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单词 would be
释义
(adjective) 
Definition
wanting or pretending to be
a book that provides encouragement for would-be writers
Synonyms
budding
potential
potential customers
so-called
their so-called economic miracle
professed
their professed concern for justice
dormant
The virus remains dormant in nerve tissue.
self-styled
He fiercely criticised self-styled educational experts.
latent
Advertisements attempt to project a latent meaning behind an overt message.
wannabe (informal)
unfulfilled
undeveloped
self-appointed
unrealized
manqué
soi-disant (French)
quasi-
a quasi-biography or mythobiography

Additional synonyms

in the sense of dormant
Definition
temporarily quiet, inactive, or not being used
The virus remains dormant in nerve tissue.
Synonyms
latent,
inactive,
lurking,
quiescent,
unrealized,
unexpressed,
inoperative
in the sense of latent
Definition
lying hidden and not yet developed within a person or thing
Advertisements attempt to project a latent meaning behind an overt message.
Synonyms
hidden,
secret,
concealed,
invisible,
lurking,
veiled,
inherent,
unseen,
dormant,
undeveloped,
quiescent,
immanent,
unrealized,
unexpressed
in the sense of potential
Definition
capable of being or becoming
potential customers
Synonyms
possible,
future,
likely,
promising,
budding,
embryonic,
undeveloped,
unrealized,
probable

Nearby words of
would-be

  • worthwhile
  • worthy
  • would give your right arm for something
  • would-be
  • wound
  • wound up
  • wounding

Synonyms of 'would-be'

would-be

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Additional synonyms

in the sense of professed
their professed concern for justice
Synonyms
supposed,
would-be,
alleged,
so-called,
apparent,
pretended,
purported,
self-styled,
ostensible,
soi-disant
in the sense of quasi-
Definition
resembling but not actually being
a quasi-biography or mythobiography
Synonyms
pseudo-,
so-called,
apparent,
seeming,
would-be,
near,
pretended,
virtual,
fake,
mock,
synthetic,
nominal,
sham,
semi-
in the sense of self-styled
Definition
using a title or name that one has given oneself, esp. without right or justification
He fiercely criticised self-styled educational experts.
Synonyms
so-called,
would-be,
professed,
self-appointed,
soi-disant,
quasi-
in the sense of so-called
Definition
called (in the speaker's opinion, wrongly) by that name
their so-called economic miracle
Synonyms
alleged,
supposed,
professed,
pretended,
self-styled,
ostensible,
soi-disant
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