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pretender::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | dissembler, dissimulator, hypocrite, phoney, phony |
| Type of | deceiver, cheat, slicker, beguiler, trickster, cheater |
| Has types | smoothy, sweet talker, tartufe, whited sepulchre, tartuffe, charmer, whited sepulcher, smoothie |
pretender::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Type of | claimant |
| Derivation | pretend |
Examples of pretender
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Mirwais is not the only Afghan pretender to the Colonel Sanders mantle in Kabul.
From the time.com
One pretender after another has slunk away, amid derisive shouts from the crowd.
From the latimes.com
Woe unto the literary pretender who does not get his facts and grammar straight.
From the time.com
They simply celebrate each year when the last pretender to perfection goes down.
From the denverpost.com
A humiliated French pretender governed a rump kingdom from Bourges in the south.
From the economist.com
People always want the old champion to come back and defeat the young pretender.
From the guardian.co.uk
But the second pretender to Winehouse's throne is not quite from that same mold.
From the npr.org
In the Pac-10, Arizona will show whether it's a contender or pretender against USC.
From the thenewstribune.com
Infiniti finally has an actual competitor in this segment, rather than a pretender.
From the latimes.com
- A claimant to the throne or to the office of ruler (usually without just title)
- Imposter: a person who makes deceitful pretenses
- Hypocrite: 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
- A pretender is a claimant to an abolished throne or to a throne already occupied by somebody else. The term in itself is not pejorative. ...
- The Foreigner universe is a fictional universe developed by science fiction and fantasy author C. J. Cherryh. The series centers around the descendants of a ship lost in transit from Earth en route to found a new space station. ...
- Pretenders is a subline within the Transformers toy line, introduced in 1988. The concept behind the toy was that the Transformers were capable of disguising their robotic forms through the use of synthetic organic outer shells, similar to the Terminator series.
- The Pretender is the fourth album by American singer/songwriter Jackson Browne, released in 1976 (see 1976 in music). It peaked at #5 on Billboard's album chart. The singles from the album were "Here Come Those Tears Again" which reached number 23 and "The Pretender" which peaked at number 58. ...
- The Pretender is the twenty-third book in the Animorphs series, written by K.A. Applegate. It is narrated by Tobias.
- This is a list of episodes for the French animated television series Code Lyoko. The first season has no set viewing order save for the last two episodes, so it is listed by the order in which it aired. Following seasons have their episodes numbered, and are ordered by that number. ...
