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Showing words for PRETENSIONS using the English dictionary

11 Letter Words for Pretensions

pretensions

10 Letter Words for Pretensions

interpones, interposes, orientness, penistones, pensioners, presension, pretension, spinnerets, tensioners

9 Letter Words for Pretensions

entropies, ineptness, inertness, interpone, interpose, isentrope, isoprenes, nestorine, nonsister, penistone, pensioner, pensiones, peritenon, perniones, pinnotere, preintone, proneness, protenses, repension, serotines, serpentin, spinneret, tensioner

8 Letter Words for Pretensions

enprints, enterons, epitenon, erepsins, ereption, erotesis, essoiner, essonite, estrones, insperse, intenser, interess, intoners, ironness, isoprene, isostere, neossine, nonpress, oneriest, openness, pensione, pensions, pensters, pentises, pentoses, periosts, peronnei, pertness, pessoner, pioneers, poetress, poetries, pointers, ponerine, poriness, porniest, portesse, posteens, posterns, presents, pression, prosiest, prosties, proteins, protense, repoints, reposits, respites, response, ripeness, ripostes, ripstone, ropiness, sentries, serotine, serpents, snipnose, spinners, spinnets, spinster, stepsire, sternson, tennises, tenoners, tensions, ternions, tersions, trenises, triposes, tropeine, tropesis, tropines

7 Letter Words for Pretensions

enosist, enprint, enripen, ensient, enstore, enteron, entires, entoire, entries, eosines, erepsin, erinose, espinos, esprise, esprits, esteros, estrins, estrone, inepter, insense, inserts, insteep, insteps, instore, intense, interns, intoner, intones, introns, isoetes, isoster, isotere, neopine, neossin, nerines, nerites, nesiote, nesters, nestors, nipters, nispero, norites, nosiest, noterse, oneness, openers, openest, opiners, orestes, orients, ornises, orpines, osseter, penises, penners, pennies, pension, penster, pentine, pentise, pentose, peonies, pereion, periost, pernine, peronei, perones, peroses, perosis, persist, persons, pesters, pestier, petrine, pietose, pinenes, pinners, pinnets, pinsons, pioneer, pioners, pistons, poesies, poetess, pointer, pointes, poisers, poister, ponties, pontine, poriest, portess, posiest, posnets, posteen, postern, posters, posties, postins, poteens, potsies, prenote, present, presets, pressie, prestos, pretone, priests, prisons, proines, pronest, prosist, prosits, prossie, prostie, protein, pterins, pterion, pterois, renests, rennets, reopens, repents, repines, repoint, repones, reposes, reposit, reposts, resents, resites, respite, respots, retines, riposte, ropiest, roseine, rosiest, rossite, seiners, seitens, seniors, sennets, sennite, sennits, senores, sension, sentine, sepiost, sepsine, septier, sereins, serines, serpent, sertion, sestine, sinners, sinnets, sinoper, sinters, sirenes, sistern, sitreps, snipers, soirees, soneris, sonnets, sonnies, sonsier, sonties, sopites, sorites, sorties, spenser, sperone, spinets, spinner, spinnet, spinors, spinose, spintos, spriest, sprints, sprites, stenion, stepson, stereos, sterope, stirpes, stonern, stoners, stonier, stonies, stonnes, stopers, storeen, stories, strenes, strepen, strines, stripes, tenners, tennies, tenoner, tenpins, tension, tensons, tensors, ternion, terpine, tersion, tinners, tonners, tornese, tornesi, tossier, trenise, tresson, trienes, triones, trioses, tripses, tropein, tropine, tropins

