| NOUN | person | Pretender | a claimant to the throne or to the office of ruler (usually without just title) |
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| person | pretender, imposter, impostor, fake, faker, fraud, sham, shammer, pseudo, pseud, role player | a person who makes deceitful pretenses | |
| person | pretender, hypocrite, dissembler, dissimulator, phony, phoney | 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 |
| Sounds | priyteh'nder | |
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| Rhymes | adder ... Zealander: 203 rhymes with der... | |
| Meaning | A claimant to the throne or to the office of ruler (usually without just title). | |
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| Broader | claimant | someone who claims / claims a benefit or right or title |
| Verbs | pretend | put forward a claim and assert right or possession of |
| Meaning | A person who makes deceitful pretenses. | |
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| Synonyms | imposter, impostor, fake, faker, fraud, sham, shammer, pseudo, pseud, role player | |
| Narrower | name dropper | someone who pretends that famous people are his/her friends |
| ringer | A contestant entered in a competition under false pretenses | |
| Broader | deceiver, cheat, cheater, trickster, beguiler, slicker | someone who leads you to believe something that is not true |
| Spanish | embaucador, embustero, farsante, impostora, impostor, simulador | |
| Catalan | engalipador, ensibornador, entabanador, farsaire, farsant, impostor, pseudo | |
| Verbs | pretend | make believe with the intent to deceive / deceive |
| pretend | behave unnaturally or affectedly | |
| Meaning | 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. | |
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| Synonyms | hypocrite, dissembler, dissimulator, phony, phoney | |
| Narrower | Tartuffe, Tartufe | A hypocrite who pretends to religious piety (after the protagonist in a play by Moliere) |
| smoothie, smoothy, sweet talker, charmer | someone with an assured and ingratiating manner | |
| whited sepulcher, whited sepulchre | A person who is inwardly evil but outwardly professes to be virtuous | |
| Broader | deceiver, cheat, cheater, trickster, beguiler, slicker | someone who leads you to believe something that is not true |
| Spanish | camandulero, comediante, embustero, falso, fariseo, farsante, hipócrita, impostor, mentiroso, santurrón, tartufo | |
| Catalan | colltort, fariseu, hipòcrita | |
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