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Simular :: Simular (n.) One who pretends to be what he is not; one who, or that which, simulates or counterfeits something; a pretender..

Impostor :: Impostor (n.) One who imposes upon others; a person who assumes a character or title not his own, for the purpose of deception; a pretender..

Witling :: Witling (n.) A person who has little wit or understanding; a pretender to wit or smartness.

Grammaticaster :: Grammaticaster (n.) A petty grammarian; a grammatical pedant or pretender.

Theologaster :: Theologaster (n.) A pretender or quack in theology.

Sciolist :: Sciolist (n.) One who knows many things superficially; a pretender to science; a smatterer.

Pretender :: Pretender (n.) One who lays claim, or asserts a title (to something); a claimant..

Pretendant :: Pretendant (n.) A pretender; a claimant.

Pretendership :: Pretendership (n.) The character, right, or claim of a pretender..

Pedant :: Pedant (n.) One who puts on an air of learning; one who makes a vain display of learning; a pretender to superior knowledge.

Illuminate :: Illuminate (n.) One who enlightened; esp., a pretender to extraordinary light and knowledge..

Mountebank :: Mountebank (n.) Any boastful or false pretender; a charlatan; a quack.

Coxcomb :: Coxcomb (n.) A vain, showy fellow; a conceited, silly man, fond of display; a superficial pretender to knowledge or accomplishments; a fop..

Pretender :: Pretender (n.) The pretender (Eng. Hist.), the son or the grandson of James II., the heir of the royal family of Stuart, who laid claim to the throne of Great Britain, from which the house was excluded by law..

Pansophical :: Pansophical (a.) All-wise; claiming universal knowledge; as, pansophical pretenders..

Hypocrite :: Hypocrite (n.) One who plays a part; especially, one who, for the purpose of winning approbation of favor, puts on a fair outside seeming; one who feigns to be other and better than he is; a false pretender to virtue or piety; one who simulates virtue or piety..

Philosophaster :: Philosophaster (n.) A pretender to philosophy.

Adventurer :: Adventurer (n.) A social pretender on the lookout for advancement.

Quack :: Quack (n.) A boastful pretender to medical skill; an empiric; an ignorant practitioner.

Philosophist :: Philosophist (n.) A pretender in philosophy.

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