What is another word for pretense?
642 synonyms foundPronunciation:
[ pɹɪtˈɛns], [ pɹɪtˈɛns], [ p_ɹ_ɪ_t_ˈɛ_n_s]Table of Contents
Similar words for pretense:- act (noun)
- acting (noun)
- affectation (noun)
- bluff (noun)
- cant (noun)
- claim (noun)
- color (noun)
- cover (noun)
- cover-up (noun)
- deceit (noun)
- deception (noun)
- decoy (noun)
- depression (noun)
- disguise (noun)
- dissembling (noun)
- euphemism (noun)
- fake (noun)
- false colors (noun)
- falsehood (noun)
- falsehood, affected show; cover (noun)
- fooling (noun)
- imitation (noun)
- imposture (noun)
- insincerity (noun)
- mask (noun)
- masquerade (noun)
- mimicry (noun)
- mockery (noun)
- nonsense (noun)
- other relevant words (noun)
- pose (noun)
- pretension (noun)
- pretext (noun)
- put-on (noun)
- quibble (noun)
- semblance (noun)
- sham (noun)
- show (noun)
- title (noun)
- trickery (noun)
- other synonyms
- charlatanism
- drivel
- make-believe
- other relevant words
- prudishness
- other relevant words (noun)
Synonyms for Pretense:
n.
•act (noun) •acting (noun)- stagecraft,
- characterizations,
- Enacting,
- characterization,
- posturings,
- playings,
- Imitating,
- portraying,
- pantomimes,
- Theatricals,
- stooging,
- seemings,
- pantomime,
- hamming.
- dis-honesty,
- pecksnifferies,
- sham holinesses,
- hypo-criticalness,
- hypocriticalnesses,
- affected pieties,
- hypo criticalnesses,
- pharisaicalnesses,
- hypo criticalness,
- hypo-criticalnesses,
- dis honesties,
- dis honesty,
- dis-honesties.
- dis-simulations,
- smoke-screens,
- hush ups,
- dissimulations,
- maskings,
- veil secrecy,
- closetings,
- dis guising,
- dis-simulation,
- placing under wrap,
- hushups,
- dis simulations,
- dis simulation,
- seal secrecy,
- dis-guising,
- hush-ups,
- hushup,
- disguisings.
- dis-semblance,
- cozenings,
- smoke mirrors,
- fraudulences,
- defraudings,
- mis representation,
- overreachings,
- dis semblance,
- under handednesses,
- doubledealing,
- mis representations,
- dirty dealings,
- two facedness,
- ambidextrousnesses,
- over reaching,
- mis-representation,
- mis-representations,
- under-handedness,
- under-handednesses,
- dis semblances,
- under handedness,
- over-reaching,
- entrappings,
- dis-semblances,
- twofacedness.
- deceptiveness,
- disinformation,
- boondoggles,
- beguilements,
- fast one,
- cozenage,
- Defraudation,
- beguilement,
- hokum,
- dupery,
- boondoggle.
- co-lorings,
- get ups,
- get-ups,
- fakings,
- dis guises,
- co-loring,
- dis-guises,
- co loring,
- dis-guise,
- dis guise,
- co lorings.
- gold bricks,
- pseudi,
- pre-tender,
- pre-tenders,
- junques,
- pre tender,
- four-flushers,
- four flusher,
- re-productions,
- pre tenders,
- re production,
- re-production,
- fourflushers,
- re productions,
- four flushers.
- figment,
- Untruism,
- hogwash,
- fable,
- half truth,
- half truths,
- misstatement,
- falseness,
- untruth,
- perjury,
- fibbery,
- mis-statement,
- fallaciousness,
- fakery.
- gag,
- excuse,
- misrepresentation,
- schtick,
- artifice,
- faking,
- simulation,
- falsification,
- charade,
- stunt,
- dumb act,
- ostentation,
- pretentiousness,
- display,
- shuffling,
- routine,
- guise,
- fabrication,
- posturing,
- posing,
- invention.
- clownishnesses,
- bluffings,
- skylarkings,
- teasings,
- joshings,
- rowdinesses,
- making lights,
- spoofings,
- roughhousings,
- kiddings,
- frolickings,
- triflings.
- echo,
- portrayal,
- mirror,
- reflection,
- resemblance,
- replication,
- caricature,
- duplicate,
- carbon,
- representation,
- duplication,
- pseudo,
- copy,
- parallel,
- reproduction,
- travesty,
- parody,
- spoof,
- emulation,
- burlesque.
