- Types Of Speech
- You can use pretense as a noun in a sentence.
- About Pretense
- A 3 syllables noun and 8 letters with the letters e, n, p, r, s, and t, 5 consonants, 3 vowels and 3 syllables with the middle letters te. Pretense starts with a consonant and ends with a vowel with the starting letters p, pr, pre, pret, prete, and the ending characters are e, se, nse, ense, tense, ..
- Definition
- The act of giving a false appearance; "his conformity was only pretending"
- Origin/Roots
- Middle French
- School Grade
- Pretense is set as a sat word that starts with p, ends with e, 3 syllables, 3 vowels and 8 letters.
- Pig Latin
- Pretense in Pig Latin is said as "etensepray or etenseprway".
- Unigram
- p | r | e | t | e | n | s | e
- Bigram
- pr | re | et | te | en | ns | se
- Trigram
- pre | ret | ete | ten | ens | nse
- Quadrigram
- pret | rete | eten | tens | ense
- Word Gram
- Noun Examples
- the act of giving a false appearance;
"his conformity was only pretending" - an artful or simulated semblance;
"under the guise of friendship he betrayed them" - a false or unsupportable quality
- imaginative intellectual play
- pretending with intention to deceive
| Synonym | Definition |
|---|---|
| Abidance | the act of abiding (enduring without yielding) |
| Accessory | a supplementary component that improves capability |
| Accordance | the act of granting rights "the accordance to Canada of rights of access" |
| Accordance Of Rights | |
| Acting | the performance of a part or role in a drama |
| Add On | |
| Adoption | the appropriation (of ideas or words etc) from another source "the borrowing of ancient motifs was very apparent" |
| Affectation | a deliberate pretense or exaggerated display |
| Affectedness | a deliberate pretense or exaggerated display |
| Agreement | compatibility of observations "there was no agreement between theory and measurement" "the results of two tests were in correspondence" |
View all cognitive synonyms for Pretense
| Anagram | Definition |
|---|---|
| Pretense | the act of giving a false appearance "his conformity was only pretending" |
View English words with the unique letters used in pretense. Words With The Letters Enprst
| Word | Definition |
|---|---|
| Affect | the conscious subjective aspect of feeling or emotion |
| Assume | put clothing on one''s body "What should I wear today?" "He put on his best suit for the wedding" "The princess donned a long blue dress" "The queen assumed the stately robes" "He got into his jeans" |
| Dissemble | make believe with the intent to deceive "He feigned that he was ill" "He shammed a headache" |
| Feign | make believe with the intent to deceive "He feigned that he was ill" "He shammed a headache" |
| Pretend | the enactment of a pretense "it was just pretend" |
| Sham | something that is a counterfeit not what it seems to be |
| Simulate | make a pretence of "She assumed indifference, even though she was seething with anger" "he feigned sleep" |
| Word | Definition |
|---|---|
| Deceit | the act of deceiving |
| Deception | an illusory feat considered magical by naive observers |
| Dissembling | the act of deceiving |
| Dissimulation | the act of deceiving |
| Word | Definition |
|---|---|
| Affectation | a deliberate pretense or exaggerated display |
| Affectedness | a deliberate pretense or exaggerated display |
| Appearance | the act of appearing in public view; "the rookie made a brief appearance in the first period"; "it was Bernhardt''s last appearance in America" |
| Make Believe | |
| Mannerism | a deliberate pretense or exaggerated display |
| Masquerade | making a false outward show; "a beggar''s masquerade of wealth" |
| Pose | a deliberate pretense or exaggerated display |
| Pretend | the enactment of a pretense; "it was just pretend" |
| Show | a public exhibition of entertainment; "a remarkable show of skill" |
Pretense Is In These Word Lists
- Starts With P
- Ends With E
- Spelled With / Contains Letters
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