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WANNABE

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• WANNABE (noun)
The noun WANNABE has 1 sense:

1. an ambitious and aspiring young person

Familiarity information: WANNABE used as a noun is very rare.

• WANNABE (noun)

Sense 1

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Meaning:

An ambitious and aspiring young person

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Synonyms:

aspirant; aspirer; hopeful; wannabe; wannabee

Context examples:

a lofty aspirant / two executive hopefuls joined the firm / the audience was full of Madonna wannabes

Hypernyms ("wannabe" is a kind of...):

applicant; applier (a person who requests or seeks something such as assistance or employment or admission)

"No time to waste like the present."
(English proverb)
"The more cowherds there are, the worse the cows are looked after"
(Breton proverb)
"There's no place like home."
(American proverb)
"Better late than never."
(Czech proverb)

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