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Showing words for PRETENSELESS using the English dictionary

12 Letter Words for Pretenseless

pretenseless

11 Letter Words for Pretenseless

repleteness, terpeneless

10 Letter Words for Pretenseless

pertnesses, presentees, resentless, serpentess

9 Letter Words for Pretenseless

peeresses, presentee, pretenses, serpentes, sneerless, steepness, steerless, tenseless, terseness

8 Letter Words for Pretenseless

ensteeps, entresse, estrepes, leerness, lessener, nestlers, peerless, pensters, pertness, petersen, presents, presteel, preteens, pretense, relessee, rentless, repletes, restless, sereness, serenest, serpents, sleepers, slenters, speelers, spelters, steelers, steepens, steepers, steeples, stepless, terpenes, treeless

7 Letter Words for Pretenseless

ensteel, ensteep, entrees, ernesse, esplees, esselen, estrepe, leptene, lessees, lessens, lessers, lessest, nesters, nestler, nestles, netless, peelers, peeress, peletre, pelters, pensees, pensels, penster, pentels, pesters, pestles, petrels, preseen, present, presets, pressel, presses, preteen, reestle, relents, renests, repents, replete, resents, resteel, resteep, retenes, seeress, serenes, serpent, setness, sleeper, slenter, speeler, spelter, spenser, spenses, sperses, spleens, splents, steelen, steeler, steepen, steeper, steeple, stelene, streels, strenes, strepen, teeners, teleses, terpene, tresses

6 Letter Words for Pretenseless

elpees, enseel, ensete, enters, entree, entrep, ernest, essene, esters, eterne, leeser, leeses, lenses, lepers, lessee, lessen, lesser, lesses, lester, neeles, neeses, nepers, nesses, nester, nestle, peeler, pelter, penest, pensee, pensel, pentel, pernel, perses, perten, pester, pestle, peters, petrel, petres, preens, prents, presee, preses, preset, prests, psenes, reesle, reests, reetle, relent, relets, rentee, rentes, repels, repent, repses, reseen, resees, resene, resent, resets, restep, restes, retene, seesee, selene, senses, sepses, serene, serest, sleeps, sleest, sleets, sneers, sneest, speels, speers, spense, sperse, sperst, spleen, spleet, splent, sprees, sprent, steele, steels, steens, steeps, steers, steles, steres, sterns, streel, streen, streep, strene, streps, stress, teener, teenes, tenser, tenses, tepees, ternes, terpen, tessel, treens

5 Letter Words for Pretenseless

eeler, eeten, elpee, elses, enets, enter, entre, epees, erept, ernes, erses, esere, esnes, essee, essen, esses, ester, estre, etens, leeps, leers, leese, leets, lenes, lense, leper, lepre, leres, lerps, leses, lessn, leste, lests, neele, neeps, neese, neper, nerts, nests, neter, netes, npeel, peele, peels, peens, peers, peert, peles, pelts, pense, pents, peres, perle, perns, perse, perst, perts, peste, pests, peter, petre, preen, prees, prent, press, pssts, reels, reens, reese, reest, reles, relet, renet, rente, rents, repel, repen, resee, reset, rests, retes, seels, seeps, seers, seles, sense, sente, sents, septs, seres, sleep, sleer, sleet, slent, slept, slete, sneer, snees, snerp, speel, speen, speer, spent, spete, spets, splet, spree, spret, steel, steen, steep, steer, stele, stens, steps, stere, stern, strep, teels, teene, teens, teers, teles, tenes, tense, tepee, terne, terns, terse, treen, trees, tress, tsere

4 Letter Words for Pretenseless

eels, elne, else, elts, enes, ense, entr, epee, eres, erne, erns, erse, erst, eses, esne, esse, ests, eten, leep, leer, lees, leet, lene, lens, lent, leps, lere, lerp, lese, less, lest, lete, lets, neep, neer, neet, neps, nese, ness, nest, nete, nets, peel, peen, peer, pees, pele, pelt, pene, pens, pent, pere, pern, pers, pert, pess, pest, pete, pets, pree, pres, pret, psst, psts, reel, reen, rees, reet, rent, repl, reps, rept, resp, rest, rete, rets, seel, seen, seep, seer, sees, sele, sels, selt, sene, sens, sent, sepn, seps, sept, sere, sers, sert, sese, sess, sets, slee, snee, spet, sten, step, ster, stre, teel, teen, teer, tees, tele, tels, tene, tens, tepe, tern, terp, tree, tres

3 Letter Words for Pretenseless

eel, een, eer, els, elt, ene, enl, ens, ere, ern, ers, ert, ese, esp, esr, ess, est, lee, lep, ler, les, let, lnr, lpn, lst, ltr, nee, nep, net, pee, pel, pen, per, pes, pet, pre, prn, prs, pst, pte, pts, ree, rel, rep, res, rle, rps, rpt, rte, see, sel, sen, sep, ser, set, sle, slt, spl, sps, spt, sse, ssp, str, tee, tel, ten, ter, tes, tln, tlr, tps, trp, trs, tsp, tss

Definitions for Pretenseless

[1] pretending or feigning; make-believe: My sleepiness was all pretense.
[2] a false show of something: a pretense of friendship.
[3] a piece of make-believe.
[4] the act of pretending or alleging falsely.
[5] a false allegation or justification: He excused himself from the lunch on a pretense of urgent business.
[6] insincere or false profession: His pious words were mere pretense.
[7] the putting forth of an unwarranted claim.
[8] the claim itself.
[9] any allegation or claim: to obtain money under false pretenses.
[10] pretension (usually followed by to ): destitute of any pretense to wit.
[11] pretentiousness.

Words related to Pretenseless

pretensecharade, pretext, semblance, cloak, veneer, claim, mask, gag, invention, artifice, facade, affectation, ruse, double-dealing, deception, trickery, evasion, acting, routine, sham

Words nearby Pretenseless

pretensepreteen, pretence, pretend, pretended, pretender, pretense, pretension, pretensive, pretentious, preter-, preterhuman

Origin of Pretenseless

First recorded in 1375–1425; late Middle English, from Anglo-French, from unattested Medieval Latin praetēnsa, noun use of feminine of praetēnsus, past participle (replacing Latin praetentus ) of praetendere “to put forward, stretch forth, pretend”; see origin at pretend

Words that may be confused with Pretenseless

WORDS, THAT, MAY, BE, CONFUSED, WITH, pretensepretense, pretext

Other words from Pretenseless

pre·tense·ful , adjective
pre·tense·less , adjective

Synonyms for Pretenseless

candid, forthright, genuine, sincere, truthful, unequivocal, aboveboard, barefaced, direct, frank, guileless, honorable, just, laid on the line, level, like it is, mellow, open, outspoken, plain, plain-dealing, right-on, square-shooting, straight, straight-arrow, talking turkey, unconcealed, undisguised, undissembled, undissembling, unvarnished, up front, upright, upstanding, veracious