pretense

Synonyms

arrogance, assumption, bumptiousness, consequence, haughtiness, hauteur, high horse, huffiness, imperiousness, loftiness, lordliness, masterfulness, pomposity, pompousness, presumptuousness, pretension, pretentiousness, self-importance, superciliousness, superiority;

Antonyms

humility, modesty, unassumingness, unpretentiousness;

Near Antonyms

bashfulness, demureness, retiringness, shyness;

diffidence, self-distrust, self-doubt, timidity, timidness;

lowliness, meekness, mousiness, passiveness, passivity, submissiveness;

quietness, reserve, reservedness;

Related Words

authoritativeness, bossiness, dominance, high-handedness;

condescension, disdain, scorn;

chest-thumping, inflation, self-assertion, snobbery, snobbishness, snobbism, snootiness;

attitude, cheek, cheekiness, impertinence, impudence, sauciness;

boastfulness, bombast, bravado, strut, swagger, triumphalism, vaingloriousness, vainglory;

cockiness, complacence, conceit, egoism, egotism, pride, pridefulness, self-assumption, self-centeredness, self-complacency, self-conceit, self-content, self-contentment, self-opinion, self-partiality, self-satisfaction, smugness, swelled head, vanity;

superiority complex;