Expert and Pretender

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Expert noun - A person with a high level of knowledge or skill in a field.

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Pretender is an antonym for expert.

Nearby Words: experience, expertise, expertly, expertised

Pretender noun - One who makes false claims of identity or expertise.

Usage example: it turns out that the guy who claimed to work for a modeling agency was just a pretender

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Expert is an antonym for pretender.

female	female expert	female pretender
true	true expert	true pretender

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