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- Thesaurus|1k
- Abbreviations|0
| self-styled(adjective, virtual, pseudo, quasi) | |
| manque | |
| so-called(adjective, virtual, pseudo) | |
| ambitious(adjective, eager, hopeful, wishful, prospective) | |
| nominal(adjective, virtual, pseudo) | |
| professed | |
| soi-disant | |
| hopeful(noun, adjective, eager, wishful, prospective) | |
| keen(adjective, hopeful, prospective, aspiring) | |
| quasi(adjective, almost, virtual, pseudo) | |
| wishful(adjective, eager, hopeful, prospective, aspiring) | |
| alleged | |
| aspirant(noun, adjective, eager, hopeful, wishful) | |
| aspiring(adjective, hopeful, wishful, ambitious, prospective) | |
| eager(adjective, aspiring) | |
| enterprising(adjective, aspiring) | |
| formal | |
| in name only(expression, adjective, idiom) | |
| nominative | |
| potential(adjective, aspiring) |
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