- Pretender - a claimant to the throne or to the office of ruler (usually without just title)
--1 is a kind of claimant
Derived form: verb pretend3 - imposter, impostor, pretender, fake, faker, fraud, sham, shammer, pseudo, pseud, role player - a person who makes deceitful pretenses
--2 is a kind of deceiver, cheat, cheater, trickster, beguiler, slicker
--2 has particulars: name dropper; ringerDerived forms: verb pretend2, verb pretend1 - hypocrite, dissembler, phony, phoney, pretender - a person who professes beliefs and opinions that he does not hold
--3 is a kind of deceiver, cheat, cheater, trickster, beguiler, slicker
--3 has particulars:smoothie, smoothy, sweet talker, charmer; Tartuffe, Tartufe; whited sepulcher, whited sepulchre