
- puke,
- dead ringer,
- shrewd,
- whiplash,
- imitative,
- romani,
- dupery,
- doc,
- whisk,
- bottom,
- sticker,
- practical joker,
- abrupt,
- confidence man,
- strap,
- party whip,
- hoax,
- welt,
- doctor up,
- loll around,
- pip,
- thespian,
- can,
- butt,
- bullshit,
- manipulate,
- incisive,
- mockery,
- chiseller,
- mend,
- barnstormer,
- buns,
- forgery,
- seat,
- bull,
- keen,
- fraudulence,
- rack up,
- bohemian,
- forger,
- tush,
- mooch,
- stumper,
- doctor of the church,
- boloney,
- grub,
- toller,
- tinny,
- chisel,
- bluffer,
- keister,
- bastard,
- ass,
- shrill,
- chouse,
- wangle,
- medico,
- faquir,
- furbish up,
- simulate,
- rig,
- snake oil,
- rump,
- fictitious,
- bluff out,
- repair,
- fanny,
- acutely,
- lounge around,
- faqir,
- trick,
- md,
- antic,
- bosh,
- travesty,
- pretended,
- twaddle,
- empirical,
- romany,
- bold,
- swindle,
- worker,
- rip off,
- crisp,
- betray,
- bell ringer,
- crumb,
- hind end,
- grifter,
- penetrating,
- hindquarters,
- role player,
- rotter,
- affect,
- cheesy,
- trounce,
- stinkpot,
- burlesque,
- rear end,
- dissembler,
- slash,
- bearded darnel,
- restore,
- lowlife,
- bushel,
- fictive,
- fakeer,
- acuate,
- cuckold,
- simulated,
- discriminating,
- parody,
- prank,
- touch on,
- cheap,
- dissemble,
- scum bag,
- fuck off,
- gouger,
- deceiver,
- loll,
- darnel,
- sophisticate,
- chicane,
- shaft,
- tart,
- piercing,
- sharply,
- talk through one's hat,
- sheer,
- hypocrite,
- play-actor,
- clone,
- wander,
- loafer,
- tommyrot,
- put on,
- buttocks,
- feign,
- tail,
- skulker,
- tarradiddle,
- nates,
- arse,
- posterior,
- takeoff,
- stern,
- blister,
- toughie,
- so-and-so,
- tricker,
- knifelike,
- joke,
- beguiler,
- caper,
- con man,
- sendup,
- fundament,
- forge,
- fix,
- bum about,
- cut-up,
- rommany,
- postiche,
- oilskin,
- cheat on,
- dirty dog,
- itinerant,
- idler,
- backside,
- chiseler,
- stinker,
- assumed,
- pretend,
- waste one's time,
- misrepresent,
- loaf,
- imitator,
- punk,
- penetrative,
- trouper,
- crummy,
- scald,
- frig around,
- spoof,
- jockey,
- falsify,
- false,
- baloney,
- pseud,
- lather,
- derriere,
- hobo,
- roma,
- model,
- sponge,
- rear,
- doer,
- bilgewater,
- behind,
- lampoon.
- empiric,
- humbug,
- charlatan,
- swindler,
- impostor,
- hoaxer,
- cheater,
- ringer,
- poser,
- trickster,
- impersonator,
- bluff,
- fraud,
- fake,
- imposter,
- pretender,
- fakir,
- medicine man,
- phony,
- poseur,
- man of straw,
- mountebank,
- faker,
- gypsy,
- doctor,
- physician,
- Medicaster,
- sham,
- empiricist,
- malingerer,
- Saltimbanco.
How to use "Quacksalver" in context?
Quacksalver is a term used to describe someone who is a fraud or charlatan. The term originates from the 16th century and is derived from the Dutch word "kwaacksalve," which means doctor of medicine who pretends to know things he does not.
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