hypocrite
/ˈhɪ.pə.kɹɪt/
hypocrite noun: someone who practices hypocrisy, who pretends to hold beliefs, or whose actions are not consistent with their claimed beliefs.
Noun
hypocrite (plural hypocrites)
- Someone who practices hypocrisy, who pretends to hold beliefs, or whose actions are not consistent with their claimed beliefs.
- And when thou prayest, thou shalt not be as the hypocrites are: for they love to pray standing in the synagogues and in the corners of the streets, that they may be seen of men. Verily I say unto you, They have their reward.1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC, Matthew 6:5
- [S]he was one of your ſoft ſpoken, canting, whining hypocrites, who with a truly jeſuitical art, could wreſt evil out of the moſt inoffenſive thought, word, look or action; […]1765, Catherine Jemmat, The Memoirs of Mrs. Catherine Jemmat, Daughter of the Late Admiral Yeo, of Plymouth. Written by Herself, 2nd edition, volume I, London: Printed for the author, at...
- Synonyms:
- flip-flopper, pretender, munafiq, bamboozler, bouncer, bullshitter, cheat, cheater, cogger, cony-catcher
hypocrite meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Urdu and Bengali
hypocrite in Hindi
- person practising hypocrisy
- पाखंडी pākhaṇḍī, ढोंगी ḍhoṅgī
hypocrite in Tamil
- கபடதாரி, வேசதாரி, வேடதாரி, பாசாங்குக்காரர், முரண்வாதி, முரண்நேசி
hypocrite in Urdu
- person practising hypocrisy
- منافق munāfiq
hypocrite in Bengali
- hypocrite
- ভণ্ড bhonḍo
More languagesFewer languages
- hypocrite in Telugu
- కపటి kapaṭi
- hypocrite in Malayalam
- ഹിപ്പോക്രിറ്റ്, ആത്മവഞ്ചകൻ, കപടനാട്യക്കാരൻ, നാട്യക്കാരൻ
- hypocrite in Kannada
- ತೋರ್ಕೆಗ, ಗಯಾಳ, ಗಯ್ಯಾಳ, ಆಷಾಢಭೂತಿ
- hypocrite in Gujarati
- દંભી, પાખંડી
- hypocrite in Odia
- କପଟୀ
- hypocrite in Sanskrit
- पाषण्ड pāṣaṇḍa
- hypocrite in Nepali
- कपटी
- hypocrite in Tagalog
- balubalo, talipandas
- hypocrite in Arabic
- مُرَاءٍ murāʔin, مُنَافِق munāfiq
- hypocrite in Malay
- munafik, hipokrit, purasetia
- hypocrite in Indonesian
- munafik
- hypocrite in Persian
- منافق monâfeq
- hypocrite in Thai
- ผู้หลอกลวง pôo-lòk-luang, คนหน้าซื่อใจคด, คนมือถือสากปากถือศีล, คนหน้าไหว้หลังหลอก
- hypocrite in Vietnamese
- kẻ đạo đức giả, kẻ giả nhân giả nghĩa, kẻ giả hình
Examples of hypocrite in a sentence
- He's a liar, swindler, and hypocrite—a scoundrel of the first water.
- What a hypocrite! He talks big about law and order but then he'll also wave an embargoed Cuban in your face!
- Alicole are both hypocrites, I was shouting at my screen in disbelief.
Synonyms of hypocrite
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Forms of hypocrite
| plural | hypocrites |
|---|---|
| alternative form | hypocrit |
Origin of hypocrite
From Old French ypocrite (Modern French hypocrite), from Latin hypocrita, from Ancient Greek ὑποκριτής (hupokritḗs, “actor, hypocrite”), from ὑποκρίνομαι (hupokrínomai, “to answer, act, feign”). Displaced native Old English līċettere.
Words formed from hypocrite
Phrases with hypocrite
Questions about hypocrite
- What does hypocrite mean?
- Hypocrite means someone who practices hypocrisy, who pretends to hold beliefs, or whose actions are not consistent with their claimed beliefs.
- What is hypocrite in Hindi?
- Hypocrite in Hindi is पाखंडी (pākhaṇḍī), ढोंगी (ḍhoṅgī). See Hypocrite meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is hypocrite?
- Hypocrite is a noun.
- How do you pronounce hypocrite?
- Hypocrite is pronounced /ˈhɪ.pə.kɹɪt/.
- What is the plural of hypocrite?
- The plural of hypocrite is hypocrites.
Words near hypocrite in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: hypocrite (page history and authors); hypocrite (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); ভণ্ড (Bengali) (page history and authors); hypocrite (Olam, E.K. Kurup corpus) (dataset and license); hypocrite (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors); hypocrite (Gujarati, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); hypocrite (Odia, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); पाषण्ड (Sanskrit) (page history and authors); hypocrite (Nepali, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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