pretense

Other forms of pretense

plural

pretenses·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about pretense

What does pretense mean?

pretense means "the act of giving a false appearance". That is the primary sense; the word has 5 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in pretense?

pretense has 2 syllables: pre-tense. The stress falls on "tense". In IPA it is /pɹiˈtɛns/.

What is another word for pretense?

Close synonyms include pretence, pretending, simulation, feigning, pretence. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is pretense a common word?

pretense is banded "Familiar" — widely understood, used when the subject calls for it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.

What rhymes with pretense?

2 words rhyme with pretense. Rhymes are matched on the phonemes from the last stressed vowel onward, which is the definition a reader has in their head.