The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 4 letter word FAKE , but the solution may also be PHONY which is one of the most recent solution (2014 in New York Times).
Impostor crossword clue answers
Here's a list of possible crossword answers ranked by the most likely to least likely.
| Answer | Likelyness | Letters |
|---|---|---|
| FAKE | 22 % | 4 |
| PHONY | 19 % | 5 |
| FRAUD | 17 % | 5 |
| SHAM | 14 % | 4 |
| FAKER | 11 % | 5 |
| PSEUD | 6 % | 5 |
| RINGER | 6 % | 6 |
| MOUNTEBANK | 3 % | 10 |
| CHEATER | 3 % | 7 |
Words with a meaning similar to the clue: Impostor
These words may or may not be a possible solution to this crosswords clue.- imposter
- faker
- sham
- fake
- pretender
- fraud
- pseud
- pseudo
- role player
- phoney
- fraudster
- imposters
Crossword Answer definitions
FAKE noun- Something which is not genuine, or is presented fraudulently.
- A trick; a swindle.
- A move meant to deceive an opposing player, used for gaining advantage for example when dribbling an opponent.
- To cheat; to swindle; to steal; to rob.
- To modify fraudulently, so as to make an object appear better or other than it really is
- To make a counterfeit, to counterfeit, to forge, to falsify.
- To make a false display of, to affect, to feign, to simulate.
- Not real; false, fraudulent.
- (of people) Insincere.
- One of the circles or windings of a cable or hawser, as it lies in a coil; a single turn or coil.
- To coil (a rope, line, or hawser), by winding alternately in opposite directions, in layers usually of zigzag or figure of eight form, to prevent twisting when running out.
More crossword clues leading to the same solutions
Here's a few more crossword clues - all leading to the identical solution
More clues leading to the result FAKE
More clues leading to the result PHONY
More clues leading to the result FRAUD
- Impostor
- Charlatan
- Mountebank
- Trickery
- Bunco squad's concern
- Criminal deception
- Super duper
- Dupery
- Businessman's crime
- Deceptive crime
More clues leading to the result SHAM
- Bogus
- Decorative cover
- Fake
- Pillow cover
- Pillow protector
- Sam the __ and the Pharaohs
- Bedding item
- Deceit
- Fraud
- Hoax
More clues leading to the result FAKER
- One who plays possum, for example
- Phony
- Charlatan
- Quack
- Con artist
- Impostor
- Phony person
- Pretender
- Actor, usually
- Fraud
More clues leading to the result PSEUD
- AKA indic.
- False start?
- Faker
- Ersatz intellectual
- Pretentious sort
- False front?
- Prefix for "false"
- Pretentious one
- False: Pref.
- Word form for "false"
More clues leading to the result RINGER
- Horseshoes score
- Horseshoe toss
- Player who turns out to have mad skills
- Good shot in quoits
- Dead ___ (identical twin)
- Quasimodo at work
- Amateur who's really a pro
- Impostor
- Dishonest competitor
- Horseshoes feat
More clues leading to the result MOUNTEBANK
- Impostor
- Friend of a fourflusher.
- Charlatan.
- Tricky pitchman.
- Feature of old-time medicine show.
- Quack.
- Quack
- Charlatan