6 Letter Words for Pretensions

enoint, enoses, enosis, enters, entier, enties, entire, entone, entrep, eosine, eosins, epirot, epoist, eposes, eprise, ernest, eroses, eserin, espier, espies, espino, esprit, essoin, esters, estops, estrin, inerts, inners, inness, innest, inport, inseer, insert, insets, instep, instop, intens, intern, inters, intone, intron, intros, irones, neiper, nenets, nentsi, nepers, nepits, nepote, nereis, nerine, nerite, nessie, nester, nestor, netops, nipter, niters, nitons, nitros, noeses, noesis, noints, noires, noises, nonets, norite, nosers, nosier, nosies, nosine, nosite, noster, noters, onsets, onsite, opener, opiner, opines, opsins, opters, orient, orites, orpine, orpins, osiers, ossein, ossete, ostein, peiser, penest, penies, penner, pennes, pennet, pennis, peones, pereon, perine, perite, pernio, pernis, perone, perses, persio, persis, person, perten, pester, pestis, pestos, peters, petres, petrie, pierst, pieton, pinene, pinner, pinnet, pinons, pinots, pinson, pintos, pioner, pisote, pisser, pistes, piston, pitons, poesie, poesis, pointe, points, poiser, poises, ponent, ponier, ponies, pontee, pontes, pontie, pontin, porite, posers, posier, posies, posits, posnet, posser, posset, possie, poster, postie, postin, poteen, potins, potsie, preens, prents, preses, preset, presto, prests, priest, prinos, prints, prions, prison, proine, proins, prones, proses, prosit, protei, psenes, psions, pterin, pteris, pteron, ptoses, ptosis, reests, reises, reists, renies, renins, rennes, rennet, renone, rentes, reopen, repent, repine, repins, repone, repose, repost, repots, repses, resent, resets, resins, resist, resite, resits, respin, respot, restep, restes, restis, reties, retine, retoss, rinses, ripens, ripest, roists, rontes, rosets, rosies, rosins, rosits, rostis, seiner, seines, seiren, seisor, seiten, senior, sennet, sennit, senors, sensei, sensor, sepion, sepone, sepose, sepsin, serein, sereno, serest, series, serine, serins, serons, serose, seston, setier, setons, setose, sients, sinner, sinnet, sinter, sipers, sirene, sirens, sisten, sister, sitrep, sneers, sneest, sniper, snipes, snirts, snores, snorts, soiree, soneri, sonnes, sonnet, sonsie, sopite, sorees, sorest, sorite, sortes, sortie, speers, speirs, speise, spense, speron, sperse, sperst, spiers, spines, spinet, spinor, spinto, spires, spites, spores, sports, sprees, sprent, sprint, sprite, sprits, sprose, steens, steeps, steers, steins, stenos, stereo, steres, sterin, sterns, stipes, stipos, stires, stirps, stoeps, stonen, stoner, stones, stonne, stonns, stopen, stoper, stopes, stores, streen, streep, strene, streps, strine, stripe, strips, strone, strops, tenner, tennes, tennis, tennos, tenons, tenore, tenors, tenpin, tenser, tenses, tenson, tensor, ternes, terpen, terpin, tessin, tinner, tipree, tiroes, toeier, toises, toners, tonier, tonies, tonner, tonnes, topees, topers, torses, tossen, tosser, treens, tresis, triene, triens, trines, triops, triose, tripes, tripos, trones, tropes, tropin, tsores, tsoris

