Thesaurus:pretentious
English
Adjective
Sense: simulated in order to impress
Synonyms
- affected
- effete
- fey
- recherché
- hoity-toity
- overrefined
- pansified (derogatory)
- precious (derogatory)
- pretentious
- smug (obsolete)
- stagy
- stilted (figuratively)
- theatrical
- Woosterian
Antonyms
Hyponyms
- ad captandum
- artsy-craftsy (often derogatory)
- cutesy-wootsy (mildly derogatory)
- literose
- mannered
- mincing
- minsitive (obsolete)
- pedantic
- pompous
- pseudoclassical
- sanctimonious
Hypernyms
Various
Further reading
- “855. affectation” in Roget's Thesaurus, T. Y. Crowell Co., 1911.
- “pretentious” in Moby Thesaurus II, Grady Ward, 1996.