'Plagiarist' definitions:
Definition of 'plagiarist'
(from WordNet)
noun
Someone who uses another person's words or ideas as if they were his own [syn: plagiarist, plagiarizer, plagiariser, literary pirate, pirate]
Definition of 'Plagiarist'
From: GCIDE
- Plagiarist \Pla"gia*rist\, n. One who plagiarizes, or purloins the words, writings, or ideas of another, and passes them off as his own; a literary thief; a plagiary. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'plagiarist'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- actor,
- ape,
- Artful Dodger,
- bamboozler,
- befuddler,
- beguiler,
- Casanova,
- charmer,
- conformist,
- copier,
- copycat,
- copyist,
- copyright infringer,
- counterfeiter,
- cribber,
- cuckoo,
- deceiver,
- deluder,
- dissembler,
- dissimulator,
- dodger,
- Don Juan,
- double-dealer,
- duper,
- echo,
- echoer,
- echoist,
- enchanter,
- entrancer,
- faker,
- fooler,
- forger,
- gay deceiver,
- hoaxer,
- hypnotizer,
- hypocrite,
- imitator,
- impersonator,
- impostor,
- jilt,
- jilter,
- joker,
- jokester,
- kidder,
- leg-puller,
- literary pirate,
- Machiavel,
- Machiavelli,
- Machiavellian,
- mesmerizer,
- mime,
- mimer,
- mimic,
- mimicker,
- misleader,
- mocker,
- mockingbird,
- monkey,
- parrot,
- phony,
- pirate,
- plagiarizer,
- playactor,
- poll-parrot,
- polly,
- polly-parrot,
- poseur,
- practical joker,
- ragger,
- role-player,
- seducer,
- sheep,
- simulator,
- spoofer,
- tease,
- teaser