pretender

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Synonyms: pretended, retender, pretense, pretence, provender, pretend, pretendent, potender, preponder, preceder, presenter

Antonyms: pretended, retender, pretense, pretence, provender, pretend, pretendent, potender, preponder, preceder, presenter

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Noun

1. 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. One who aspires to the hand of a woman in marriage; a suitor, a wooer. 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.
3. One who aspires to the hand of a woman in marriage; a suitor, a wooer.
4. 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.
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.

Verb

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

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