would-be

would-be (wdb)

adj.

Desiring, attempting, or professing to be: "Would-be home buyers will have a somewhat easier time getting loans" (Wall Street Journal).

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would-be

Adjective

wanting or pretending to be: would-be brides

Thesaurus

Adj.

1.

would-be - unfulfilled or frustrated in realizing an ambition manque ambitious - having a strong desire for success or achievement

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would-be

adjective budding, potential, so-called, professed, dormant, self-styled, latent, wannabe (informal) unfulfilled, undeveloped, self-appointed, unrealized, manqué, soi-disant (French) quasi-

Translations

would-be [ˈwudbiː] adj (pej) → presunto

would-be [ˈwudbiː] adj (pej) → soi-disant

would-be [ˈwudbiː] adj [+ singer, writer] → Möchtegern-

would-be [ˈwudbiː] adj (pej) → sedicente