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wannabe

adjective as in would-be

noun as in aspirant

noun as in aspirer

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California's gubernatorial recall election has become a casting call for wannabes seeking a giant earned-media opportunity.

From Axios

Meanwhile, Khazein allegedly researched routes the wannabe kidnappers could take from her Brooklyn home to the water to Venezuela and from there to Tehran.

Unrated during the pandemicKnots of wannabe diners clog the entrance of what sounds like a nightclub but looks like the feedery it is, what with a big circular bar and servers crisscrossing the expanse with trays of food and not a little drama.

With that, Franklin became not only a “flee,” but a wannabe cop killer, transformed by a radio call that described him as trying to hit an officer.

From Time

He began shooting back-roads Alabama — notably signs and buildings — with a Brownie in 1958, the same year Andy Warhol first trained his Polaroid on New York celebs and wannabe “superstars.”

What this essentially means is that superman-wannabe white people do not see my people as their equal.

Doane tweeted, “the film does make fun of Wannabe Berean unimaginative Christians who need to lighten up.”

Mike Huckabee, the Fox News host and wannabe presidential contender, was governor of my home state, Arkansas, until 2007.

He was just another wannabe messiah who ended up on the wrong side of the authorities.

When the media show the hyper actions of these wannabe soldiers, public perception changes.

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On this page you'll find 24 synonyms, antonyms, and words related to wannabe, such as: budding, enterprising, potential, prospective, ambitious, and eager.

From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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