Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun ringer

4 senses of ringer

Sense 1
toller, bell ringer, ringer -- (a person who rings church bells (as for summoning the congregation))
       => signaler, signaller -- (someone who communicates by signals)

Sense 2
ringer, dead ringer, clone -- (a person who is almost identical to another)
       => double, image, look-alike -- (someone who closely resembles a famous person (especially an actor); "he could be Gingrich's double"; "she's the very image of her mother")

Sense 3
ringer -- (a contestant entered in a competition under false pretenses)
       => imposter, impostor, pretender, fake, faker, fraud, sham, shammer, pseudo, pseud, role player -- (a person who makes deceitful pretenses)

Sense 4
ringer -- ((horseshoes) the successful throw of a horseshoe or quoit so as to encircle a stake or peg)
       => throw -- (the act of throwing (propelling something with a rapid movement of the arm and wrist); "the catcher made a good throw to second base")