Definition

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

Example Sentence

The king's cousin had pretensions to the throne.

Synonyms

claim; allegation; pretext; ostentatiousness

Antonyms

fact

Hear It! Say It! Write It!

pretensions
Hear It! Say It! Write It!

Rhymes

  • mentions
  • pensions

  • attentions
  • contentions
  • convention's
  • conventions
  • detentions
  • dimensions
  • extensions
  • inventions
  • pretensions
  • suspensions

  • apprehensions