High
High adjective - Extending to a great distance upward.
Pretentious and high are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Pretentious" instead an adjective "High".
Nearby Word: highly
Pretentious
Pretentious adjective - Self-consciously trying to present an appearance of grandeur or importance.
High and pretentious are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "High" instead an adjective "Pretentious".
Nearby Words: pretentiousness, pretentiously
Both words in one sentence
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He knows how to speak French, presumably because it was his language class in high school, but prefers not to due to possibly messing up and invoking this trope or coming off as pretentious.
- The song itself is about a teenager entering high school, seeing how pretentious and superficial people are, and waiting it out for four years.
Source: Isn't It Ironic? - Sam is a Dumb Jock who dropped out of high school and former Major League baseball star, Diane is a pretentious intellectual studying to get a wide variety of degrees.
Source: I Can Change My Beloved
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Pretentious and High. (2016). Retrieved 2026, July 22, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/high/pretentious
High & Pretentious. N.p., 2016. Web. 22 Jul. 2026. <https://thesaurus.plus/related/high/pretentious>.
Pretentious or High. 2016. Accessed July 22, 2026. https://thesaurus.plus/related/high/pretentious.
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