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WANNABE
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Dictionary entry overview: What does wannabe mean?
• 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.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
An ambitious and aspiring young person
Classified under:
Nouns denoting people
Synonyms:
aspirant; aspirer; hopeful; wannabe; wannabee
Context example:
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)
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