Pretender - definition, pronunciation, transcription
Amer.
|prɪˈtendər|
Brit.
|prɪˈtendə|
noun
- a claimant to the throne or to the office of ruler (usually without just title)
- a person who makes deceitful pretenses (syn: fake, faker, fraud, impostor, pseud, pseudo, sham, shammer)
- 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 (syn: dissembler, dissimulator, hypocrite, phoney, phony)
- a person who makes deceitful pretenses (syn: fake, faker, fraud, impostor, pseud, pseudo, sham, shammer)
- 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 (syn: dissembler, dissimulator, hypocrite, phoney, phony)
Extra examples
...it turns out that the guy who claimed to work for a modeling agency was just a pretender...
Word forms
noun
singular: pretender
plural: pretenders
singular: pretender
plural: pretenders
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