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pretender

 
Noun pretender has 3 senses
  1. Pretender - a claimant to the throne or to the office of ruler (usually without just title)
    --1 is a kind of
    claimant
    Derived form: verb pretend3
  2. imposter, impostor, pretender, fake, faker, fraud, sham, shammer, pseudo, pseud, role player - a person who makes deceitful pretenses
    --2 is a kind of deceiver, cheat, cheater, trickster, beguiler, slicker
    --2 has particulars: name dropper; ringer
    Derived forms: verb pretend2, verb pretend1
  3. hypocrite, dissembler, phony, phoney, pretender - a person who professes beliefs and opinions that he does not hold
    --3 is a kind of deceiver, cheat, cheater, trickster, beguiler, slicker
    --3 has particulars:
     smoothie, smoothy, sweet talker, charmer; Tartuffe, Tartufe; whited sepulcher, whited sepulchre
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