- ambidextrousness,
- Hocuspocus,
- mummery,
- masquerade,
- pretext,
- mask,
- hypocrisy,
- sharp practice,
- floridness,
- apery,
- dissimulation,
- take-off,
- trickery,
- empty talk,
- fast shuffle,
- humbug,
- counter-claim,
- smokescreen,
- color,
- trick,
- hypocriticalness,
- mimicry,
- claim,
- BSS,
- affected piety,
- dirty trick,
- euphemism,
- Pharisaism,
- profession,
- Frolicking,
- rantings,
- Buffooneries,
- pretending,
- Purism,
- Double dealing,
- silliness,
- pious platitude,
- pose,
- four-flusher,
- doublecross,
- show,
- Skylarking,
- banana,
- trifling,
- put-on,
- title,
- personations,
- subterfuge,
- dominoes,
- cunnings,
- affectation,
- placing under wraps,
- scribble,
- hush-up,
- acting,
- costume ball,
- putting on airs,
- domino,
- fourberie,
- deception,
- tommyrot,
- feint,
- facade,
- semblance,
- spoofing,
- take-offs,
- cover up,
- airs,
- razzle-dazzle,
- bluffers,
- pecksniffery,
- falsehood,
- send up,
- funny business,
- shiftiness,
- veil of secrecy,
- affectedness,
- grandstand play,
- act,
- smokescreens,
- disguise,
- send-up,
- mockery,
- sham holiness,
- jiving,
- evasion,
- chicane,
- Pharisaicalness,
- Positure,
- teasing,
- senselessness,
- imposture,
- shows,
- showboats,
- jives,
- dominos,
- requirements,
- fake,
- showboat,
- make-believe,
- decoy,
- junque,
- cover-up,
- jive,
- bluff,
- coverup,
- making light,
- personation,
- roughhousing,
- roughhouse,
- double-dealing,
- fraud,
- Fooling,
- buffoonery,
- fraudulence,
- counterclaims,
- counterclaim,
- smoke-screen,
- Aperies,
- cant,
- requirement,
- Mummeries,
- Clownishness,
- sham,
- seal of secrecy,
- Illusions,
- double cross,
- chicanes,
- nonsense,
- pretension,
- deceit,
- cover,
- pious platitudes,
- get-up,
- dirty dealing,
- rowdiness,
- fourflusher,
- insincerity,
- sendup,
- Closeting,
- gold brick.
- device,
- impersonation,
- mannerism,
- stage,
- front,
- counterfeit,
- imitation,
- air,
- gimmick,
- forgery,
- artificiality.
Other synonyms:
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- camouflage,
- veneer,
- appearance,
- histrionics,
- farce.
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- coloring.
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- face.
- puff,
- playacting,
- Humbuggery,
- nervous,
- power,
- vindication,
- fervent,
- model,
- formalism,
- fierce,
- deceitfulness,
- cowardly,
- brag,
- moonshine,
- rodomontade,
- disloyal,
- feigned,
- haughtiness,
- Shamming,
- splash,
- dash,
- pompousness,
- buncombe,
- posture,
- highfaluting,
- heroics,
- deceitful,
- teratology,
- perfidious,
- bombast,
- loftiness,
- self-importance,
- masterfulness,
- tall talk,
- arrogance,
- bounce,
- pageant,
- false appearance,
- four-flushing,
- authority,
- deep,
- pomposity,
- prerogative,
- fuss,
- sanctimony,
- bumptiousness,
- Braggardism,
- glitter,
- why,
- makeshift,
- malingering,
- stalking-horse,
- brilliant,
- refuge,
- presumptive right,
- superciliousness,
- gas,
- gasconade,
- meretriciousness,
- Ostent,
- imagination,
- flourish,
- due,
- strut,
- VESTED RIGHT,
- demand,
- speciousness,
- parade,
- state,
- put-off,
- imperiousness,
- incorrect,
- pretence,
- magniloquence,
- fetch,
- crake,
- allegation,
- Bluffing,
- apology,
- artificial,
- dangerous,
- erroneous,
- lordliness,
- cover story,
- untrue,
- pretensions,
- poor excuse,
- delusion,
- array,
- unfaithful,
- Fanfaronade,
- shift,
- mold,
- self-consequence,
- Venditation,
- Advocation,
- ardent,
- pretend,
- intense,
- colouring,
- blind,
- vaunt,
- special pleading,
- simulacrum,
- acute,
- critical,
- bunkum,
- vaporing,
- burning,
- screen,
- handle,
- inalienable right,
- excitable,
- cheating,
- superiority,
- bravado,
- image,
- airs and graces,
- boast,
- attitudinizing,
- Peremptoriness,
- appurtenance,
- locus standi,
- treacherous,
- call,
- taut,
- explanation,
- prescription,
- form,
- flattery,
- Blague,
- Puffery,
- stylishness,
- ostentatiousness,
- exaggeration,
- computer simulation,
- jactitation,
- ostensibly,
- pomp,
- conjugal right,
- solemnity,
- wherefore,
- sour grapes,
- hot air,
- interest,
- toploftiness,
- acting a part,
- important,
- highfalutin,
- birthright,
- hypocritical,
- shuffle,
- falsity,
- rational ground,
- anxious,
- natural right,
- right,
- feign,
- vested interest,
- Jactancy,
- false pretense,
- divine right,
- false,
- quibble,
- reason why,
- splurge,
- property right,
- false pretension,
- unnaturalness,
- idea,
- faculty,
- public image,
- boasting,
- protestation,
- gilt,
- sophistry,
- Droit.
Paraphrases for Pretense:
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Equivalence
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Independent
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Noun, singular or mass
guise, claim, justification.
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Other Related
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Noun, singular or mass
excuse, pretension, subterfuge, presumption.
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Noun, singular or mass
Antonyms for Pretense:
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n.
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falsehood, affected show; cover
openness, reality, honesty, truth, simplicity, frankness, honor, uprightness, truthfulness, quiet.
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Other antonyms:
release, artlessness, directness, actuality, quitclaim, unpretentiousness, disclaimer, forthrightness, passivity, transparency, quietness, candor, self-distrust, submissiveness, openheartedness, shyness, reserve, candidness, waiver, passiveness, ingenuousness, fact, reservedness, bluntness, diffidence, retiringness, sincerity, timidness, self-doubt, bashfulness, naivete, outspokenness, guilelessness, genuineness, naturalness, straightforwardness, mousiness, plainspokenness, unassumingness, timidity.
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falsehood, affected show; cover