pseud

(redirected from pseuds)
Also found in: Thesaurus.

pseud

(sjuːd)
n
informal a false, artificial, or pretentious person
adj
another word for pseudo
Collins English Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged, 12th Edition 2014 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1994, 1998, 2000, 2003, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2011, 2014

pseud

(sud)
Chiefly Brit. Informal. n.
1. a person of fatuously earnest intellectual, artistic, or social pretensions.
adj.
2. of or characteristic of a pseud.
[1960–65; by shortening of pseudointellectual]

pseud-

var. of pseudo- before a vowel: pseudepigraphy.

pseud.

pseudonym.
Random House Kernerman Webster's College Dictionary, © 2010 K Dictionaries Ltd. Copyright 2005, 1997, 1991 by Random House, Inc. All rights reserved.
ThesaurusAntonymsRelated WordsSynonymsLegend:
Noun1.pseud - a person who makes deceitful pretensespseud - a person who makes deceitful pretenses
faker, imposter, impostor, pseudo, role player, sham, shammer, pretender, fraud, fake
beguiler, cheater, deceiver, trickster, slicker, cheat - someone who leads you to believe something that is not true
name dropper - someone who pretends that famous people are his/her friends
ringer - a contestant entered in a competition under false pretenses
Based on WordNet 3.0, Farlex clipart collection. © 2003-2012 Princeton University, Farlex Inc.

pseud

noun (Informal) poser (informal), fraud, phoney or phony (informal), trendy (Brit. informal), humbug They should be exposed for the snobs and pseuds they truly are.
Collins Thesaurus of the English Language – Complete and Unabridged 2nd Edition. 2002 © HarperCollins Publishers 1995, 2002
Translations

pseud

[sjuːd] N (Brit) → farsante mf
Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005

pseud

[ˈsjuːd] n (British) (intellectually) → pseudo-intello m; (socially) → snob mf
Collins English/French Electronic Resource. © HarperCollins Publishers 2005

pseud

(Brit inf)
n → Möchtegern m (inf); you pseud! → du Angeber(in)!
adj book, film → auf intellektuell gemacht (inf), → gewollt; views, ideas → hochgestochen; décor, pub etc → auf schick gemacht (inf); person → affektiert, pseudointellektuell
Collins German Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged 7th Edition 2005. © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1980 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1997, 1999, 2004, 2005, 2007

pseud

[ˈsjuːd] n (fam) (poser) → intellettualoide m/f
Collins Italian Dictionary 1st Edition © HarperCollins Publishers 1995
Mentioned in ?
Dictionary browser ?
Full browser ?