Word Type

Adjective

Adjective

The word "pretentious" can be used as adjective and adjective.

Word Relationships

Opposites (Antonyms)

unpretentious unpretentious

Derived Terms

nonpretentious pretentiously pretentiousness

Etymologically Related To

pretense pretension

Broader Terms (Hypernyms)

artificial canting foppish insincere overdone showy vain

Narrower Terms (Hyponyms)

ad captandum artsy-craftsy cutesy-wootsy literose mannered mincing minsitive pedantic pompous pseudoclassical sanctimonious

Related Terms

false pretense fastidious gaudy pretend pretender pretense pretension pretentiosity simpering

Related Terms

distinction importance ostentatious pretence pretend pretender pretense pretension pretention tasteless unwarranted

Similar Terms

artsy craftsy artsy-craftsy arty arty arty-crafty flamboyant flaunty grandiloquent grandiloquent grandiose hifalutin high sounding high-flown high-sounding highfalutin highfaluting highfaluting hoity-toity inflated jumped up jumped-up la-di-da nouveau riche nouveau-riche overblown parvenu parvenue pompous pontifical portentous sententious sententious sesquipedalian sesquipedalian showy splashy tasteless upstart

Synonym Network

ostentatious poseur

Data sourced from Wiktionary, WordNet, CMU, and other open linguistic databases. Updated March 2026.