pretext

pretext is a 7-letter English word with 3 senses as noun in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: Ostensible reason or motive assigned or assumed as a color or cover for the real reason or motive; pretense; disguise. Face value is 16 in Scrabble and 17 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.

7 letters · Scrabble 16 · Words With Friends 17 · 3 senses

Definitions

1. noun. Ostensible reason or motive assigned or assumed as a color or cover for the real reason or motive; pretense; disguise.
2. noun. an artful or simulated semblance

   "under the guise of friendship he betrayed them"

   Synonyms: guise, pretence, pretense

3. noun. something serving to conceal plans; a fictitious reason that is concocted in order to conceal the real reason

Synonyms

guise, pretence, pretense

Common word forms

pretexts, pretexted, pretexting

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