10 Letter Words for Pretension
interpones, pretension
9 Letter Words for Pretension
entropies, interpone, interpose, isentrope, nestorine, penistone, pensioner, peritenon, perniones, pinnotere, preintone, repension, serpentin, spinneret, tensioner
8 Letter Words for Pretension
enprints, enterons, epitenon, ereption, intenser, intoners, isoprene, oneriest, pensione, peronnei, pioneers, poetries, pointers, ponerine, porniest, proteins, protense, repoints, ripstone, serotine, tenoners, ternions, tropeine, tropines
7 Letter Words for Pretension
enprint, enripen, ensient, enstore, enteron, entires, entoire, entries, erepsin, erinose, estrone, inepter, insteep, instore, intense, interns, intoner, intones, introns, isotere, neopine, nerines, nerites, nesiote, nipters, nispero, norites, noterse, openers, openest, opiners, orients, orpines, penners, pennies, pension, penster, pentine, pentise, pentose, peonies, pereion, periost, pernine, peronei, perones, pestier, petrine, pietose, pinenes, pinners, pinnets, pioneer, pioners, pointer, pointes, poister, ponties, pontine, poriest, posteen, postern, poteens, prenote, present, pretone, proines, pronest, prostie, protein, pterins, pterion, pterois, rennets, reopens, repents, repines, repoint, repones, reposit, respite, retines, riposte, ropiest, roseine, sennite, sentine, septier, serpent, sertion, sinoper, sperone, spinner, spinnet, stenion, sterope, stonern, stonier, storeen, strepen, tenners, tennies, tenoner, tenpins, tension, ternion, terpine, tersion, tinners, tonners, tornese, tornesi, trenise, trienes, triones, tropein, tropine, tropins
6 Letter Words for Pretension
enoint, enters, entier, enties, entire, entone, entrep, eosine, epirot, epoist, eprise, ernest, eserin, espier, espino, esprit, estrin, inerts, inners, innest, inport, inseer, insert, instep, instop, intens, intern, inters, intone, intron, intros, irones, neiper, nenets, nentsi, nepers, nepits, nepote, nereis, nerine, nerite, nester, nestor, netops, nipter, niters, nitons, nitros, noints, noires, nonets, norite, nosier, nosine, nosite, noster, noters, onsite, opener, opiner, opines, opters, orient, orites, orpine, orpins, ostein, peiser, penest, penies, penner, pennes, pennet, pennis, peones, pereon, perine, perite, pernio, pernis, perone, persio, person, perten, pester, peters, petres, petrie, pierst, pieton, pinene, pinner, pinnet, pinons, pinots, pinson, pintos, pioner, pisote, piston, pitons, poesie, pointe, points, poiser, ponent, ponier, ponies, pontee, pontes, pontie, pontin, porite, posier, posnet, poster, postie, postin, poteen, potins, potsie, preens, prents, preset, presto, priest, prinos, prints, prions, prison, proine, proins, prones, prosit, protei, pterin, pteris, pteron, renies, renins, rennes, rennet, renone, rentes, reopen, repent, repine, repins, repone, repose, repost, repots, resent, resite, respin, respot, restep, reties, retine, ripens, ripest, rontes, seiner, seiren, seiten, senior, sennet, sennit, sepion, sepone, serein, sereno, serine, setier, sinner, sinnet, sinter, sirene, sitrep, sniper, soiree, soneri, sonnet, sopite, sorite, sortie, speron, spinet, spinor, spinto, sprent, sprint, sprite, stereo, sterin, stonen, stoner, stonne, stopen, stoper, streen, streep, strene, strine, stripe, strone, tenner, tennes, tennis, tennos, tenons, tenore, tenors, tenpin, tenser, tenson, tensor, ternes, terpen, terpin, tinner, tipree, tiroes, toeier, toners, tonier, tonies, tonner, tonnes, topees, topers, treens, triene, triens, trines, triops, triose, tripes, tripos, trones, tropes, tropin
5 Letter Words for Pretension
enent, enets, enorn, enter, entre, entsi, eosin, epist, epris, erept, ernes, erose, ester, estop, estre, estro, etens, inept, inert, inner, innet, inone, insee, insep, inset, instr, inter, intro, iortn, irene, ireos, irone, irons, isere, isort, iters, neeps, neist, nenes, neons, neper, nepit, nerts, neter, netes, netop, niner, nines, ninos, niter, niton, nitos, nitro, noint, noire, noirs, noise, nones, nonet, nopes, norie, noris, norit, norse, noser, noter, notes, oenin, oints, oners, onset, opens, opine, opsin, opter, ornes, ornis, orpin, orpit, osier, peens, peers, peert, peine, penie, penis, penne, penni, pense, pents, peons, peres, peris, perit, perns, perse, perst, perts, peste, pesto, peter, petos, petre, petri, petro, piers, piert, piest, piets, piner, pines, pinon, pinot, pinte, pinto, pints, pions, pirns, pirot, piste, piton, poets, point, poire, poise, pones, ponts, pores, poret, porns, porte, ports, poser, posit, poter, potes, potin, preen, prees, prent, pries, prine, print, prion, proin, prone, prose, prost, prote, psion, reens, reest, reins, reist, renet, renin, renne, rente, rents, repen, repin, repos, repot, reset, resin, resit, retes, retie, retin, retip, rines, rinse, riots, ripen, ripes, risen, rites, roins, roist, rones, ronin, ronne, ronte, ronts, ropes, roset, rosin, rosit, rosti, rotes, rotis, seine, senit, senor, sente, senti, serin, serio, seron, seton, sient, sinon, siper, siren, sirop, sneer, snerp, snipe, snirt, snite, snore, snort, sonne, soree, sotie, speen, speer, speir, spent, spete, spier, spine, spire, spiro, spite, spore, sport, spree, spret, sprit, sprot, steen, steep, steer, stein, steno, stere, steri, stern, stero, stine, stion, stipe, stipo, stire, stirp, stoep, stone, stonn, stope, store, strep, strip, strop, teens, teers, teise, tenes, tenio, tenne, tenno, tenon, tenor, tense, tenso, tepor, terne, terns, terse, tiens, tiers, tines, tires, toise, toner, tones, tonne, topee, toper, topes, tores, torse, treen, trees, tries, trine, trins, trios, tripe, trips, trois, trone, trons, trope, tsere, tsine
4 Letter Words for Pretension
eine, eire, enes, ense, ento, entr, eons, epit, epos, eres, erie, erin, eris, erne, erns, eros, erse, erst, esne, esop, eten, eton, inne, inns, inro, insp, inst, into, intr, ions, ipse, ipso, ires, iron, irpe, isnt, iter, neep, neer, neet, nein, nene, neon, neps, nese, nest, nete, neti, nets, nies, nine, nips, nist, nito, nits, noes, noir, none, nope, nore, nori, norn, nose, note, nots, oint, oner, ones, onst, open, opes, opts, ores, orts, otis, peen, peer, pees, pene, peni, pens, pent, peon, pere, peri, pern, pers, pert, peso, pest, pete, peto, pets, pien, pier, pies, piet, pine, pino, pins, pint, pion, pirn, pirs, pise, piso, pist, pits, poet, pois, pone, pons, pont, pore, porn, port, pose, post, pote, poti, pots, pree, pres, pret, prie, prin, prio, pron, pros, reen, rees, reet, rein, reit, renn, reno, rent, repo, reps, rept, resp, rest, rete, rets, ries, rine, rins, riot, ripe, rips, ript, rise, risp, rist, rite, rits, roes, roin, roit, rone, ront, rope, rose, rost, rote, roti, rots, seen, seep, seer, seir, seit, sene, sent, seor, sepn, sept, sere, sero, sert, sien, sier, sine, sion, sipe, sire, site, snee, snip, snit, snop, snot, soir, sone, sope, sore, sori, sorn, sort, spet, spie, spin, spit, spor, spot, sten, step, ster, stie, stir, stop, stor, stre, teen, teer, tees, tene, tens, tepe, tern, terp, tien, tier, ties, tine, tins, tipe, tips, tire, toes, tone, tonn, tons, tope, topi, tops, tore, tori, torn, tors, tose, tree, tres, trie, trin, trio, trip, tron, trop
3 Letter Words for Pretension
een, eer, eir, ene, ens, eon, eos, epi, ere, ern, ers, ert, ese, esp, esr, est, inn, ins, int, ion, ios, ipo, ipr, ips, ire, irs, ise, isn, iso, ist, its, nee, nei, neo, nep, net, nie, nip, nis, nit, nne, non, nor, nos, not, oer, oes, oie, ois, one, oni, ons, ont, ope, ops, opt, ore, ors, ort, ose, osi, pee, pen, per, pes, pet, pie, pin, pir, pis, pit, poi, pon, por, pos, pot, pre, prn, pro, prs, psi, pst, pte, pts, ree, rei, rep, res, rie, rin, rio, rip, rit, roe, roi, ron, ros, rot, rps, rpt, rte, rti, see, sei, sen, sep, ser, set, sie, sin, sip, sir, sit, son, sop, sot, spt, sri, str, tee, ten, ter, tes, tie, tin, tip, tis, toe, toi, ton, top, tor, tos, tpi, tps, tri, trp, trs, tsi, tsp
Definitions for Pretension
[1] the laying of a claim to something.
[2] a claim or title to something.
[3] Often pretensions. a claim made, especially indirectly or by implication, to some quality, merit, or the like: They laughed at my pretensions to superior judgment.
[4] a claim to dignity, importance, or merit.
[5] pretentiousness.
[6] the act of pretending or alleging.
[7] an allegation of doubtful veracity.
[8] a pretext.
[9] (in prestressed-concrete construction) to apply tension to (reinforcing strands) before the concrete is poured. Compare posttension(def 1) .
[10] to make (a concrete member) with pretensioned reinforcement.
[11] (often plural) a false or unsupportable claim, esp to merit, worth, or importance
[12] a specious or unfounded allegation; pretext
[13] the state or quality of being pretentious
Words related to Pretension
conceit, hypocrisy, snobbery, pomposity, aspiration, pretense, ambition, vainglory, show, fake, phony, ostentation, disguise, pretentiousness, splash, affectation, front, put-on, charade, vanity
Words nearby Pretension
pretence, pretend, pretended, pretender, pretense, pretension, pretensive, pretentious, preter-, preterhuman, preterist
Origin of Pretension
2First recorded in 1935–40; pre- + tension
Synonyms for Pretension
conceit, hypocrisy, pomposity, snobbery, affectation, charade, disguise, fake, front, ostentation, phony, pretentiousness, put-on, self-importance, show, showboat, showiness, splash, vainglory, vanity, big talk, false front, showoff