What is another word for pretentious?
Synonyms for pretentious
prɪˈtɛn ʃəspre·ten·tious
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Wiktionary
pretentiousadjective
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poseurpretentiousadjective
Marked by an unwarranted claim to importance or distinction.
Their song titles are pretentious in the context of their basic lyrics.
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poseurpretentiousadjective
Ostentatious; intended to impress others.
Her dress was obviously more pretentious than comfortable.
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poseur
Princeton's WordNet
pretentiousadjective
making claim to or creating an appearance of (often undeserved) importance or distinction
"a pretentious country house"; "a pretentious fraud"; "a pretentious scholarly edition"
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ostentatiousAntonyms:
unpretentious, modest, honest, tasteful, unpompousostentatious, pretentiousadjective
intended to attract notice and impress others
"an ostentatious sable coat"
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ostentatiousAntonyms:
unpretentious, honest, tasteful, modest, unpompousostentatious, pretentiousadjective
(of a display) tawdry or vulgar
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ostentatiousAntonyms:
modest, unpompous, tasteful, unpretentious, honest
Dictionary of English Synonymes
PPDB, the paraphrase database
List of paraphrases for "pretentious":
conceited, stuck-up, arty, thoughtless, cocky, overdressed, ostentatious, presumptuous, douchebag, grandiose
Words popularity by usage frequency
ranking | word | |
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#38916 | pretentious | |
#41249 | arty | |
#47881 | cocky | |
#53195 | grandiose | |
#63892 | thoughtless | |
#67211 | conceited | |
#68705 | presumptuous | |
#99755 | ostentatious | |
#115148 | douchebag | |
#136306 | poseur | |
#236091 | overdressed |
How to use pretentious in a sentence?
I'm the guy you probably hate. Born in the States, educated in the UK and now living in Europe. Oh did I mention I'm self employed and travel a lot? And, no I'm not shallow or pretentious, those are just your own preconceived notions about me.
The smaller the understanding of the situation, the more pretentious the form of expression.
I think it’s a coincidence, i’m not pretentious enough to think she named her after me.
Marty This pretentious ponderous collection of religious rock psalms is enough to prompt the question, What day did the Lord create Spinal Tap, and couldn't he have rested on that day too'
A pretentious way of saying 'selected,'.
Translations for pretentious
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- الطنانة, مغرورArabic
- ostentós, pretenciósCatalan, Valencian
- domýšlivýCzech
- prätentiös, protzigGerman
- macanudo, pretenciosoSpanish
- ظالمانهPersian
- näyttävä, mahtailevaFinnish
- prétentieuxFrench
- pretenziosoItalian
- 恥ずかしいJapanese
- 잘난 체하는Korean
- rangiwhataMāori
- pretensiøsNorwegian
- pretentieusDutch
- pretensiøsNorwegian Nynorsk
- pretensjonalnyPolish
- pretensiosoPortuguese
- pretențiosRomanian
- претенциозный, показнойRussian
- pretentiösSwedish
- вибагливийUkrainian
- khoe khoangVietnamese
- 自命不凡Chinese
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