pretender
(noun)
noun
1. a claimant to the throne or to the office of ruler (usually without just title)
Definition categories: person, claimant
2. a person who makes deceitful pretenses
Similar word(s): fake, faker, fraud, imposter, impostor, pseud, pseudo, sham, shammer
Definition categories: person, beguiler, cheat, cheater, deceiver, slicker, trickster
3. 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
Similar word(s): dissembler, dissimulator, hypocrite, phoney, phony
Definition categories: person, beguiler, cheat, cheater, deceiver, slicker, trickster