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Word "PRETENDER" Definitions:


Part of Speech:
Noun
Definition:
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
Synonyms:
dissembler, dissimulator, hypocrite, phoney, phony

Part of Speech:
Noun
Definition:
a person who makes deceitful pretenses
Synonyms:
fake, faker, fraud, imposter, impostor, pseud, pseudo, role player, sham, shammer

Part of Speech:
Noun
Definition:
a claimant to the throne or to the office of ruler (usually without just title)

Crossword Clues for PRETENDER

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Claimant to the throne The Times Concise 19 Aug 2025
See 4 The Guardian Quiptic 11 May 2025
Before offer to would-be monarch (9)
One claiming rights to the throne (9)
Throne claimant; pseudo (9)
Quiet about money that's fake
One who stakes claim to the throne makes advance submission (9)
Soldiers taken in by quiet nurse in fraud The Times Sunday Cryptic 17 Nov 2024
'The Old _', nickname of James Francis Edward Stuart, son of the deposed James II of England (9)
Not a genuine claimant? (9)
Claimant Mirror Quick 03 Oct 2024
Aspirant is quiet about offer (9) Mirror Cryptic 03 Oct 2024
Person claiming a throne or title (9)
False claimant before builder's quote (9)
E.g. Bonnie Prince Charlie in power, concerned with money (9) The Guardian Cryptic 19 Aug 2024
He would have you believe he's had a previous offer (9)
Person making a false claim before the final bid (9)
Maybe nurse succeeds before charlatan
Actor playing Bonnie Prince Charlie? (9)
Not yet properly cooked, one claims?
Prior offer for one who aspires to a high position (9)
"Oh yes, I'm the great ...; Pretending that I'm doing well; My need is such, I pretend too much; I'm lonely but no-one can tell"
For one who makes spurious claims, rep is oddly affectionate (9)
What precedes an offer for a persuasive speaker? (9)
Aspirant makes rep alter offer (9)
Person making claim to a throne (9)
Claimant to the throne, say The Guardian Speedy 11 Jun 2023
See 4 The Guardian Cryptic 07 Jun 2023
He questionably claims penny on being given cash The Times Cryptic 11 Aug 2022
"The ___," 2007 Grammy-winning song by Foo Fighters
Person claiming money on spurge, occasionally
In advance of offer, one claims throne The Times Cryptic 12 Oct 2021
Phony prince initially about to get offer
E.g. James Stuart,    an indulger in make-believe?
Person making a claim before proposal
Candidate in sandwich shop having goal to meet the Queen
One has aspirations before the contract bid
Pressure concerning young claimant to the throne
Peter Andre's not a false claimant
Fraud prior to bid? The Telegraph Cryptic 01 Mar 2020
Pressure on fragile candidate
Claimant The Telegraph Quick 17 Oct 2019
Not post to offer professor
Claimant to a throne, usually without just title Irish Times Simplex 29 Sep 2017
Would-be ruler before submission?
One acts like eight or nine of French Resistance The Telegraph Toughie 24 Aug 2017
Claimant to throne pleased at first about offer
Contestant who has no chance, sore before taking the lead
Before submission, one typically makes a claim
Bid to be taken on before play-actor
Before youthful claimant
Cheat before you offer
Claimant to throne The Telegraph Quick 25 Apr 2015
One acting before the contract bid? The Times Cryptic 12 Jan 2015
Royal claimant
Royal claimant
Poser
In advance of offer, one claims throne
Aspirant to a throne
Aspirant, as to a throne
Illegal claimant to a throne
Throne claimant
Role of son of James II
James Stuart, the Old ___ (1688–1766).
Status of Charley's aunt.
James Stuart, for one.
Claimant to a throne.
Charles Edward Stuart.
Son of James II of England.
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