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wannabe
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Adjective
Aspiring or wanting to be a specified type of person
Being other than what is apparent or true
Starting out or in the early stages of development
Unable to fully realise one's ambitions
Noun
Someone who wants to be or do something beyond their ability
Someone who copies the actions or behavior of another
A person, considered lowly, who desperately seeks wealth or power
An unlikely winner or competitor in a contest or struggle
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Adjective
▲
Aspiring or wanting to be a specified type of person
aspiring
potential
budding
hopeful
embryonic
would-be
ambitious
prospective
wishful
keen
possible
longing
striving
aspirant
eager
enterprising
promising
optimistic
likely
future
fledgling
developing
probable
hungry
hypothetical
could-be
yearning
desirous
craving
hankering
greedy
determined
committed
desiring
driven
wishing
motivated
enthusiastic
itchy
zealous
acquisitive
energetic
purposeful
lustful
envious
pioneering
progressive
longful
pushing
intending
endeavoring
US
expectant
impassioned
endeavouring
UK
go-getting
hard-driving
self-seeking
go-ahead
eager beaver
on the make
unfulfilled
professed
unrealized
undeveloped
so-called
soi-disant
self-appointed
self-styled
resolute
spirited
single-minded
intent
assertive
steadfast
fierce
strong-willed
active
forceful
ardent
earnest
tenacious
industrious
avid
pushy
unwavering
persistent
resolved
fanatical
self-assertive
dogged
uncompromising
militant
vigorous
strong
staunch
firm
obstinate
plucky
untiring
gutsy
self-starting
dedicated
aggressive
strong-minded
inspired
bent
thirsty
feisty
ruthless
unbending
unyielding
unflinching
stubborn
unfaltering
goal-oriented
self-driven
bent upon
hell-bent
obsessed
indefatigable
mettlesome
set
unflagging
fixed
insistent
indomitable
high-reaching
unhesitating
self-asserting
get up and go
focused
US
persevering
focussed
UK
resilient
stalwart
obsessive
undaunted
steely
bold
unshakeable
obdurate
undeviating
pertinacious
thrusting
fixated
unrelenting
iron-willed
power-hungry
hard-nosed
decisive
power-loving
tough
full of determination
dead set
absorbed
engrossed
adventurous
immersed
passionate
deep
dynamic
compelled
consumed
diligent
spunky
dauntless
game
high-powered
unshakable
unbendable
unshaken
possessed
immovable
audacious
dashing
galvanized
US
adamant
serious
monomaniacal
impelled
courageous
intense
brave
compulsive
obsessional
induced
confident
enthralled
sure
vehement
sagacious
ballsy
impulsive
guided
besetting
pushed
steered
galvanised
UK
desiring success
self-confident
irrepressible
urged on
have-a-go
like a ball of fire
tough-minded
faithful
as game as Ned Kelly
ironclad
high-pressure
up-and-coming
in-your-face
nervy
materialistic
self-improving
attentive
aspirational
fearless
intrepid
rapt
loyal
firm in spirit
independent
perceptive
gritty
two-fisted
keen as mustard
hardy
animated
resourceful
certain
heroic
take charge
mean
stout-hearted
observant
preoccupied
concentrated
hustling
gumptious
entrepreneurial
hardworking
riveted
concentrating
occupied
competitive
assiduous
unremitting
relentless
tireless
go-go
sedulous
rigid
steady
cutthroat
sustained
rigorous
ferocious
inflexible
engaged
unabated
bloodthirsty
stringent
assured
career-minded
gladiatorial
defiant
brutal
scrappy
warlike
bullheaded
wrapped up
impatient
rising
gung ho
hang-tough
self-willed
bound and determined
full-blooded
intensely competitive
stop at nothing
having killer instinct
go for broke
self-possessed
cut-throat
self-assured
dog-eat-dog
can-do
fiercely competitive
talented
gifted
able
coming
apt
bound
out
planful
emerging
succeeding
soaring
climbing
decided
in the making
with potential
on the up and up
coming on strong
likely to succeed
go-getter
inflexible about
hell-bent on
intent on
single-minded about
insistent on
set on
out to
do-or-die
determined to
fixed on
hell-bent upon
bent on
fixed upon
decisive about
anxious to
obsessive about
firm about
minding
fixated on
committed to
obsessed with
dead set on
resolved on
intending to
fanatical about
impatient to
resolved to
determined on
unsentimental
upwardly mobile
purpose driven
highly motivated
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“He advised
wannabe
singers to get as much work experience and practice as possible rather than paying for a pointless degree.”
