Synonyms for pretentiousness
Synonyms by meaning
Noun
1. Pomposity
pomposity, ostentation, inflation, puffiness, pompousness, ostentatiousness, splashiness
2. Pretension
Other
gentility, false pretense US, false pretence UK, pretending, pretentiosity, affectedness
Definitions
- n. 1
The quality of being pretentious.
Near-synonyms: affectation, affectedness, false pretense, pretending
Forms
- Plural
- pretentiousnesses → pomposities, ostentations, inflations, puffinesses…
Example sentences
- ostentation Tom did it all with characteristic ostentation.
- pretension The strain of his pretension is just too much to bear.
Popularity over time
| Word | 1850 → 2019 | Trend |
|---|---|---|
| pretentiousness | falling | |
| ostentation | steady | |
| pomposity | steady | |
| puffiness | rising | |
| pompousness | falling | |
| pretension | steady |
Use in printed books, per decade from 1850 to 2019.
By length
- 9 letters
- inflation3, pomposity4, puffiness, gentility4, largeness2
- 10 letters
- pretending3, pretension3
- 11 letters
- affectation4, ostentation4, pompousness3, splashiness
- 12 letters
- affectedness
- 13 letters
- pretentiosity
The small number after each word is its number of syllables (inflation3 = 3 syllables).