Word Type

Noun

The word "pretense" can be used as a noun.

Word Relationships

Derived Terms

pretensed pretenseful pretenseless

Context

us

Broader Terms (Hypernyms)

artificiality color colour deceit deception dissembling dissimulation gloss imagery imagination imaging mental imagery misrepresentation semblance

Type Of (IsA)

deception imagination misrepresentation

Related Terms

pretend pretender pretension pretentiosity pretentious pretentiousness

Related Terms

hypocritical pretend pretender pretension pretention pretentious pretentiousness

Synonym Network

affectation false pretense fiction guise imitation pretension pretext sham subterfuge

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