pretext

Other forms of pretext

plural

pretexts·

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 pretext

What does pretext mean?

pretext means "something serving to conceal plans; a fictitious reason that is concocted in order to conceal the real reason". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in pretext?

pretext has 2 syllables: pre-text. The stress falls on "pre". In IPA it is /ˈpɹiˌtɛkst/.

What is another word for pretext?

Close synonyms include stalking-horse, guise, pretense, 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 pretext a common word?

pretext 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 pretext?

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