Definitions for impostor

impostor im·pos·tor

Spelling: [im-pos-ter]
IPA: /ɪmˈpɒs tər/

Impostor is a 8 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 12 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 14 points.

You can make 302 anagrams from letters in impostor (imooprst).

Definitions for impostor

noun

  1. a person who practices deception under an assumed character, identity, or name.

Origin of impostor

1580-90; Late Latin, equivalent to Latin impos(i)-, variant stem of impōnere to deceive, place on (see impone) + -tor -tor

Examples for impostor

I have been left in this room insensible, and the impostor who resembles me—where is he now?

Friends trying to contact me reported corresponding with an impostor named Krystal.

At that moment he was less like himself than was the impostor who came there to personate him.

The old farmer had believed the solemn words of the impostor.

By the time I discovered I had an impostor, “monkey boy” had been actively tweeting for weeks.

In dropping me without a word, as if I had been an impostor?

It seems that as consumers we demand the real thing, not some impostor.

Finally, my impostor account was gone, deleted by Twitter with no fanfare.

Celebrities, corporations, and politicians have impostor Twitter accounts pop up all the time.

An impostor, a personator, a cheat, and I gave him place and rank.

Word Value for impostor
Scrable

12

Words with friends

14

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