Pretense
Pretense is a valid word in word games.
- Tile score
- 10 points
- Letters
- 8
- Syllables
- 2
- How common
- Less common
Meaning of pretense
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nounThe act of giving a false appearance.
“his conformity was only pretending”
Similar: pretence , pretending , simulation , feigning
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nounPretending with intention to deceive.
Similar: pretence , feigning , dissembling
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nounImaginative intellectual play.
Similar: pretence
Definitions from WordNet 3.0, Princeton University.
Anagrams of pretense
Words inside pretense
Words of three letters or more made from its letters, longest first.
- present9
- serpent9
- entrees7
- preteen9
- repents9
- steeper9
- terpene9
- penster9
- retenes7
- steepen9
- teeners7
- enters6
- peters8
- repent8
- resent6
- serene6
- entree6
- nester6
- pester8
- preset8
- tenser6
- tepees8
- eterne6
- pensee8
- preens8
- renest6
- rentes6
- reseen6
- retene6
- sprent8
- teener6
- ternes6
- treens6
- spent7
- enter5
- peers7
- peter7
- teens5
- trees5
- ester5
Words that rhyme with pretense
- sense
- fence
- hence
- dense
- pence
- spence
- tense
- thence
- whence
- defence
- defense
- expense
- intense
- offense
- commence
- dispense
- immense
- incense
- suspense
- condense
- commonsense
- nondefense
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