PRETENCE as NOUN

1. Meaning
   • the act of giving a false appearance
   Synonym(s)
   • feigning (what does feigning mean?)
   • pretending (what does pretending mean?)
   • pretense (what does pretense mean?)
   • simulation (what does simulation mean?)
   Usage Example(s)
   • his conformity was only pretending
   Hypernyms(s) pretence is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
   • deception (what does deception mean?)
   • deceit (what does deceit mean?)
   • dissembling (what does dissembling mean?)
   • dissimulation (what does dissimulation mean?)
   Hyponym(s)
   • appearance (what does appearance mean?)
   • show (what does show mean?)
   • make-believe (what does make-believe mean?)
   • pretend (what does pretend mean?)
   • affectation (what does affectation mean?)
   • mannerism (what does mannerism mean?)
   • pose (what does pose mean?)
   • affectedness (what does affectedness mean?)
   • masquerade (what does masquerade mean?)
   Derived(s)
   • simulate (what does simulate mean?)
   • assume (what does assume mean?)
   • sham (what does sham mean?)
   • feign (what does feign mean?)
   • simulate (what does simulate mean?)
   • assume (what does assume mean?)
   • sham (what does sham mean?)
   • feign (what does feign mean?)
   • feign (what does feign mean?)
   • sham (what does sham mean?)
   • pretend (what does pretend mean?)
   • affect (what does affect mean?)
   • dissemble (what does dissemble mean?)
   • feign (what does feign mean?)
   • sham (what does sham mean?)
   • pretend (what does pretend mean?)
   • affect (what does affect mean?)
   • dissemble (what does dissemble mean?)
2. Meaning
   • an artful or simulated semblance
   Synonym(s)
   • guise (what does guise mean?)
   • pretense (what does pretense mean?)
   • pretext (what does pretext mean?)
   Usage Example(s)
   • under the guise of friendship he betrayed them
   Hypernyms(s) pretence is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
   • semblance (what does semblance mean?)
   • gloss (what does gloss mean?)
   • color (what does color mean?)
   • colour (what does colour mean?)
3. Meaning
   • a false or unsupportable quality
   Synonym(s)
   • pretense (what does pretense mean?)
   • pretension (what does pretension mean?)
   Hypernyms(s) pretence is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
   • artificiality (what does artificiality mean?)
   Derived(s)
   • pretend (what does pretend mean?)
4. Meaning
   • imaginative intellectual play
   Synonym(s)
   • make-believe (what does make-believe mean?)
   • pretense (what does pretense mean?)
   Hypernyms(s) pretence is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
   • imagination (what does imagination mean?)
   • imaging (what does imaging mean?)
   • imagery (what does imagery mean?)
   • mental imagery (what does mental imagery mean?)
5. Meaning
   • pretending with intention to deceive
   Synonym(s)
   • dissembling (what does dissembling mean?)
   • feigning (what does feigning mean?)
   • pretense (what does pretense mean?)
   Hypernyms(s) pretence is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
   • misrepresentation (what does misrepresentation mean?)
   • deceit (what does deceit mean?)
   • deception (what does deception mean?)
   Hyponym(s)
   • bluff (what does bluff mean?)
   • pretext (what does pretext mean?)
   • stalking-horse (what does stalking-horse mean?)
   • hypocrisy (what does hypocrisy mean?)
   • lip service (what does lip service mean?)
   Derived(s)
   • feign (what does feign mean?)
   • sham (what does sham mean?)
   • pretend (what does pretend mean?)
   • affect (what does affect mean?)
   • dissemble (what does dissemble mean?)
   • feign (what does feign mean?)
   • sham (what does sham mean?)
   • pretend (what does pretend mean?)
   • affect (what does affect mean?)
   • dissemble (what does dissemble mean?)
   • feign (what does feign mean?)
   • sham (what does sham mean?)
   • pretend (what does pretend mean?)
   • affect (what does affect mean?)
   • dissemble (what does dissemble mean?)