variants also wannabee
as in follower
a person who adopts the appearance or behavior of another especially in an obvious way an entrepreneur who seems to have made his fortune mainly by giving how-to-get-rich lectures to entrepreneurial wannabes

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Recent Examples of wannabe Not the venture capitalists who sank billions into EV wannabes in a flight of post-rational exuberance. Mark Phelan, USA TODAY, 1 Sep. 2024 Like Hughes and every other 20-something, male wannabe in Nashville, Sadler had a prodigious mullet. Keith Sharon, USA TODAY, 2 Sep. 2024 And al Qaeda central, while inspiring some wannabes abroad and creating many videos, has done almost nothing of consequence in 20 years. John Mueller, Foreign Affairs, 30 Sep. 2021 Jack Lowden, who plays 007 wannabe River Cartwright, was nominated in the Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Drama category, while Jonathan Pryce, who plays River’s grandfather, ex espionage chief David Cartwright, was nommed for Outstanding Guest Actor in a Drama. Baz Bamigboye, Deadline, 18 July 2024 See all Example Sentences for wannabe 

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“Wannabe.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/wannabe. Accessed 7 Dec. 2024.

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