Contents -AUTHOR INDEX -BIBLIOGRAPHIC RECORD

Mawson, C.O.S., ed. (1870–1938). Roget’s International Thesaurus. 1922.

Class IV. Words Relating to the Intellectual Faculties
Division (II) Communication of Ideas
Section II. Modes of Communication

548. Deceiver.

   NOUN:DECEIVER &c. (deceive [See Deception]); dissembler, hypocrite; sophist, Pharisee, Jesuit, Mawworm, Pecksniff, Joseph Surface, Tartufe or Tartuffe, Janus; serpent, snake in the grass, cockatrice, Judas, wolf in sheep’s clothing; jilt; shuffler.
  liar &c. (lie [See Falsehood]); Tom Pepper, Machiavel, Machiavelist; story-teller, perjurer, false witness, menteur à triple étage [F.], Scapin; bunko steerer, carpet-bagger, capper [all slang, U. S.], faker [slang], fraud, four-flusher [slang], confidence man, horse coper [Eng.], ringer [slang], spieler [colloq., Australasia]; straw bidder [U. S.]; crimp; decoy duck, stool pigeon; rogue, knave, cheat; swindler (thief) [See Thief]; jobber, gypsy.
  IMPOSTOR, pretender, malingerer, humbug; adventurer, adventuress; Cagliostro, Fernam Mendez Pinto; ass in lion’s skin (bungler) [See Bungler]; actor (stage player) [See The Drama].
  QUACK, charlatan, mountebank, saltimbanco [obs.], saltimbanque [F.], blagueur [F.], empiric, quacksalver [now rare], medicaster.
  CONJUROR, juggler, trickster, prestidigitator, necromancer, sorcerer, magician, wizard, mage [archaic], medicine man, shaman.
   QUOTATION:Saint abroad and a devil at home.—Bunyan