pretender

pretender is a 9-letter English word with 6 senses as noun in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: One who lays claim, or asserts a title (to something); a claimant. Face value is 12 in Scrabble and 14 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.

9 letters · Scrabble 12 · Words With Friends 14 · 6 senses

Definitions

1. noun. One who lays claim, or asserts a title (to something); a claimant.
2. noun. The pretender (Eng. Hist.), the son or the grandson of James II., the heir of the royal family of Stuart, who laid claim to the throne of Great Britain, from which the house was excluded by law.
3. noun. One who pretends, simulates, or feigns.
4. 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

5. noun. a person who makes deceitful pretenses

   Synonyms: fake, faker, fraud, imposter, impostor, pseud, pseudo, sham, shammer

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

Synonyms

dissembler, dissimulator, hypocrite, phoney, phony, fake, faker, fraud, imposter, impostor, pseud, pseudo, sham, shammer

Common word forms

pretenders

Words from these letters

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