charlatan
/ˈʃɑːlətən/noun
उच्चारण शार्लटन
धूर्त, ढोंगी, नीम-हकीम, पाखंडी
Advanced wordPYP · asked 3 times
Asked in previous papers
as one-word substitution
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[C] disapproving
a person who claims to have knowledge or skills that they do not really have
धूर्त, ढोंगी, नीम-हकीम, पाखंडी
- The 'doctor' who promised to cure diabetes in a week was a charlatan.
- The police arrested a charlatan who sold coloured water as a cure for cancer.
- The villagers realised the healer was a charlatan.
+ 2 more examples
- He was a charlatan who sold fake gold chains.
- Don't trust a charlatan who offers quick riches.
Synonyms fraud quack impostor cheat mountebank
Opposite expert professional genuine article
≈Synonyms and antonyms
AaSpelling
char·la·tan
Spelling and pronunciation: char-la-tan, with ch pronounced /ʃ/ as in French (not 'sharlatan' or 'charleton').
Spelling और pronunciation में char-la-tan, ch की ध्वनि French की तरह /ʃ/ ('sharlatan' या 'charleton' गलत है)।
⌂Word origin and word building
From the Italian for 'to babble'.
Italian में 'बड़बड़ाना' से।
✓In the exam
One-word substitution
One-word substitution, asked very often: a person who falsely claims special knowledge or skill is a charlatan or impostor; one who pretends to have medical skill is a quack; one who sells false cures at fairs a mountebank.
यह बहुत पूछा जाता है: जो विशेष ज्ञान या कौशल का झूठा दावा करे charlatan या impostor; जो चिकित्सा कौशल का ढोंग करे quack (नीम-हकीम); जो मेलों में झूठे इलाज बेचे mountebank।