mountebanks Synonyms
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- maestros
- virtuosos
- experts
- maestri
- masters
- virtuosi
- aces
- professionals
- adepts
- authorities
- past-masters
- wizards
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mountebanks Meaning
mountebanks
a person who sells quack medicines from a platform, a boastful dishonest pretender, an itinerant hawker of pills and patent medicines especially from a platform, a person who peddles fake medicines (as at fairs and carnivals) by trickery, to beguile or transform by trickery, to play the mountebank, a boastful unscrupulous pretender
mountebanks Sentence Examples
- The street was filled with mountebanks peddling potions and performing dubious tricks.
- The mayor banned the mountebanks from the town square, deeming them a public nuisance.
- The traveling troupe consisted of actors, clowns, and mountebanks, who entertained audiences with their lively performances.
- The self-proclaimed healer was nothing more than a mountebank, preying on the gullibility of the sick.
- The politician was accused of being a mountebank, using rhetoric to deceive voters rather than offering genuine solutions.
- The mountebank's promise of a cure-all elixir was met with skepticism by knowledgeable physicians.
- The carnival featured a cast of colorful characters, including acrobats, jugglers, and mountebanks.
- The mountebank's claims were so outrageous that even the most credulous listeners couldn't believe them.
- The mountebank's booth was decorated with garish posters that promised miracles.
- The mountebanks were run out of town after their deceptive performances were exposed.
FAQs About the word mountebanks
a person who sells quack medicines from a platform, a boastful dishonest pretender, an itinerant hawker of pills and patent medicines especially from a platform
fakes, charlatans, deceivers, shams, pretenders, imposters,frauds, quacks, phonies, phoneys
maestros, virtuosos, experts, maestri, masters, virtuosi, aces,professionals, adepts, authorities
The street was filled with mountebanks peddling potions and performing dubious tricks.
The mayor banned the mountebanks from the town square, deeming them a public nuisance.
The traveling troupe consisted of actors, clowns, and mountebanks, who entertained audiences with their lively performances.
The self-proclaimed healer was nothing more than a mountebank, preying on the gullibility of the sick.
