Definition of pretender Pretender
/pɹitɛˈndɚ/ - [preetender] - pre•tend•er
We found 10 definitions of pretender from 5 different sources.
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What does pretender mean?
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| 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" | ||
| pretender - a person who makes deceitful pretenses | ||
| imposter, impostor, fake, faker, fraud, sham, shammer, pseudo, pseud, role player | ||
| cheater, deceiver, beguiler, slicker, trickster, cheat someone who leads you to believe something that is not true | ||
| name dropper someone who pretends that famous people are his/her friends | ||
| 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 motives | ||
| hypocrite, dissembler, dissimulator, phony, phoney | ||
| cheater, deceiver, beguiler, slicker, trickster, cheat someone who leads you to believe something that is not true | ||
| smoothy, sweet talker, charmer, smoothie a person who charms others (usually by personal attractiveness) | ||
| tartufe, tartuffe a hypocrite who pretends to religious piety (after the protagonist in a play by Moliere) | ||
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Wiktionary 
- pretender (Noun)
A person who professes beliefs and opinions that they do not hold. - pretender (Noun)
A claimant to an abolished or already occupied throne.
Webster DictionaryWebster's Unabridged Dictionary 📘
- pretender (n.)
One who lays claim, or asserts a title (to something); a claimant. - pretender (n.)
The pretender (Eng. Hist.), the son or the grandson of James II., the heir of the royal family of Stuart, who laid claim to the throne of Great Britain, from which the house was excluded by law. - pretender (n.)
One who pretends, simulates, or feigns.
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pretender
Someone who dissembles.
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🔤- pretender, noun, singular of pretenders.
- pretender, adjective, comparative of pretend.
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