Synonyms & related words for pretenses

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Words related to pretenses

Explore words related to pretenses — words associated with it, words that go with it, and its nearest matches in meaning. Related words include pretension, pretext, guise, feigning, dissembling, pretending, pretentiousness, false. Click any word to make it the center of the map and keep exploring the web of connections.

Where does pretenses come from?

The word pretenses breaks down into 2 roots of Latin origin: pre-, from Latin prae (“before, in front”); and -tens, from Latin tendo (“stretch”). Explore each root to see other English words built from the same source.