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Pronunciation:
[ pɹɪtˈɛns], [ pɹɪtˈɛns], [ p_ɹ_ɪ_t_ˈɛ_n_s]
Related words: pretend, pretense meaning, make-belief, pretend to be, act as if, pretend to be someone else, act in a way that one is not
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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.
How to use "Pretense" in context?
What is pretense?
Pretense is a behavior in which we pretend to do or feel something that we are not actually doing or feeling.
When pretending to be someone or something else, we may use words, gestures, or body language to create the impression that we are someone or something else.
Pretense can be helpful in many situations. For example, when we pretend to be someone we are not, we can hide our true identity from others. Pretending to be someone we are not can also help us to socialize and engage with other people.
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Equivalence
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Independent
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Noun, singular or mass
claim, guise, justification.
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Noun, singular or mass
excuse, presumption, pretension, subterfuge.
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