'Ringer' definitions:
Definition of 'ringer'
(from WordNet)
noun
A person who rings church bells (as for summoning the congregation) [syn: toller, bell ringer, ringer]
noun
A person who is almost identical to another [syn: ringer, dead ringer, clone]
noun
A contestant entered in a competition under false pretenses
noun
(horseshoes) the successful throw of a horseshoe or quoit so as to encircle a stake or peg
Definition of 'Ringer'
From: GCIDE
- Ringer \Ring"er\, n.
- 1. One who, or that which, rings; especially, one who rings chimes on bells. [1913 Webster]
- 2. (Mining) A crowbar. --Simmonds. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'Ringer'
From: GCIDE
- Ringer \Ring"er\, n. (Horse Racing) A horse that is not entitled to take part in a race, but is fraudulently got into it. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'ringer'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- agent,
- alternate,
- alternative,
- analogy,
- backup,
- blagueur,
- bluff,
- bluffer,
- change,
- changeling,
- charlatan,
- comparison,
- copy,
- counterfeit,
- deputy,
- double,
- dummy,
- equal,
- equivalent,
- ersatz,
- exchange,
- fake,
- faker,
- fill-in,
- fourflusher,
- fraud,
- ghost,
- ghostwriter,
- humbug,
- imitation,
- impersonator,
- impostor,
- locum tenens,
- makeshift,
- malingerer,
- metaphor,
- metonymy,
- mountebank,
- next best thing,
- personnel,
- phony,
- picture,
- pinch hitter,
- portrait,
- poser,
- poseur,
- pretender,
- proxy,
- quack,
- quacksalver,
- quackster,
- relief,
- replacement,
- representative,
- reserves,
- saltimbanco,
- second string,
- secondary,
- sham,
- shammer,
- sign,
- simulacrum,
- spares,
- spit,
- spitting image,
- stand-in,
- sub,
- substituent,
- substitute,
- substitution,
- succedaneum,
- superseder,
- supplanter,
- surrogate,
- symbol,
- synecdoche,
- third string,
- token,
- understudy,
- utility player,
- vicar,
- vice-president,
- vice-regent