pretender
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Synonyms
charlatan, fake, faker, fakir, fraud, hoaxer, humbug, impostor (or imposter), mountebank, phony (also phoney), quack, quacksalver, ringer, sham
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But then another pretender to the throne emerges, Albert Stallion, who is also credited as the inventor of the whiteboard. — Neil Senturia, San Diego Union-Tribune, "A tabula rasa awaits," 5 Aug. 2019 Indeed, the season is well into its second half, where the contenders separate themselves from the pretenders and the race to a new-look postseason hits its stride. — Avi Creditor, SI.com, "The MLS XI, Week 19: Drama, Rivalries and Controversy," 15 July 2019 But over the course of six months and multiple meetings, the pretenders are amply exposed. — San Diego Union-Tribune, "Padres’ streak reaches four with loss to Marlins," 16 July 2019 Now, as nomination voting gets underway, the question is, which ones are pretenders and which are real contenders? — Scott Feinberg, The Hollywood Reporter, "Emmys: Which New Shows Have a Shot at Landing Nominations?," 14 June 2019 Not so for the various pretenders to the throne, such as WhatsApp, Slack, Twitter, and Facebook. — Hiawatha Bray, BostonGlobe.com, "Gmail’s face lift, new brains show that e-mail is far from obsolete," 26 Apr. 2018 Which Sweet 16 teams are contenders or just pretenders? — USA TODAY, "An Uber tragedy could upend the self-driving car industry," 19 Mar. 2018 On September 21, love was changing the minds of pretenders while chasing the clouds away. — Aja Romano, Vox, "Do you remember the very best meme of September?," 21 Sep. 2018 The titans of aerospace have scrambled to remake themselves, or die, in the new world where Musk is not a pretender but the leading protagonist. — Eric Berger, Ars Technica, "Inside the eight desperate weeks that saved SpaceX from ruin," 21 Sep. 2018These example sentences are selected automatically from various online news sources to reflect current usage of the word 'pretender.' Views expressed in the examples do not represent the opinion of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.
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