hypocrite

1. 1.

   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

   Synonymsdissemblerdissimulatorphonyphoneypretender

   Broaderdeceiver

   NarrowersmoothieTartuffewhited sepulcher

Other forms of hypocrite

plural

hypocrites·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about hypocrite

What does hypocrite mean?

hypocrite means "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".

How many syllables are in hypocrite?

hypocrite has 3 syllables: hyp-o-crite. The stress falls on "hyp". In IPA it is /ˈhɪpəˌkɹɪt/.

What is another word for hypocrite?

Close synonyms include dissembler, dissimulator, phony, phoney, pretender. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is hypocrite a common word?

hypocrite is banded "Familiar" — widely understood, used when the subject calls for it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.