pseudo

Speech parts

1. pseudo - Noun

2. pseudo - Adjective

3. pseudo - Adjective Satellite

Meaning

a person who makes deceitful pretenses

(often used in combination) not genuine but having the appearance of

Source: WordNet

Synonyms

faker pretender fraud fake sham impostor imposter shammer pseud role player unreal make-believe affected assumed false
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Antonyms

amen right case natural complete real
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Hypernyms

cheat cheater deceiver slicker beguiler trickster

Hyponyms

ringer name dropper

Phrases with the word

pseudo-Foster Kennedy syndrome Pseudo-Isidorian quasi-pseudo-metrizable pseudo-Latinism pseudo-pseudothrombophlebitis pseudo-event

Anagrams

psuedo souped

Examples

Logic is the last scientific ingredient of Philosophy; its extraction leaves behind only a confusion of non-scientific, pseudo problems. Rudolf Carnap

Any belief that does not command the one who holds it is not a real belief; it is a pseudo belief only. Aiden Wilson Tozer

Random speculative pseudo information should be removed, unless it can be sourced. Jimmy Wales

It's, uh, pseudo code. Yeah, that's the ticket...[...]And 'unicode' is pseudo code for $encoding. Larry Wall

From the intellectual point of view, he mingles his own fantasies with accepted opinions, whence arise pseudo lies (or sincere lies), syncretism, and all the features of child thought. Jean Piaget

I stayed with them for about a year up there and, at night, worked over in Long Island at a club called The High Hat Club which was like a pseudo jazz / blues place. William Bell

Close letter words and terms

pseudisodomon pseudisodomum pseudization pseudo analytical pseudo anime pseudo English