Adjective
▲
Being other than what is apparent or true
pseudo
fake
false
artificial
sham
bogus
mock
phoney
UK
spurious
feigned
simulated
pretended
affected
phony
US
counterfeit
imitation
assumed
contrived
unnatural
pretend
forced
plastic
strained
ersatz
factitious
faux
insincere
fraudulent
mechanical
deceptive
cod
misleading
pirate
wrong
quasi
virtual
put-on
self-styled
quasi-
as it were
would-be
not genuine
not kosher
not legit
not real
to all intents and purposes
synthetic
seeming
apparent
nominal
supposed
near
pseudo-
semi-
so-called
dummy
faked
forged
substitute
unauthentic
inauthentic
imitative
mimic
hollow
manufactured
laboured
UK
snide
labored
US
mannered
reproduction
stilted
replica
copied
man-made
queer
fabricated
stiff
specious
fakey
overdone
dud
put on
unconvincing
superficial
actorly
pseud
pirated
fictitious
make-believe
professed
wooden
overworked
studied
falsified
facsimile
copycat
pretentious
invalid
self-conscious
ostensible
exaggerated
supposititious
hypocritical
unreal
ungenuine
copy
meretricious
constrained
duplicate
grudging
worthless
bootlegged
purported
two-faced
overripe
phoney-baloney
phony-baloney
posed
theatrical
improvised
campy
ham
hammy
trick
elaborate
nonnatural
adulterine
rigid
inflexible
bound
binding
conscripted
begrudging
stringent
coercive
forcible
counterfeited
hokey
awkward
framed
Hollywood
plant
brummagem
fishy
bent
delusory
crock
delusive
imitated
avowed
suppositious
untrue
uneasy
hoax
knock-off
pinchbeck
made-up
dissembling
quack
bootleg
won't fly
soft shell
mealymouthed
double-dealing
rehearsed
overblown
imaginary
gingerbread
posey
model
bluffing
shammed
lying
impostrous
charlatan
cheating
concealed
dissimulated
imposturous
unqualified
uncomfortable
repro
knock off
conceited
playacting
melodramatic
affectated
fraud
dishonest
invented
concocted
unoriginal
crooked
deceitful
engineered
derivative
pseudonymous
adopted
not what it is cracked up to be
experimental
representative
surface
manmade
glib
deceiving
plagiarized
US
plagiarised
UK
stolen
trumped-up
planned
falsie
unspontaneous
manipulated
fixed
recherche
voulu
staged
tortured
non-natural
far-fetched
hyped up
overly planned
unctuous
backhanded
double
mealy
stagy
genteel
jive
Pecksniffian
simpering
apish
camp
highfaluting
artsy
lip
chichi
double-faced
left-handed
Janus-faced
arty-farty
stuck up
gone Hollywood
bad
nonbinding
inoperative
null and void
not binding
uncollectible
nugatory
void
illegal
null
nonvalid
self-appointed
self-titled
sworn
self-named
confessed
self-proclaimed
soi-disant
self-confessed
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Adjective
▲
Starting out or in the early stages of development
budding
nascent
developing
incipient
embryonic
beginning
growing
fledgling
burgeoning
inchoate
inceptive
promising
blossoming
rising
aborning
potential
sprouting
coming
future
prospective
flowering
opening
maturing
germinal
aspiring
young
fresh
germinating
pubescent
pullulating
vegetating
up-and-coming
would-be
in the making
with potential
bursting forth
shooting up
emergent
emerging
dawning
early
infant
flourishing
initial
new
evolving
immature
arising
ascendant
rudimentary
elementary
originating
just beginning
efflorescent
introductory
initiatory
on the rise
starting
commencing
undeveloped
proceeding
issuing
on the up and up
on the way up
appearing
initiative
emanating
emanant
advancing
embryonal
basic
springing
stemming
fundamental
in its infancy
florescent
inflorescent
blooming
in bloom
in blossom
in flower
bearing fruit
preliminary
assurgent
sunrise
primary
incomplete
unindustrialized
newborn
unformed
first
in an early stage
inaugural
expanding
earliest
unfledged
seminal
unshaped
original
naissant
foremost
primordial
antecedent
newly-created
newly-established
newly-formed
virgin
to come
prospering
resulting
pioneer
to be
headmost
coming out
leading
issuing forth
leadoff
in the ascendant
rising in power
one-year-old
impending
year-old
more ❯
Adjective
▲
Unable to fully realise one's ambitions
manque
failed
frustrated
unfulfilled
unsuccessful
would-be
Noun
▲
Someone who wants to be or do something beyond their ability
aspirant
hopeful
striver
tryhard
would-be
try hard
candidate
aspirer
applicant
contender
suitor
expectant
applier
campaigner
prospect
seeker
contestant
competitor
postulant
office seeker
job seeker
job hunter
petitioner
suppliant
appellant
claimant
entrant
supplicant
pleader
solicitor
interviewee
inquirer
job-seeker
possibility
beggar
runner
mendicant
job-hunter
prospective employee
asker
nominee
bidder
dark horse
possible choice
beseecher
bet
catch
requester
requestor
possible
participant
solicitant
player
write-in
job applicant
handshaker
successor
office-seeker
challenger
auditioner
entry
rival
prospective student
autodidact
self-improver
“He wasn't a real pirate captain, just a
wannabe
.”
Noun
▲
Someone who copies the actions or behavior of another
echo
imitator
copyist
follower
copycat
aper
clone
rubber stamp
wannabee
ape
mimic
copier
emulator
mime
impersonator
impressionist
parrot
epigone
plagiarist
double
actor
look-alike
carbon copy
copy cat
satirist
parodist
mimicker
personator
caricaturist
comedian
pantomimist
performer
simulator
mummer
pantomime
entertainer
comic
imitation
sheep
lampooner
lampoonist
zany
trouper
player
playactor
thespian
pale imitation
“He's a
wannabe
who wishes he could be as powerful as the real Lion. It's like he's roaring from inside a lion costume.”
Noun
▲
A person, considered lowly, who desperately seeks wealth or power
upstart
unknown
nonentity
newcomer
nobody
would-be
name-dropper
non-person
Noun
▲
An unlikely winner or competitor in a contest or struggle
underdog
outsider
battler
scrubber
longshot
nobody
scapegoat
stooge
loser
sleeper
unknown
upsetter
little guy
dark horse
rank outsider
bottom dog
little fellow
small fry
weaker party
long shot
outside chance
outside shot
slim chance
unknown quantity
unlikely winner
unlikelihood
improbability
poor prospect
also-ran
little chance
poor bet
poor possibility
unexpected winner
small chance
remote possibility
hundred-to-one shot
fat chance
long odds
moonshot
unthinkable
impossible
poor outlook
very little chance
ghost of a chance
one in a million
when hell freezes over
no chance
off-chance
chance in a million
snowball's chance in hell
uncertainty
not a prayer
no hope
no way
poor prognosis
poor bed
chance hit
lucky shot
fluke
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