pretentious - Similar and Opposite Words

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Here are the synonyms for pretentious , a list of similar words for pretentious from our thesaurus that you can use

Adjective

intended to attract notice and impress others

Synonyms

• ostentatious
• pretentious

Related

• flamboyant
• flaunty
• showy
• splashy

Adjective

making claim to or creating an appearance of (often undeserved) importance or distinction

Synonyms

• pretentious

Related

• artsy-craftsy
• arty
• arty-crafty
• grandiloquent
• grandiose
• hifalutin
• high-flown
• high-sounding
• highfalutin
• highfaluting
• hoity-toity
• inflated
• jumped-up
• la-di-da
• nouveau-riche
• overblown
• parvenu
• parvenue
• pompous
• pontifical
• portentous
• sententious
• sesquipedalian
• upstart

Opposite / Antonyms

• unpretentious

Also See

• tasteless

Adjective

(of a display) tawdry or vulgar

Synonyms

• ostentatious
• pretentious

Related

• tasteless

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