a person who shirks his work or duty (especially one who tries to evade military service in wartime) a person who makes deceitful pretenses. synonyms: fake, faker, fraud, imposter, impostor, pretender, pseud, pseudo, role player, sham.

What does it mean to feign something?

1a : to give a false appearance of : induce as a false impression feign death. b : to assert as if true : pretend He feigned that he was not feeling well so that he could leave the party early. 2 archaic.

What does a sham person mean?

something that is not what it purports to be; a spurious imitation; fraud or hoax. a person who shams; shammer.