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Synonyms & Antonyms of pretense
1
the quality or state of appearing or trying to appear more important or more valuable than is the case
- she seemed to be a very down-to-earth woman who was completely free of pretense
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Words Related to pretense
- arrogance,
- bumptiousness,
- complacency,
- conceit,
- egotism,
- hauteur,
- imperiousness,
- pompousness,
- presumptuousness,
- pride,
- self-aggrandizement,
- self-assertion,
- self-assumption,
- self-conceit,
- self-consequence,
- self-glorification,
- self-importance,
- self-satisfaction,
- smugness,
- vaingloriousness,
- vainglory,
- vainness,
- vanity
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2
a display of emotion or behavior that is insincere or intended to deceive
- her display of bravado was just a pretense
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3
an entitlement to something
- this book on gardening makes no pretense at completeness
Synonyms for pretense
- call,
- claim,
- dibs,
- pretension,
- right
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4
an exaggerated sense of one's importance that shows itself in the making of excessive or unjustified claims
- the pretense of that woman in thinking that the other hotel guests should be inconvenienced just for her
Synonyms for pretense
- arrogance,
- assumption,
- bumptiousness,
- consequence,
- haughtiness,
- hauteur,
- high horse,
- huffiness,
- imperiousness,
- loftiness,
- lordliness,
- masterfulness,
- peremptoriness,
- pomposity,
- pompousness,
- presumptuousness,
- pretension,
- pretentiousness,
- self-consequence,
- self-importance,
- superciliousness,
- superiority,
- toploftiness
Words Related to pretense
- chest-thumping,
- inflation,
- self-assertion,
- side
- [chiefly British],
- snobbery,
- snobbishness,
- snobbism,
- snootiness
- boastfulness,
- bombast,
- braggadocio,
- bravado,
- strut,
- swagger,
- triumphalism,
- vaingloriousness,
- vainglory
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The first known use of pretense was in the 15th century
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