Pretenses Synonyms and Antonyms

A display of insincere behavior
(Noun)
Synonyms:
  1. simulations
  2. shows
  3. shams
  4. masquerades
  5. disguises
  6. actings
  7. acts
A false or unsupportable quality
(Noun)
Synonyms:
  1. pretexts
  2. shows
  3. masks
  4. tricks
  5. guises
  6. claims
  7. shams
  8. semblances
  9. pretensions
  10. appearances
  11. frauds
  12. subterfuges
  13. glosses
  14. excuses
  15. mannerisms
  16. trickeries
  17. veneers
  18. veils
  19. disguises
  20. simulations
  21. ruses
  22. cloaks
  23. covers
  24. wiles
  25. affectations
  26. pose
  27. occasions
  28. masquerades
  29. insincerities
  30. hypocrisies
  31. humbugs
  32. falsehoods
  33. guiles
  34. fictions
  35. fronts
  36. deceptions
  37. fakes
  38. facades
  39. faces
  40. fabrications
  41. deceits
  42. colorings
  43. lies
  44. colors
  45. assumptions
A legitimate or supposed right to demand something as one's rightful due
(Noun)
Synonyms:
  1. titles
  2. pretensions
  3. claims
A professed rather than a real reason
(Noun)
Synonyms:
  1. pretexts
  2. pretensions
Artificial behavior adopted to impress others
(Noun)
Synonyms:
  1. pose
  2. mannerisms
  3. airs
  4. affectations

Words Related to Pretenses

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Pretenses Sentence Examples

  • Mr. Bohun considered the Whigs as a party of political swindlers, who had obtained power by false pretenses.

  • Is it a " contrivance of human wisdom, " or of human craft to obtain money from a nation under specious pretenses?

  • So unless you have that awkward conversation, (I really like you as a friend, but nothing more right now) then it wouldn't be right for you to go with him under false pretenses.