wannabe

noun

Synonyms and Antonyms of WANNABE

a person who adopts the appearance or behavior of another especially in an obvious way <an entrepreneur who seems to have made his fortune mainly by giving how-to-get-rich lectures to entrepreneurial wannabes>

Synonyms aper, copyist, echo, follower, imitator, rubber stamp, wannabe (also wannabee)

Related Words parrot; ape, emulator, impersonator, impressionist, mimic

Variants of WANNABE

wannabe also wannabee

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