Defenition of the word pretender
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Defenition of the word pretender
- Someone who dissembles.
- a person who makes deceitful pretenses
- a person who professes beliefs and opinions that he does not hold
- a claimant to the throne or to the office of ruler (usually without just title)
- a person who professes beliefs and opinions that he or she does not hold in order to conceal his or her real feelings or motives
Synonyms for the word pretender
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- aspirant
- aspiring leader
- candidate
- claimant
- fake
- faker
- fraud
- imposter
- impostor
- leader of the opposition
- opponent
- pseud
- pseudo
- role player
- sham
Similar words in the pretender
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- pretender
- pretender's
- pretenders
Hyponyms for the word pretender
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- charmer
- name dropper
- ringer
- smoothie
- smoothy
- sweet talker
- Tartufe
- Tartuffe
- whited sepulcher
- whited sepulchre
Hypernyms for the word pretender
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- beguiler
- cheat
- cheater
- claimant
- deceiver
- slicker
- trickster
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