5 Letter Words for Pretensions

enent, enets, enorn, ensis, enter, entre, entsi, eosin, epist, epris, erept, ernes, erose, erses, esnes, essen, 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, nests, neter, netes, netop, niner, nines, ninos, nisse, niter, niton, nitos, nitro, noint, noire, noirs, noise, nones, nonet, nopes, norie, noris, norit, norse, noser, noses, noter, notes, oenin, oints, oners, onset, opens, opine, opsin, opter, ornes, ornis, orpin, orpit, osier, osset, peens, peers, peert, peine, penie, penis, penne, penni, pense, pents, peons, peres, peris, perit, perns, perse, perst, perts, pesos, peste, pesto, pests, peter, petos, petre, petri, petro, piers, piert, piest, piets, piner, pines, pinon, pinot, pinte, pinto, pints, pions, pirns, pirot, pisos, piste, piton, poets, point, poire, poise, pones, ponts, pores, poret, porns, porte, ports, poser, poses, posit, posse, posts, poter, potes, potin, preen, prees, prent, press, pries, prine, print, prion, priss, proin, prone, prose, pross, prost, prote, psion, reens, reest, reins, reist, renet, renin, renne, rente, rents, repen, repin, repos, repot, reset, resin, resit, rests, retes, retie, retin, retip, rines, rinse, riots, ripen, ripes, risen, rises, risps, rites, roins, roist, rones, ronin, ronne, ronte, ronts, ropes, roses, roset, rosin, rosit, rosti, rosts, rotes, rotis, seeps, seers, seine, seirs, seise, senit, senor, sense, senso, sente, senti, sents, septs, seres, serin, serio, seron, sesti, seton, siens, sient, siest, sines, sinon, siper, sipes, siren, sires, sirop, siros, sison, sites, sneer, snees, snerp, snies, snipe, snips, snirt, snite, snits, snore, snort, snots, sones, sonne, sonse, soree, sores, sorns, sorts, sosie, sotie, speen, speer, speir, spent, speos, spete, spets, spier, spies, spine, spins, spire, spiro, spise, spite, spits, spore, sport, spots, spree, spret, sprit, sprot, ssort, sstor, steen, steep, steer, stein, steno, stens, steps, stere, steri, stern, stero, sties, stine, stion, stipe, stipo, stire, stirp, stirs, stoep, stone, stonn, stope, stops, 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, toses, treen, trees, tress, tries, trine, trins, trios, tripe, trips, trois, trone, trons, trope, tsere, tsine

4 Letter Words for Pretensions

eine, eire, enes, ense, ento, entr, eons, epit, epos, eres, erie, erin, eris, erne, erns, eros, erse, erst, eses, esne, esop, esse, ests, eten, eton, inne, inns, inro, insp, inst, into, intr, ions, ipse, ipso, ires, iron, irpe, isnt, isos, iter, neep, neer, neet, nein, nene, neon, neps, nese, ness, 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, oses, osse, otis, peen, peer, pees, pene, peni, pens, pent, peon, pere, peri, pern, pers, pert, peso, pess, pest, pete, peto, pets, pien, pier, pies, piet, pine, pino, pins, pint, pion, pirn, pirs, pise, piso, piss, pist, pits, poet, pois, pone, pons, pont, pore, porn, port, pose, poss, post, pote, poti, pots, pree, pres, pret, prie, prin, prio, pron, pros, psis, psst, psts, 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, ross, rost, rote, roti, rots, seen, seep, seer, sees, seir, seis, seit, sene, sens, sent, seor, sepn, seps, sept, sere, sero, sers, sert, sese, sets, sien, sier, sine, sins, sion, sipe, sips, sire, sirs, sise, sist, site, sits, snee, snip, snit, snop, snot, soir, sone, sons, sope, sops, sore, sori, sorn, sort, sots, spet, spie, spin, spit, spor, spot, sris, 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, toss, tree, tres, trie, trin, trio, trip, tron, trop

3 Letter Words for Pretensions

een, eer, eir, ene, ens, eon, eos, epi, ere, ern, ers, ert, ese, esp, esr, ess, 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, sis, sit, son, sop, sot, sps, spt, sri, sse, ssp, str, tee, ten, ter, tes, tie, tin, tip, tis, toe, toi, ton, top, tor, tos, tpi, tps, tri, trp, trs, tsi, tsp, tss

Definitions for Pretensions

[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 Pretensions

pretensionconceit, hypocrisy, snobbery, pomposity, aspiration, pretense, ambition, vainglory, show, fake, phony, ostentation, disguise, pretentiousness, splash, affectation, front, put-on, charade, vanity

Words nearby Pretensions

pretensionpretence, pretend, pretended, pretender, pretense, pretension, pretensive, pretentious, preter-, preterhuman, preterist

Origin of Pretensions

2First recorded in 1935–40; pre- + tension

Synonyms for Pretensions

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