pretense

Phonetic Respelling: [ pri-tens, pree-tens ]

Definition:

n. a claim; esp. an unsupported one; as to some distinction or accomplishment; pretension a false claim or profession a false show of something a pretending; as at play

Sentence:

My sleepiness was all pretense.

More example sentences:

My sleepiness was all pretense.

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My sleepiness was all pretense.

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Under what pretense did Ace enter the house?

Hear it

Under what pretense did John Kragopulos go back to the house?

Hear it

Synonyms:

acting; disguise; faking;feigning; fiction; masquerade

Antonyms:

honesty; sincerity

Pretense rhymes:

• One Syllable Rhymes
  • bence
  • cents
  • dense
  • fence
  • hence
  • hense
  • pence
  • pense
  • sense
  • spence
  • spens
  • tense
  • thence
  • whence
• Two Syllable Rhymes
  • commence
  • condense
  • defence
  • defense
  • dispense
  • expense
  • ferenc
  • immense
  • incense
  • intense
  • offense
  • suspense
• Three Syllable Rhymes
  • commonsense
  • nondefense
• Four Syllable Rhymes
  • misrepresents