Pretender

Noun

 * 1) A person who professes beliefs and opinions that he or she does not hold.
 * 2) A claimant to an abolished or already occupied throne.

Synonyms

 * dissembler
 * hypocrite
 * phoney

Related terms

 * pretend

Adjectives for Pretender
sole; cowled; contemptible; royal.

Thesaurus
actor, affecter, arrogator, aspirant, blagueur, bluff, bluffer, candidate, charlatan, claimant, deceiver, fake, faker, fourflusher, fraud, hollow man, humbug, impersonator, impostor, malingerer, man of straw, mannerist, mountebank, paper tiger, performer, phony, playactor, poser, poseur, quack, quacksalver, quackster, ringer, rival, saltimbanco, seeker, sham, shammer, straw man, suitor, usurper

Translations

 * Dutch:, veinzer
 * German: Betrüger, Angeber, Heuchler
 * Russian: притворщик,


 * Spanish: impostor, mentiroso, embustero, hipócrita, falso, grupiento


 * Dutch: pretendent
 * French: prétendant
 * German: Anwärter


 * Russian: претендент
 * Spanish: pretendiente



Verb

 * 1) to pretend

Verb

 * 1) to pretend
 * 2) to intend
 * 3) to woo, to court
 * 1) to woo, to court
 * 1) to woo, to court

Related terms

 * pretendente
 * pretencioso