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Noun pretender has 3 senses
- Pretender - a claimant to the throne or to the office of ruler (usually without just title)
--1 is a kind of claimant
- 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
- 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:
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