Dictionary Check: pretense

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"pretense" is a valid word!

Scrabble 10 points
Words with Friends 12 points

Definition

noun

the act of giving a false appearance

Example: "his conformity was only pretending"
Synonyms:
pretence pretending simulation feigning
noun

pretending with intention to deceive

Synonyms:
pretence feigning dissembling
noun

imaginative intellectual play

Synonyms:
pretence make-believe
noun

a false or unsupportable quality

Synonyms:
pretension pretence
noun

an artful or simulated semblance

Example: "under the guise of friendship he betrayed them"
Synonyms:
guise pretence pretext

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Anagrams of "pretense"

preteens terpenes
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