Pretexts

Synonyms for "pretexts" (13 found)

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Closest matches (3)

Noun(3 words)

Strong matches (4)

Related words (6)

Related word relations

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6 entries

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7 entries
alibicouched justificationdisguised motiveexcusefalse justificationfeigned motivesmokescreen

Collocations

12 entries
false justificationfalse pretextfeigned motivelegal pretextmake a pretextmoral pretextoffer a pretextpolitical pretextpretext for delaypretext for justificationpretext for reformuse as pretext

Inflections

2 entries

Derivations

3 entries

Sample sentences

2 total sentences available.

Tatoeba + Wiktionary

He kept finding many pretexts.

Source: tatoeba (5094970)

Alas, they just keep looking for pretexts!

Source: tatoeba (12564824)

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