Similar Words

— artsy
— artsy-craftsy
— arty
— arty-crafty
— flamboyant
— flaunty
— grandiloquent
— grandiose
— hifalutin
— high-flown
— high-sounding
— highfalutin
— highfaluting
— hoity-toity
— inflated
— jumped-up
— la-de-da
— la-di-da
— lah-di-dah
— nouveau-riche
— overblown
— parvenu
— parvenue
— pertain
— pertain to
— pertinacious
— pertness
— pompous
— pontifical
— portend
— portent
— portentous
— portion
— pretence
— pretend
— pretended
— pretender
— pretending
— pretense
— pretension
— protean
— proton
— prudence
— prudent
— puritanical
— sententious
— sesquipedalian
— showy
— splashy
— tasteless
— upstart

Misspelling

ppretentious, preeteentious, pretemtious, pretenntious, pretentiious, pretentioous, pretentiou, pretentiouss, pretentiouus, pretentiouz, pretentiuos, pretentoius, prettenttious, prretentious, retentious

Pretentious — synonyms, pretentious antonyms, definition

1. pretentious (a)

83 synonyms

affected ambitious aristocratic arrogant artificial assumed awkward big boastful bombastic calculated coloured conceited condescending constrained counterfeit cultivated dashing declamatory egotistic • • •

2. pretentious (Adjective)

3 synonyms

kitsch kitschy posey

1 antonym

unpretentious

3 definitions

pretentious (Adjective) — Making claim to or creating an appearance of (often undeserved) importance or distinction. ex. "a pretentious country house" ex. "a pretentious fraud" ex. "a pretentious scholarly edition"

pretentious (Adjective) — Intended to attract notice and impress others.

pretentious (Adjective) — (of a display) tawdry or vulgar.