Thesaurus: hypocrite

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1. n. One who plays a part; especially, one who, for the purpose of winning approbation of favor, puts on a fair outside seeming; one who feigns to be other and better than he is; a false pretender to virtue or piety; one who simulates virtue or piety.
2. n. a person who professes beliefs and opinions that he or she does not hold in order to conceal his or her real feelings or motives
3. One who plays a part; especially, one who, for the purpose of winning approbation of favor, puts on a fair outside seeming; one who feigns to be other and better than he is; a false pretender to virtue or piety; one who simulates virtue or piety. The hypocrite's hope shall perish. Job viii. 13. I dare swear he is no hypocrite, but prays from his heart. Shak. Syn. -- Deceiver; pretender; cheat. See Dissembler.
4. One who plays a part; especially, one who, for the purpose ofwinning approbation of favor, puts on a fair outside seeming; one whofeigns to be other and better than he is; a false pretender to virtueor piety; one who simulates virtue or piety.The hypocrite's hope shall perish. Job viii. 13.I dare swear he is no hypocrite, but prays from his heart. Shak.
5. n:100 n. a person who professes beliefs and opinions that he or she does not hold in order to conceal his or her real feelings or motives