Thesaurus
pretension
Synonyms and Antonyms of pretension
- a pretension of long standing to the throne of Hungary
- a woman full of pretension and pompousness
authoritativeness, bossiness, dominance, high-handedness
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
- The pretension of that French restaurant is more than I can bear.
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
disdain, haughtiness, lordliness, snobbery, snobbishness, superciliousness, superiority
confidence, presumption, self-assurance, self-confidence, sureness
flamboyance, flashiness, garishness, gaudiness, glitz, mummery, ostentation, ostentatiousness, show, showiness
- Eric has serious pretensions of becoming a writer.
name of the game
Synonym Discussion of pretension
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- driven by ambition
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- an aspiration to become president someday
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- has literary pretensions
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