Definitions for pretender



Overview of noun pretender

The noun pretender has 3 senses? (no senses from tagged texts)
1. Pretender

(a claimant to the throne or to the office of ruler (usually without just title))

2. imposter, impostor, pretender, fake, faker, fraud, sham, shammer, pseudo, pseud, role player

(a person who makes deceitful pretenses)

3. hypocrite, dissembler, dissimulator, phony, phoney, 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)

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