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Noun
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A person who claims or aspires to a title or position
aspirant
candidate
contender
opponent
challenger
competitor
opposition
claimant
claimer
adversary
rival
antagonist
foe
contestant
corrival
combatant
competition
defier
darer
enemy
opposer
player
disputant
participant
vier
entrant
runner
nemesis
assailant
oppugnant
other side
fierce competition
opposing side
dissentient
resister
counteragent
anti
oppositionist
sportsperson
athlete
tough competition
stiff competition
applicant
match
fellow contestant
dark horse
entry
racer
gamer
other team
archenemy
emulator
corival
opposite number
hostile
dissident
sportswoman
sportsman
pothunter
battler
objector
dissenter
archfoe
arch-enemy
archrival
arch-rival
attacker
belligerent
games player
team member
fellow competitor
other competitor
other candidate
other player
other contestant
the opposition
sparring partner
“It has been supposed that she was compromised in the conspiracy which had caused a new pretender to the throne to spring up in Ireland.”
Noun
▲
A person who is not who they claim to be, usually for underhanded reasons
fraud
charlatan
fake
impostor
hoaxer
quack
sham
phoneyUK
mountebank
humbug
phonyUS
deceiver
faker
fakir
imposter
dissembler
ringer
quacksalver
actor
imitator
cheat
trickster
masquerader
swindler
fraudster
con artist
cheater
rogue
hypocrite
sharper
more ❯
“I believe that Trocero will bring forward some pretender who he will claim is King Conan.”
Noun
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A person who has an offensive air of superiority
snob
snot
highbrow
elitist
braggart
snoot
parvenu
upstart
name-dropper
stiff neck
smarty pants
social climber
status seeker
booger
prig
climber
stiff
tufthunter
pompous person
stuffed shirt
social animal
Noun
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A person making a claim, especially in a lawsuit or for a state benefit
claimant
applicant
suitor
supplicant
candidate
petitioner
suppliant
appellant
claimer
plaintiff
litigant
pretendant
pleader
aspirant
solicitor
seeker
requester
requestor
asker
beggar
beseecher
mendicant
inquirer
postulant
campaigner
appealer
Noun
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A contemptible or morally reprehensible person
rascal
scoundrel
rogue
villain
reprobate
wretch
miscreant
knave
baddy
beast
hound
rapscallion
brute
evildoer
monster
devil
scamp
savage
fiend
varlet
meany
meanie
baddie
scallywag
scalawag
heavy
caitiff
rat
scapegrace
nazi
ruffian
blackguard
swindler
vagabond
hooligan
rotter
bounder
charlatan
delinquent
skunk
cheat
bully
rowdy
scrote
wastrel
sinner
profligate
felon
tough
fraud
bum
sneak
liar
robber
disgrace
cardsharp
git
grafter
hypocrite
idler
opportunist
prodigal
puck
recreant
good-for-nothing
no-good
more ❯
Noun
▲
A person who cultivates an area of interest without real commitment or knowledge
dabbler
amateur
dilettante
putterer
tinkerer
layman
potterer
layperson
nonprofessional
nonexpert
novice
tyro
hobbyist
beginner
abecedarian
trifler
smatterer
uninitiate
dallier
non-professional
neophyte
tenderfoot
greenhorn
non-specialist
ham
enthusiast
hopeful
apprentice
probationer
recruit
more ❯
Noun
▲
A person with an inconstant behavior and can quickly adjust to new circumstances
chameleon
trimmer
temporizer
chancer
acrobat
opportunist
weathercock
timeserver
butterfly
dilettante
backstabber
cardsharp
charlatan
fake
phoneyUK
phonyUS
swindler
sycophant
changeable person
inconstant person
vacillator
Noun
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A person who is dishonest or a criminal
criminal
lawbreaker
crook
offender
culprit
villain
delinquent
felon
malefactor
sinner
outlaw
con
perp
perpetrator
swindler
transgressor
wrongdoer
conman
evildoer
racketeer
bandit
burglar
fraudster
gangster
gaolbirdUK
jailbirdUS
miscreant
scoundrel
thief
trickster
baddy
charlatan
convict
crim
fraud
mugger
robber
scammer
wretch
bioterrorist
hoaxer
housebreaker
rapist
rascal
reprobate
rogue
rorter
shoplifter
terrorist
cheat
cheater
cyberterrorist
embezzler
exploiter
grifter
gunman
heavy
hoodlum
hustler
infractor
lag
mobster
mug
phonyUS
phoneyUK
ruffian
scamster
shyster
suspect
thug
trespasser
violator
yardbird
agroterrorist
bilker
defrauder
ecoterrorist
filcher
finagler
hellhound
more ❯
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