pretentious

pretentious is a 11-letter English word with 4 senses as adjective in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: Full of pretension; disposed to lay claim to more than is one's; presuming; assuming. Face value is 13 in Scrabble and 16 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.

11 letters · Scrabble 13 · Words With Friends 16 · 4 senses

Definitions

1. adjective. Full of pretension; disposed to lay claim to more than is one's; presuming; assuming.
2. adjective. intended to attract notice and impress others

   "an ostentatious sable coat"

   Synonyms: ostentatious

3. adjective. making claim to or creating an appearance of (often undeserved) importance or distinction

   "a pretentious country house"

   "a pretentious fraud"

4. adjective. (of a display) tawdry or vulgar

   Synonyms: ostentatious

Synonyms

ostentatious

Anagrams

Other playable words that use exactly the letters in pretentious:

postuterine

Common word forms

pretentiously, pretentiousness

Words from these letters

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