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
