pretension
Definitions
Noun
- A false or unsupportable quality
- The advancing of a claim
- The quality of being pretentious (behaving or speaking in such a manner as to create a false appearance of great importance or worth)
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As a Fragment
Words that contain the term "pretension".
| # | Word | Syllables | Freq |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | pretensions | 3 | 1 |
| 2 | pretension | 3 | 0 |
Sounds Like
Words that sound like the term "pretension".
| # | Word | Syllables | Freq |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | production | 3 | 148 |
| 2 | protection | 3 | 68 |
| 3 | preparation | 4 | 54 |
| 4 | proportion | 3 | 29 |
| 5 | prevention | 3 | 27 |
| 6 | appreciation | 5 | 22 |
| 7 | plantation | 3 | 19 |
| 8 | politician | 4 | 13 |
| 9 | prohibition | 4 | 13 |
| 10 | apprehension | 4 | 11 |
| 11 | prediction | 3 | 10 |
| 12 | projection | 3 | 9 |
| 13 | propulsion | 3 | 6 |
| 14 | pendleton | 3 | 5 |
| 15 | profusion | 3 | 2 |
| 16 | progression | 3 | 2 |
| 17 | epicurean | 5 | 1 |
| 18 | penicillin | 4 | 1 |
| 19 | perspiration | 4 | 1 |
| 20 | perturbation | 4 | 1 |
| 21 | protozoan | 4 | 1 |
| 22 | pagination | 4 | 0 |
| 23 | pagurian | 4 | 0 |
| 24 | paraguayan | 4 | 0 |
| 25 | parkinson | 3 | 0 |
| 26 | partington | 3 | 0 |
| 27 | pavlovian | 4 | 0 |
| 28 | pendelton | 3 | 0 |
| 29 | pentathlon | 3 | 0 |
| 30 | petrossian | 3 | 0 |
| 31 | pilkenton | 3 | 0 |
| 32 | pilkington | 3 | 0 |
| 33 | pilkinton | 3 | 0 |
| 34 | pinkelman | 3 | 0 |
| 35 | planarian | 4 | 0 |
| 36 | playstation | 3 | 0 |
| 37 | pleasanton | 3 | 0 |
| 38 | plutonian | 4 | 0 |
| 39 | pocklington | 3 | 0 |
| 40 | pollination | 4 | 0 |
| 41 | polynesian | 4 | 0 |
| 42 | pomeranian | 5 | 0 |
| 43 | praetorian | 4 | 0 |
| 44 | preclusion | 3 | 0 |
| 45 | predestine | 3 | 0 |
| 46 | preemption | 3 | 0 |
| 47 | prolactin | 3 | 0 |
| 48 | providian | 4 | 0 |
| 49 | purington | 3 | 0 |
| 50 | purinton | 3 | 0 |
| 51 | pygmalion | 3 | 0 |
| 52 | spokesperson | 3 | 0 |
| 53 | spokeswoman | 3 | 0 |
| 54 | spokeswomen | 3 | 0 |
Spelled Like
Words that are spelled similarly to the term "pretension".
| # | Word | Syllables | Freq |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | tension | 2 | 59 |
| 2 | extension | 3 | 36 |
| 3 | prevention | 3 | 27 |
| 4 | tensions | 2 | 19 |
| 5 | pension | 2 | 13 |
| 6 | retention | 3 | 12 |
| 7 | pretending | 3 | 12 |
| 8 | apprehension | 4 | 11 |
| 9 | extensions | 3 | 8 |
| 10 | peterson | 3 | 8 |
| 11 | comprehension | 4 | 7 |
| 12 | pensions | 2 | 7 |
| 13 | pretense | 2 | 6 |
| 14 | apprehensions | 4 | 5 |
| 15 | pretends | 2 | 2 |
| 16 | pretensions | 3 | 1 |
| 17 | preening | 2 | 1 |
| 18 | hypertension | 4 | 0 |
| 19 | precession | 3 | 0 |
| 20 | preteens | 2 | 0 |
Words That Follow
Words that often follow the term "pretension" in a sentence.
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Words That Precede
Words that often precede the term "pretension" in a sentence.
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Statistically Associated
Words that are statistically associated with "pretension" in the same piece of text.
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Consonant Match
Words that contain the same consonants as the term "pretension".
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Results:
Term
Definitions: 3
Fragments: 2
Sound Alikes: 54
Spelled Like: 20
Words that Follow: 0
Words that Precede: 0
Statistically Associated: 0
Consonant Matches: 0
Freq: The frequency is a relative score of how often the word appears in standard English text.
This Word in the News:
Loose Buttons Shares A Dive into Perfection and Pretension with “I Saw Jon Hamm At The Beach”
Jun 9, 2025 - // MELODIC Magazine
Jun 9, 2025 - // MELODIC Magazine
The Witkoff Massacre: Slaughter Of Starving Palestinians Undercuts Trump Pretensions
Jun 12, 2025 MuslimMatters.org
Jun 12, 2025 MuslimMatters.org
Opinion | America needs its pretension punctured. It needs a P.J. O’Rourke.
Feb 13, 2025 The Washington Post
Feb 13, 2025 The Washington Post
Nellie Bowles of The Free Press punctures pretension left and right
Feb 26, 2025 The Christian Science Monitor
Feb 26, 2025 The Christian Science Monitor