pretensions

Phonetic Respelling: [ pri-ten-shuhn ]

Definition:

n. 1 a claim or assertion of a claim to something; 2 airs snobbishness; the use of affectation to impress

Sentence:

The king's cousin had pretensions to the throne.

More example sentences:

The king's cousin had pretensions to the throne.

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Synonyms:

claim; allegation; pretext; ostentatiousness

Antonyms:

fact

How many syllables in pretensions?

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Pretensions rhymes:

Two Syllable Rhymes
- mentions
- pensions
Three Syllable Rhymes
- attentions
- contentions
- convention's
- conventions
- detentions
- dimensions
- extensions
- inventions
- suspensions
Four Syllable Rhymes
- apprehensions

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