1. A person who makes deceitful pretences
   "The pseud claimed to be a long-lost relative to gain access to the family fortune";
   - imposter, impostor, pretender, fake, faker, fraud, sham, shammer, pseudo
    
2. Pretentious or affected person, especially one who poses as an intellectual
   "He's such a pseud, always dropping obscure literary references";
   - pseudo

Derived forms: pseuds

Type of: deceiver, slicker [informal], trickster

Encyclopedia: Pseud