pretensions
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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Sounds Like
Words that sound like the term "pretensions".
| # | Word | Syllables | Freq |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | politicians | 4 | 19 |
| 2 | proportions | 3 | 18 |
| 3 | preparations | 4 | 15 |
| 4 | projections | 3 | 10 |
| 5 | plantations | 3 | 7 |
| 6 | productions | 3 | 7 |
| 7 | apprehensions | 4 | 5 |
| 8 | predictions | 3 | 3 |
| 9 | perturbations | 4 | 2 |
| 10 | parkinson's | 3 | 1 |
| 11 | porcupines | 3 | 1 |
| 12 | penicillins | 4 | 0 |
| 13 | playstations | 3 | 0 |
| 14 | politician's | 4 | 0 |
| 15 | politicians' | 4 | 0 |
| 16 | production's | 3 | 0 |
| 17 | productions' | 3 | 0 |
| 18 | prohibition's | 4 | 0 |
| 19 | prohibitions | 4 | 0 |
| 20 | protections | 3 | 0 |
| 21 | protozoans | 4 | 0 |
| 22 | spokespersons | 3 | 0 |
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Words that are spelled similarly to the term "pretensions".
| # | 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 | pensions | 2 | 7 |
| 11 | pretentious | 3 | 6 |
| 12 | apprehensions | 4 | 5 |
| 13 | pretenses | 3 | 1 |
| 14 | pretension | 3 | 0 |
| 15 | hypertension | 4 | 0 |
| 16 | recessions | 3 | 0 |
| 17 | precession | 3 | 0 |
| 18 | peterson's | 3 | 0 |
| 19 | pensioners | 3 | 0 |
| 20 | detentions | 3 | 0 |
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Words that are statistically associated with "pretensions" in the same piece of text.
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Words that contain the same consonants as the term "pretensions".
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Term
Definitions: 3
Fragments: 1
Sound Alikes: 22
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:
Tannin Bar to fill a neighborhood gap with wine, dinner and no pretensions
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Sep 15, 2026 TownLift, Park City News
Review: Steven Spielberg-produced ‘American Gothic’ chokes on its own pretensions
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Jun 22, 2016 Los Angeles Times
Founder of Overheard LA, Which Pokes Fun at the City’s Pretensions, Is Unmasked (Published 2016)
Oct 7, 2016 The New York Times
Oct 7, 2016 The New York Times
Architects are snobs. It’s time to lose the pretensions and celebrate the glorious mundanity of architecture
May 29, 2023 Building Design
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