pretender

Meaning

Verb

To tender (a bid, etc.) in advance.

Noun

1. (obsolete, rare) One who intends or purposes.
2. One who puts forth a claim, or who aspires to or aims at something; a claimant, candidate, or aspirant; now, one who makes baseless pretensions.
3. (obsolete) One who puts forth a claim, or who aspires to or aims at something; a claimant, candidate, or aspirant; now, one who makes baseless pretensions.
4. One who puts forth a claim, or who aspires to or aims at something; a claimant, candidate, or aspirant; now, one who makes baseless pretensions.
5. One who pretends or lays claim to something; one who makes a profession, show, or assertion, especially without adequate grounds, falsely, or with intent to deceive; a dissembler, deceiver, charlatan, hypocrite.
6. A person who professes beliefs and opinions that they do not hold.

Synonyms

hypocrite

dissembler

impostor

sham

fraud

imposter

cheat

phony

dissimulator

faker

shammer

phoney

impersonator

pseud

charlatan

role player

deceiver

fake

pseudo

trickster

claimant

humbug

poseur

boaster

challenger

simulator

swindler

affronter

coiner

counterfeit

empiric

expectant

feigner

imitator

mimic

mocker

mountebank

poser

posturer

quack

quacksalver

scorner

suitor

usurper

wooer

applicant

Translations

prétendant

impostor

pretendiente

imposteur

pretendent

hypocrite

hipócrita

ipocrita

impostor

Anwärter

dissimulatore

Heuchler

finto

Thronbewerber

διεκδικητής

Etymology

From pre- + tender.