Definition for Pretense:

• an artful or simulated semblance; " under the guise of friendship he betrayed them"

Synonyms for Pretense:

• n.

  •
  • gloss,
  • wile,
  • cloak,
  • seeming,
  • ruse.
  •act (noun)
  • stall,
  • false front,
  • feigning.
  •color (noun)
  • false show.
  •cover (noun)
  • varnish.
  •depression (noun)
  • hypochondria.
  •falsehood (noun)
  • falseness,
  • fakery,
  • misstatement,
  • untruth.
  •falsehood, affected show; cover (noun)
  • gag,
  • excuse,
  • misrepresentation,
  • schtick,
  • artifice,
  • faking,
  • simulation,
  • falsification,
  • charade,
  • stunt,
  • dumb act,
  • ostentation,
  • pretentiousness,
  • display,
  • shuffling,
  • routine,
  • guise,
  • fabrication,
  • posturing,
  • posing,
  • invention.
  •imitation (noun)
  • echo,
  • portrayal,
  • mirror,
  • reflection,
  • resemblance,
  • replication,
  • caricature,
  • duplicate,
  • carbon,
  • representation,
  • duplication,
  • pseudo,
  • copy,
  • parallel,
  • reproduction,
  • travesty,
  • parody,
  • spoof,
  • emulation,
  • burlesque.
  •pretension (noun)
  • device,
  • impersonation,
  • mannerism,
  • stage,
  • front,
  • counterfeit,
  • imitation,
  • air,
  • gimmick,
  • forgery,
  • artificiality.
  •pretext (noun)
  • plea,
  • stratagem,
  • white lie,
  • loop-hole,
  • reason,
  • justification,
  • smoke screen,
  • affirmation,
  • red herring,
  • rationale,
  • alibi.

• Other synonyms:

  •
  • Dibs,
  • false colors,
  • window dressing,
  • Dissemblance,
  • Disguisement.
  •
  • appearance,
  • veneer.
  •
  • coloring.
  •
  • veil,
  • put on.
  •
  • face.
  •charlatanism
  • quackery.
  •Other relevant words:
  • gasconade,
  • heroics,
  • locus standi,
  • feign,
  • dissembling,
  • due,
  • pretence,
  • intense,
  • vindication,
  • makeshift,
  • blind,
  • unnaturalness,
  • bumptiousness,
  • colouring,
  • four-flushing,
  • wherefore,
  • simulacrum,
  • mold,
  • nervous,
  • feigned,
  • Humbuggery,
  • Braggardism,
  • birthright,
  • fetch,
  • demand,
  • pretend,
  • shift,
  • explanation,
  • pompousness,
  • deceitful,
  • appurtenance,
  • property right,
  • artificial,
  • allegation,
  • faculty,
  • false pretense,
  • rodomontade,
  • ostentatiousness,
  • Fanfaronade,
  • anxious,
  • pomposity,
  • gilt,
  • critical,
  • imperiousness,
  • handle,
  • buncombe,
  • model,
  • splash,
  • haughtiness,
  • fierce,
  • prescription,
  • Venditation,
  • cheating,
  • deep,
  • meretriciousness,
  • fervent,
  • Bluffing,
  • sophistry,
  • ostensibly,
  • strut,
  • screen,
  • Droit,
  • Advocation,
  • stalking-horse,
  • disloyal,
  • ardent,
  • boast,
  • shuffle,
  • pomp,
  • magniloquence,
  • important,
  • erroneous,
  • arrogance,
  • call,
  • toploftiness,
  • right,
  • dangerous,
  • special pleading,
  • prerogative,
  • falsity,
  • pageant,
  • solemnity,
  • quibble,
  • bravado,
  • interest,
  • posture,
  • Ostent,
  • excitable,
  • highfaluting,
  • false appearance,
  • natural right,
  • lordliness,
  • computer simulation,
  • tall talk,
  • malingering,
  • jactitation,
  • vaporing,
  • VESTED RIGHT,
  • array,
  • apology,
  • playacting,
  • reason why,
  • false pretension,
  • acute,
  • inalienable right,
  • superciliousness,
  • dash,
  • parade,
  • poor excuse,
  • splurge,
  • taut,
  • bunkum,
  • vested interest,
  • hypocritical,
  • authority,
  • glitter,
  • untrue,
  • sanctimony,
  • flattery,
  • delusion,
  • unfaithful,
  • cover story,
  • acting a part,
  • hot air,
  • pretensions,
  • vaunt,
  • teratology,
  • power,
  • attitudinizing,
  • puff,
  • highfalutin,
  • why,
  • image,
  • false,
  • flourish,
  • burning,
  • sour grapes,
  • state,
  • exaggeration,
  • stylishness,
  • masterfulness,
  • gas,
  • fuss,
  • brilliant,
  • divine right,
  • Shamming,
  • perfidious,
  • cowardly,
  • boasting,
  • treacherous,
  • form,
  • self-importance,
  • conjugal right,
  • Peremptoriness,
  • self-consequence,
  • bombast,
  • bounce,
  • brag,
  • presumptive right,
  • loftiness,
  • incorrect,
  • crake,
  • refuge,
  • public image,
  • speciousness,
  • protestation,
  • Jactancy,
  • formalism,
  • idea,
  • deceitfulness,
  • Blague,
  • Puffery,
  • imagination,
  • moonshine,
  • superiority.

Paraphrases for Pretense:

• Equivalence

  • Noun, singular or mass
    pretext, pretence.

• Independent

  • Noun, singular or mass
    guise, claim, justification.

• Other Related

  • Noun, singular or mass
    excuse, pretension, subterfuge, presumption.

Antonyms for Pretense:

• n.

  • falsehood, affected show; cover
    openness, reality, honesty, truth, simplicity, frankness, honor, uprightness, truthfulness, quiet.
  • 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.