pretender - Similar and Opposite Words

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Noun

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

Synonyms

• dissembler
• dissimulator
• hypocrite
• phoney
• phony
• pretender

More generic

• beguiler
• cheat
• cheater
• deceiver
• slicker
• trickster

More specific

• Tartufe
• Tartuffe
• charmer
• smoothie
• smoothy
• sweet talker
• whited sepulcher
• whited sepulchre

Noun

a person who makes deceitful pretenses

Synonyms

• fake
• faker
• fraud
• imposter
• impostor
• pretender
• pseud
• pseudo
• role player
• sham
• shammer

More generic

• beguiler
• cheat
• cheater
• deceiver
• slicker
• trickster

More specific

• name dropper
• ringer

Noun

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

Synonyms

• Pretender

More generic

• claimant

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