Synonyms for Pretence

Synonyms for "pretence" (64 found)

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Closest matches (13)

Noun(7 words)

feigning guise pretense simulation allegation assertion claim

airs appearance artifice blind camouflage cloak

Strong matches (19)

cover cover-up deception disguise display dodge excuse fable fabrication facadefairy talefakery faking falsification feigning fiction figment front

Noun(1 words)

dissembling

Related words (32)

Related word relations

OpenGloss and ConceptNet supply richer edges like generalizations, collocations, and derivations.

5 relation types

More general

20 entries

artificiality assertion behavior claim color colour conduct deceit deception display dissembling dissimulation gloss imagery imagination imaging

Showing 16 of 20 words.

More specific

8 entries

apparent certaintycharade feigning maskingostensible justificationshamspeculative claimunsupported assertion

Collocations

6 entries

act of pretencepretence of knowledgepretence of neutralitypublic pretencesocial pretenceunder pretence of

Inflections

2 entries

pretences pretenses

Derivations

4 entries

pretend pretension pretentious pretentiously

Sample sentences

9 total sentences available.

Tatoeba + Wiktionary

He has not gotten in touch with me for a long time under the pretence of being busy.

Source: tatoeba (289008)

The plump young woman thrust the heel of her stiletto into my big toe under the pretence that I had been too forceful.

Source: tatoeba (668075)

All in the golden afternoon / Full leisurely we glide; / For both our oars, with little skill, / By little arms are plied, / While little hands make vain pretence / Our wanderings to guide.

Source: tatoeba (5514221)

As for washing dishes, Mr. Harrison never made any pretence of doing it unless a rainy Sunday came. Then he went to work and washed them all at once in the rainwater hogshead, and left them to drain dry.

Source: tatoeba (5951240)

Showing 4 of 9 available sentences.

Pretence