pretender

Plural: pretenders

Noun

• a claimant to the throne or to the office of ruler (usually without just title)
• a person who makes deceitful pretenses
• 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
• One who intends or purposes.
• 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.
• 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.
• One who aspires to the hand of a woman in marriage; a suitor, a wooer.
• 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.
• A claimant to a throne or the office of a ruler; originally in a neutral sense, but now always applied to a claimant who is held to have no just title.
• 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.
• A person who professes beliefs and opinions that they do not hold.

Verb

• To tender (a bid, etc.) in advance.

Synonyms

dissembler, dissimulator, fake, faker, fraud, hypocrite, imposter, impostor, phoney, phony, pseud, pseudo, role player, sham, shammer, Scandaroon, Spanish athlete, bamboozler, bouncer, bullshitter, cheat, cheater, cogger, cony-catcher, crammer, deceiver, deceptor, fabricator, fabulist, falser, flip-flopper, gabber, grifter, guiler, liar, losenger, mocker, pseudologist, rook, swike, swindler, treacher, trickster, trucker, wernard