Synonyms for wannabe
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. Kat Cammack:

   The Defense Department did it with its Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion team and appointed a senior official with concerning and divisive rhetoric in its top post, the Department of Homeland Security did it with the Disinformation Governance Board and had a wannabe TikTok ‘influencer’ as its leader.

2. Scott C. Holstad:

   normalcy? an answer to a crossword puzzle question my body bears the strain of a suicide wannabe the look in my eye turns people away humanity frightens so easily that the words bubble to the top of the lobotomized

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. 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.

5. Lisa Durden:

   I absolutely LOVE Jesse Eisenberg's parody of the 'bitter boy' movie critic, it was spot on! these lazy movie critics, bastardize movie reviews, because they are wannabe directors, who's dreams fell down the watering hole of failure, due to their lack of tenacity.