pretender

pre·tend·er

P0546700 (prĭ-tĕn′dər)n.1. One who simulates, pretends, or alleges falsely; a hypocrite or dissembler.2. One who sets forth a claim, especially a claimant to a throne.

pretender

(prɪˈtɛndə) n1. a person who pretends or makes false allegations2. (Government, Politics & Diplomacy) a person who mounts a claim, as to a throne or title

pre•tend•er

(prɪˈtɛn dər)

n. 1. a person who pretends, esp. for a dishonest purpose. 2. an aspirant or claimant (often fol. by to): a pretender to the throne. 3. a person who makes unjustified or false claims.

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	Pretender - a claimant to the throne or to the office of ruler (usually without just title)claimant - someone who claims a benefit or right or title; "claimants of unemployment compensation"; "he was a claimant to the throne"
	2.	pretender - a person who makes deceitful pretensesimposter, impostor, pseud, pseudo, role player, faker, fraud, fake, sham, shammerbeguiler, cheater, deceiver, trickster, slicker, cheat - someone who leads you to believe something that is not truename dropper - someone who pretends that famous people are his/her friendsringer - a contestant entered in a competition under false pretenses
	3.	pretender - a person who professes beliefs and opinions that he or she does not hold in order to conceal his or her real feelings or motivesdissembler, dissimulator, hypocrite, phoney, phonybeguiler, cheater, deceiver, trickster, slicker, cheat - someone who leads you to believe something that is not truecharmer, smoothie, smoothy, sweet talker - someone with an assured and ingratiating mannerTartufe, Tartuffe - a hypocrite who pretends to religious piety (after the protagonist in a play by Moliere)whited sepulcher, whited sepulchre - a person who is inwardly evil but outwardly professes to be virtuous

pretender

noun claimant, claimer, aspirant the Comte de Paris, pretender to the French throne

pretender

noun1. One who fakes:charlatan, fake, faker, fraud, humbug, impostor, mountebank, phony, quack.2. One who sets forth a claim to a royal title:claimant, claimer.

Translations

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