Synonyms and Antonyms for Pretension

Following is a list of 200 synonym words and phrases that are related to pretension:

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4 Letter Words

pomp

5 Letter Words

claimpride

6 Letter Words

bathosstatusvanity

7 Letter Words

conceitelitismegotismfatuitybombastbravadocoynesshipnesspufferydignityhauteurextancy

8 Letter Words

pretencepretenseargumentsnobberyartificeartinesspedantrysnobbismarchnesssmugnesscynicismglibnessfripperydournessambitionopulenceprestigeeminenceposhnessnobilitynoblessestanding

9 Letter Words

assertionpompositypretensespretencestritenessarrogancegimmickryflippancyeruditionvulgarityfalsenessphoninessshowinesspoeticismgaudinessdogmatismstoliditygentilityhypocrisyrestraintposturingprejudicecrassnesstrappingsaloofnesspunctilioduplicitygenialitystaginessobtrusionelitenessnobleness

10 Letter Words

allegationcontentionsubmissionpretentionsnootinessinsipidityprofundityartfulnesssanctimonypreciositymoralizinggarishnessclubbinesssensualismstuffinessaspirationuppitinesssnobbiness

11 Letter Words

pretentionsaffectationpompousnesspretentioushaughtinessostentationdidacticismirreverenceearnestnessvacuousnessromanticismacademicismfoppishnessworldlinesseclecticismpreachinessartlessnessfatuousnessmawkishnessuptightnessgrandiosityflamboyancefaddishnessoverweeningbraggadocioinsinceritybohemianismpreeminencesuperioritypurse-pride

12 Letter Words

snobbishnessboastfulnessaffectationsspeciousnessdisingenuitydilettantismwhimsicalityeccentricityeffusivenessphilistinismfancifulnessaestheticismpriggishnessextravaganceclownishnesscharlatanismaspiringnessentitlednessprincelinesshigh-endnesssuperiornesspridefulnessself-conceit

13 Letter Words

condescensionartificialityponderousnessobnoxiousnesssumptuousnessmystificationoffhandednessprovincialityhumorlessnessofficiousnessfacetiousnessprovincialismprevaricationingenuousnessprepossessionpretentiositypretendershipambitiousnesspresumingnessconceitedness

14 Letter Words

superficialitygrandiloquencecondescendencesentimentalityderivativenessinauthenticityportentousnessboisterousnessverisimilitudereferentialitypretensivenesspretendingnesspride of place

15 Letter Words

pretentiousnessconventionalityintellectualismconventionalismsuperfluousnessintellectualityprestigiousnessself-assumptionself-importancebragging rightshoity-toitinessassumptiousness

16 Letter Words

superciliousnessostentatiousnessdisingenuousnesspresumptuousnesspreposterousnessaristocraticness

17 Letter Words

unpretentiousnesssanctimoniousness

18 Letter Words

overprivilegednessaristocraticalness

19 Letter Words

intellectualisationself-aggrandizement

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