Thesaurus results for WANNABEE

wannabe

noun

ˈwä-nə-ˌbē

variants also wannabee

as in follower

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

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Recent Examples of wannabe Not the venture capitalists who sank billions into EV wannabes in a flight of post-rational exuberance. —

Mark Phelan, USA TODAY, 1 Sep. 2024 Like Hughes and every other 20-something, male wannabe in Nashville, Sadler had a prodigious mullet. —

Keith Sharon, USA TODAY, 2 Sep. 2024 And al Qaeda central, while inspiring some wannabes abroad and creating many videos, has done almost nothing of consequence in 20 years. —

John Mueller, Foreign Affairs, 30 Sep. 2021 Jack Lowden, who plays 007 wannabe River Cartwright, was nominated in the Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Drama category, while Jonathan Pryce, who plays River’s grandfather, ex espionage chief David Cartwright, was nommed for Outstanding Guest Actor in a Drama. —

Baz Bamigboye, Deadline, 18 July 2024 See all Example Sentences for wannabe