Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun shammer
2 senses of shammer
Sense 1
malingerer, skulker, shammer -- (someone shirking their duty by feigning illness or incapacity)
=> slacker, shirker -- (a person who shirks his work or duty (especially one who tries to evade military service in wartime))
Sense 2
imposter, impostor, pretender, fake, faker, fraud, sham, shammer, pseudo, pseud, role player -- (a person who makes deceitful pretenses)
=> deceiver, cheat, cheater, trickster, beguiler, slicker -- (someone who leads you to believe something that is not true)