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Meanings of
wannabe
in English
Portuguese
pretendente
Spanish
pretendiente
Back to the meaning
An ambitious and aspiring young person.
hopeful
aspirant
aspirer
wannabee
Portuguese
pretendente
Person, who wants to be more than he or she is.
pseudo
wanna-be
would-be
Synonyms
Examples for "
hopeful
"
hopeful
aspirant
aspirer
wannabee
Examples for "
hopeful
"
1
Warner said he was
hopeful
social media companies would not oppose legislation.
2
Wenger confirmed he was
hopeful
of positive news soon in both cases.
3
New legislation to tackle climate change is being called
hopeful
but flawed.
4
He said he was
hopeful
the German market would improve in 2008.
5
Over the past few days we have seen several similarly
hopeful
moments.
1
The
aspirant
attained only the exoteric knowledge in the first two Degrees.
2
The social
aspirant
should cultivate the art of saying polite nothings acceptably.
3
Today, a solid tech foundation is an expectation for any presidential
aspirant
.
4
What would your advice be to any
aspirant
singer in South Africa?
5
These are words which should inspire every new
aspirant
to the laurel.
1
The scholar had strengthened the
aspirer
;
he could only imperfectly influence the conqueror.
2
But the aspiration was above the competency of the
aspirer
.
3
Well, a new
aspirer
,
I suppose, has succeeded, and he is the bone of contention.
4
The sole luxury the abstemious
aspirer
allowed to himself was that which is found in intellectual restlessness.
5
In reading the life of Chatterton he had not much noted the scepticism, assumed or real, of the ill-fated
aspirer
to earthly immortality.
1
FlySafair have come up with a system that hopes to choose
wannabee
flyers at random.
2
If NSA only used QUANTUM to attack
wannabee
terrorists attempting to read Inspire, hardly anyone would object.
3
Like
wannabee
Denis Nordens, many deputies and senators now keep their own compilation of these media howlers.
4
Bombarding onto the pitch in an orange jacket and ripped white jeans, Mendy looked more like a
wannabee
boyband member than a professional footballer.
5
Austin is a blank canvas for the nation's creative
wannabees
.
Usage of
wannabe
in English
1
It's not that the
wannabe
PM doesn't believe in equality or opportunity.
2
Text from both the original and
wannabe
software often makes nonsensical leaps.
3
Every other Republican presidential
wannabe
is at 4 per cent or lower.
4
All these
wannabe
writers are all in competition with each other, right?
5
IGNITING a flare is a risk worth taking for a
wannabe
hooligan.
6
Ines returns in the form of a
wannabe
Instagram influencer named Jessika.
7
And for the
wannabe
movers and shakers who pass through the city.
8
We sail on past some
wannabe
punk types and slide on in.
9
You can be a
wannabe
star for a moment, then move on.
10
Big Hat, No Cattle Texas expression used to dismiss a cowboy
wannabe
.
11
And there were a lot of
wannabe
Mr. Parkers in between them.
12
But she has gotten over it because
wannabe
actors deserve love too.
13
Client had lost a kid or something to some half-assed
wannabe
warlock.
14
I was a theatrical
wannabe
,
taking classes and running around to auditions.
15
GarageBandalso makes even the most musically challenged
wannabe
sound like a pro.
16
I met his mom, his dad, and his sixteen-year-old
Madonna
-
wannabe
sister, Alanah.
Other examples for "wannabe"
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wannabe
Adjective
Noun
Singular
Frequent collocations
wannabe writers
wannabe actor
wannabe stars
presidential wannabe
wannabe cowboy
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Translations for
wannabe
Portuguese
pretendente
Spanish
pretendiente
aspirante
imitador barato
solicitante
candidato
Wannabe
through the time
Wannabe
across language varieties
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Common
United States of America
Common
United Kingdom
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