pretence

pretence is a 8-letter English word with 10 senses as adjective and noun in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: Alt. of Pretenceless. Face value is 12 in Scrabble and 15 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.

8 letters · Scrabble 12 · Words With Friends 15 · 10 senses

Definitions

1. adjective. Alt. of Pretenceless
2. noun. The act of laying claim; the claim laid; assumption; pretension.
3. noun. The act of holding out, or offering, to others something false or feigned; presentation of what is deceptive or hypocritical; deception by showing what is unreal and concealing what is real; false show; simulation; as, pretense of illness; under pretense of patriotism; on pretense of revenging Caesar's death.
4. noun. That which is pretended; false, deceptive, or hypocritical show, argument, or reason; pretext; feint.
5. noun. Intention; design.
6. noun. the act of giving a false appearance

   "his conformity was only pretending"

   Synonyms: feigning, pretending, pretense, simulation

7. noun. an artful or simulated semblance

   "under the guise of friendship he betrayed them"

   Synonyms: guise, pretense, pretext

8. noun. a false or unsupportable quality

   Synonyms: pretense, pretension

9. noun. imaginative intellectual play

   Synonyms: pretense

10. noun. pretending with intention to deceive

    Synonyms: dissembling, feigning, pretense

Synonyms

feigning, pretending, pretense, simulation, guise, pretext, pretension, dissembling

Common word forms

pretenced, pretences, pretenceful, pretenceless

Words from these letters

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