rent-a-prefix
uk/ren.tə-/us/ren.t̬ə-/UK disapprovingused when a person, thing, or group of people seems to have been rented for a particular purpose and is not sincere:
Most of the people on the protest seemed to be rent-a-mob, not real supporters.
humorous Old rent-a-quote is always turning up on TV to give his opinions.
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Affected & insincere
- affectation
- affected
- artificial
- artsy-fartsy
- arty-farty
- cheesy
- fey
- forced
- glib
- histrionic
- histrionics
- meretricious
- pious
- preciously
- precocious
- pretension
- pretentious
- pseud
- slick
- theatrical
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