Pretension synonyms | nouns

Synonyms for Pretension as a Noun

• pretentiousness

  plain, affectation
• pretense

  honest, disguise
• claim

  aspiration, possession
• affectation

  airs, display of knowledge
• pomposity

  plain, affectation
• pretence

  aspiration, pretense
• ostentation

  appearance, plain
• show

  appearance, disguise
• aspiration

  false claim
• grandiosity

  plain, pomposity
• assertion

  aspiration, claim
• pompousness

  plain, pomposity
• vanity

  egotism, affectation
• snobbery

  affectation, airs
• title

  possession, owned
• demand

  aspiration, claim
• conceit

  egotism, affectation
• airs

  pretentiousness
• hypocrisy

  airs, pretentiousness
• vainglory

  egotism, airs
• profession

  aspiration, false claim
• ambition

  false claim
• bombast

  pomposity, show
• grandiloquence

  pomposity
• affectedness

  pretentiousness
• arrogance
• assumption

  false claim
• self-importance

  airs
• front

  false front
• declaration

  claim, false claim
• allegation

  pretext
• put-on

  overacting
• artificiality

  pretentiousness
• haughtiness
• superciliousness
• showiness
• pretext

  honest
• right

  possession
• maintenance

  pretext
• pedantry

  pomposity, display of knowledge
• charade

  disguise
• pageant

  disguise
• largeness
• posturing

  pretentiousness
• posing
• flashiness
• loftiness
• display

  appearance
• affirmation

  claim
• due

  possession