60 synonyms, 5 definitions for PRETENCE

60 synonyms

#	Word	Frequency	Number of letters	Number of synonyms
1.	affectation	0.2	11 letters	49 synonyms
2.	airs	3.24	4 letters	44 synonyms
3.	alibi	1.26	5 letters	15 synonyms
4.	asylum	9.77	6 letters	40 synonyms
5.	blind	33.1	5 letters	92 synonyms
6.	cant	22.4	4 letters	44 synonyms
7.	charlatanism	0.03	12 letters	12 synonyms
8.	cloak	3.72	5 letters	83 synonyms
9.	colour	30.9	6 letters	105 synonyms
10.	concealment	0.83	11 letters	42 synonyms
11.	counterfeit	2.45	11 letters	110 synonyms
12.	cover	120	5 letters	319 synonyms
13.	cover-up	115	7 letters	20 synonyms
14.	deceit	1.74	6 letters	71 synonym
15.	deception	4.47	9 letters	128 synonyms
16.	decoy	1.1	5 letters	34 synonyms
17.	defence	32.4	7 letters	63 synonyms
18.	defense	85.1	7 letters	57 synonyms
19.	disguise	5.25	8 letters	79 synonyms
20.	dishonestyen.synonym.one	1.48	10 letters	36 synonyms
21.	dissembling	0.12	11 letters	27 synonyms
22.	empty talk	33.9	9 letters	16 synonyms
23.	evasion	2.57	7 letters	63 synonyms
24.	excuse	36.3	6 letters	106 synonyms
25.	fabrication	3.02	11 letters	69 synonyms
26.	facade	2.63	6 letters	42 synonyms
27.	face	282	4 letters	134 synonyms
28.	falseness	0.07	9 letters	30 synonyms
29.	falsification	0.32	13 letters	30 synonyms
30.	feigning	0.42	8 letters	27 synonyms
31.	forgery	1.55	7 letters	28 synonyms
32.	fraud	23.4	5 letters	97 synonyms
33.	front	191	5 letters	118 synonyms
34.	guard	53.7	5 letters	108 synonyms
35.	guise	2.95	5 letters	51 synonym
36.	harbour	9.55	7 letters	62 synonyms
37.	histrionics	0.14	11 letters	13 synonyms
38.	humbug	0.4	6 letters	39 synonyms
39.	hypocrisy	4.47	9 letters	19 synonyms
40.	imitation	2.95	9 letters	69 synonyms
41.	lip service	12.9	10 letters	7 synonyms
42.	make-believe	255	11 letters	33 synonyms
43.	makeshift	1.51	9 letters	40 synonyms
44.	mask	20.4	4 letters	66 synonyms
45.	pageant	3.24	7 letters	41 synonym
46.	pomposity	0.11	9 letters	43 synonyms
47.	pretending	11.5	10 letters	33 synonyms
48.	pretense	1.02	8 letters	27 synonyms
49.	pretension	0.22	10 letters	72 synonyms
50.	pretexten.synonym.one	1.86	7 letters	43 synonyms
51.	put-on	433	5 letters	64 synonyms
52.	ruse	1.45	4 letters	38 synonyms
53.	screen	70.8	6 letters	102 synonyms
54.	semblance	1.26	9 letters	66 synonyms
55.	sham	2.82	4 letters	119 synonyms
56.	show	479	4 letters	225 synonyms
57.	simulation	8.71	10 letters	23 synonyms
58.	stratagem	0.25	9 letters	47 synonyms
59.	tantrum	1.35	7 letters	13 synonyms
60.	trick	30.2	5 letters	209 synonyms

5 definitions

pretence (Noun) —	The act of giving a false appearance 1 example
	1. ex. "his conformity was only pretence"
pretence (Noun) —	Pretending with intention to deceive
pretence (Noun) —	Imaginative intellectual play
pretence (Noun) —	A false or unsupportable quality
pretence (Noun) —	An artful or simulated semblance 1 example
	1. ex. "under the pretence of friendship he betrayed them"

14 types of

#	Word	Number of letters	Number of synonyms
1.	artificiality	13 letters	0 synonyms
2.	color	5 letters	57 synonyms
3.	colour	6 letters	105 synonyms
4.	deceit	6 letters	71 synonym
5.	deception	9 letters	128 synonyms
6.	dissembling	11 letters	27 synonyms
7.	dissimulation	13 letters	22 synonyms
8.	gloss	5 letters	51 synonym
9.	imagery	7 letters	3 synonyms
10.	imagination	11 letters	50 synonyms
11.	imaging	7 letters	12 synonyms
12.	mental imagery	13 letters	3 synonyms
13.	misrepresentation	17 letters	20 synonyms
14.	semblance	9 letters	66 synonyms

14 types

#	Word	Number of letters	Number of synonyms
1.	affectation	11 letters	49 synonyms
2.	affectedness	12 letters	4 synonyms
3.	appearance	10 letters	101 synonym
4.	bluff	5 letters	45 synonyms
5.	hypocrisy	9 letters	19 synonyms
6.	lip service	10 letters	7 synonyms
7.	make-believe	11 letters	33 synonyms
8.	mannerism	9 letters	30 synonyms
9.	masquerade	10 letters	40 synonyms
10.	pose	4 letters	71 synonym
11.	pretend	7 letters	48 synonyms
12.	pretext	7 letters	43 synonyms
13.	show	4 letters	225 synonyms
14.	stalking-horse	13 letters	1 synonym

Similar words

10 misspelling

ppretence preeteencee pretemce pretenc pretencce pretenke pretennce prettence prretence retence

With the same beginning

pretend pretended pretender pretending pretense pretension pretentious pretentiously pretentiousness

With the same ending

incompetence competence appetence valvular incompetence false pretence linguistic competence displaying incompetence immunocompetence

All synonyms in one line

affectation, airs, alibi, asylum, blind, en.synonym.one, cant, charlatanism, cloak, colour, concealment, counterfeit, cover, cover-up, deceit, deception, decoy, defence, defense, disguise, dishonesty, dissembling, empty talk, evasion, excuse, fabrication, en.synonym.one, facade, face, falseness, falsification, feigning, forgery, fraud, front, guard, guise, harbour, histrionics, humbug, hypocrisy, imitation, lip service, make-believe, makeshift, mask, pageant, pomposity, pretending, pretense, pretension, pretext, en.synonym.one, put-on, ruse, screen, semblance, sham, show, simulation, stratagem, tantrum, trick.

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— parting	— partner	— pertinence	— portend
— portent	— predominate	— pretend	— pretended
— pretender	— pretending	— pretense	— pretension
— pretentious	— pro tem	— protean	— proton
— prudence	— prudent	— puritan	— puritanical

Synonyms, definition Pretence

1. pretence (Noun) Brit, Cdn