pretentious
adjective
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- adjective
- adverb
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Senses
Sense 1 adjective
making claim to or creating an appearance of (often undeserved) importance or distinction
a pretentious country house
Related & opposite
- tasteless also see
- unpretentious antonym
- pretentiousness derivation
- dissembling derivation
- arty similar to
- artsy-craftsy similar to
- overblown similar to
- hifalutin similar to
- high-flown similar to
- jumped-up similar to
- parvenu similar to
- sententious similar to
- sesquipedalian similar to
Sense 2 adjective
intended to attract notice and impress others
an ostentatious sable coat
Related & opposite
- unostentatious antonym
- ostentation derivation
- pretentiousness derivation
- ostentation derivation
- flaunty similar to
- flamboyant similar to
Sense 3 adjective
(of a display) tawdry or vulgar
Related & opposite
- pretentiousness derivation
- tasteless similar to
Table view of this graph
| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | also see | Related & opposite | tasteless |
| 1 | antonym | Related & opposite | unpretentious |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | pretentiousness |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | dissembling |
| 1 | similar to | Related & opposite | arty |
| 1 | similar to | Related & opposite | artsy-craftsy |
| 1 | similar to | Related & opposite | overblown |
| 1 | similar to | Related & opposite | hifalutin |
| 1 | similar to | Related & opposite | high-flown |
| 1 | similar to | Related & opposite | jumped-up |
| 1 | similar to | Related & opposite | parvenu |
| 1 | similar to | Related & opposite | sententious |
| 1 | similar to | Related & opposite | sesquipedalian |
| 2 | antonym | Related & opposite | unostentatious |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | ostentation |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | pretentiousness |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | ostentation |
| 2 | similar to | Related & opposite | flaunty |
| 2 | similar to | Related & opposite | flamboyant |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | pretentiousness |
| 3 | similar to | Related & opposite | tasteless |