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ˈwɒn əˌbi, ˈwɔ nə-wannabe

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  1. aspirant, aspirer, hopeful, wannabe, wannabeenoun

    an ambitious and aspiring young person

    "a lofty aspirant"; "two executive hopefuls joined the firm"; "the audience was full of Madonna wannabes"

    Synonyms:
    aspirer, hopeful, wannabee, aspirant

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  1. pretender

    'wannaba' was a deragotory slang term used in u.s. youth culture during the 1970s and 80s to describe someone who pretends to be something he is not. also, poser.

    Submitted by rinat on August 19, 2019  
  2. pretender

    'wannabe" was used as a deragotory slang term in u.s. youth culture during the 1970s and 80s to describe someone who pretends to be something he is not. also, poser.

    Submitted by margiezme on August 15, 2019  

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  1. List of paraphrases for "wannabe":

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  1. Terry McAuliffe:

    We can't let a Trump wannabe — you know a lapdog for Donald Trump. I call him Trump in khakis take over this state because you know what? It's too important, we got to fix education. We gotta get everybody health care. We got big challenges. I got us out of a mess before. I'll do it again. Go vote. Get your boyfriends, girlfriends, whatever you got. Get them out there.

  2. Democratic Sen. Dick Durbin:

    I've pulled up short of a federal mandate ... but I am really distressed by some of these comments of wannabe presidential candidates..., think of an analogy: What if I said 'It's my car, I don't want any brakes...and it just endangered my life? [But] you're endangering the lives of other drivers. That's what this is about.

  3. Charlie Crist:

    He’s the most arrogant governor I’ve ever seen in my life. It is shocking, it really is. Enough is enough, he’s a barbaric, wannabe dictator.

  4. Tony Perkins:

    This guy would make Mussolini proud, this is a wannabe dictator.

  5. Kelly Sadler:

    Facebook's fact-check policy is a joke, we will aggressively defend our First Amendment freedom, especially in this pivotal election year. We will not be censored by wannabe Democratic operatives posing as third-party arbiters of the truth.


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