Letters that make pretentious
s, o, e, n, p, r, t, i, u are letters that make 'pretentious'
Words within pretentious
rete, re, ti, te, PR, NT, IOU, en, ten, US, Io, tent, Re, Pr, Te, Ti, ret are words within 'pretentious'
s, o, e, n, p, r, t, i, u are letters that make 'pretentious'
rete, re, ti, te, PR, NT, IOU, en, ten, US, Io, tent, Re, Pr, Te, Ti, ret are words within 'pretentious'
3 possible definitions for 'pretentious'
Under this definition, pretentious is an adjective and has the following properties:
ostentatious has the same meaning as pretentious
ostentatiousness, pomposity, pompousness, pretentiousness, puffiness, splashiness, ostentation, inflation are derivatives of 'pretentious'.
tasteless is similar to pretentious.
Under this definition, pretentious is an adjective and has the following properties:
unpretentious has the opposite meaning of pretentious
pretension, largeness, pretentiousness, pretense, pretence, feigning, dissembling are derivatives of 'pretentious'.
overblown, sententious, inflated, grandiose, sesquipedalian, parvenu, parvenue, portentous, hifalutin, highfalutin, high-flown, pontifical, arty, artsy-craftsy, arty-crafty, grandiloquent, pompous, highfaluting, hoity-toity, la-di-da, high-sounding, jumped-up, nouveau-riche, upstart(a) are similar to 'pretentious'.
"a pretentious country house", "a pretentious fraud", "a pretentious scholarly edition"
Under this definition, pretentious is an adjective and has the following properties:
ostentatious has the same meaning as pretentious
unostentatious, unpretentious, unpretending have the opposite meaning of 'pretentious'
ostentation, ostentatiousness, pomposity, pompousness, pretentiousness, puffiness, splashiness, flash, fanfare, inflation are derivatives of 'pretentious'.
splashy, flamboyant, showy, flaunty are similar to 'pretentious'.