Associations to the word «Pretender»

Wiktionary

PRETENDER, noun. A person who professes beliefs and opinions that they do not hold.
PRETENDER, noun. A claimant to an abolished or already occupied throne.

Dictionary definition

PRETENDER, noun. A claimant to the throne or to the office of ruler (usually without just title).
PRETENDER, noun. A person who makes deceitful pretenses.
PRETENDER, noun. 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.

Wise words

The most important things are the hardest things to say. They are the things you get ashamed of because words diminish your feelings - words shrink things that seem timeless when they are in your head to no more than living size when they are brought out.
Stephen King