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[ won-uh-bee, waw-nuh‐ ] / ˈwɒn əˌbi, ˈwɔ nə‐ / SEE SYNONYMS FOR wannabe ON THESAURUS.COM
noun, plural wan·na·bes.Informal.one who aspires, often vainly, to emulate another's success or attain eminence in some area. Origin of wannabeFirst recorded in 1980–85; derivative of (I) wanna be… Words nearby wannabewanker, Wankie, wanksta, wanky, wanna, wannabe, Wanne-Eickel, wannish, want, want ad, wantage Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for wannabeDoane tweeted, “the film does make fun of Wannabe Berean unimaginative Christians who need to lighten up.” Kirk Cameron Saves Christmas from Abominable Killjoys (Other Christians)|Brandy Zadrozny|November 14, 2014|DAILY BEAST Mike Huckabee, the Fox News host and wannabe presidential contender, was governor of my home state, Arkansas, until 2007. Arkansas’s Blue Collar Social Conservatives Don’t Know What’s Coming|Monica Potts|November 10, 2014|DAILY BEAST When the media show the hyper actions of these wannabe soldiers, public perception changes. Ferguson Shows a Nation at War With Itself|Roland S. Martin|August 16, 2014|DAILY BEAST At George Washington University, wannabe political peddlers can now study the much-maligned world of swaying and influencing. Earn Your Degree in… Lobbying?|Michelle Cottle|April 3, 2014|DAILY BEAST
British Dictionary definitions for wannabe
nouninformal - a person who desires to be, or be like, someone or something elsea group of Marilyn Monroe wannabes
- (as modifier)a wannabe film star
Word Origin for wannabeC20: phonetic shortening of want to be Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012 Words related to wannabeprospective, budding, potential, enterprising, contestant, applicant, candidate, competitor, hopeful, postulant, striver, ambitious, eager, keen, promising, wishful, striving |