Synonyms for pretender
All synonyms
Noun
1. Hypocrite — A person who professes beliefs and opinions that they do not hold
hypocrite, imposter, deceiver, phony informal US, phoney UK, charlatan, faker, fake, fraud, quack, sham, role player, pseudo, flip-flopper, shammer, mountebank, pseud, dissimulator, humbug
Definitions
- n. 1
A person who professes beliefs and opinions that they do not hold.
Related words
- Word family
- pretenderism pretendership
Forms
- Plural
- pretenders → hypocrites, imposters, deceivers, phonies…
Example sentences
- hypocrite The word "hypocrite" originally meant "actor."
- imposter How do I know that you're not an imposter?
- charlatan Elon is the biggest charlatan of the 21st century.
- deceiver The truth is, he is nothing other than a deceiver.
By length
- 4 letters
- fake1, sham1
- 5 letters
- fraud1, phony2, quack1, faker2, pseud
- 6 letters
- pseudo2, phoney2, humbug2
- 7 letters
- shammer
- 8 letters
- claimant2, imposter3, deceiver, antiking
- 9 letters
- hypocrite3, charlatan3
- 10 letters
- mountebank
- 12 letters
- dissimulator
The small number after each word is its number of syllables (phony2 = 2 syllables).
In other languages
- Français
- prétendant
- Italiano
- pretendente