Pretentious Synonyms
Pretentious is an adjective. Its synonyms include affected, ostentatious, chi-chi, showy, flashy, tinselly, conspicuous, flaunty, tasteless, and kitschy. Its antonyms are natural and unaffected. Here are some additional synonyms for "pretentious" with example sentences.
Another word for pretentious
48 other ways to say pretentious.
- affected
- chi-chi
- flashy
- conspicuous
- tasteless
- overambitious
- artificial
- inflated
- overripe
- hyperventilated
- high-flown
- flowery
- big
- elaborate
- heroic
- ornate
- magniloquent
- turgid
- rhetorical
- sophomoric
- la-di-da
- posey
- pseudo
- toffee-nosed
- ostentatious
- showy
- tinselly
- flaunty
- kitschy
- pompous
- flatulent
- overblown
- fustian
- mannered
- high-sounding
- grandiose
- grand
- extravagant
- flamboyant
- grandiloquent
- bombastic
- orotund
- oratorical
- highfalutin
- fancy-pants
- pseud
- poncy
- dicty
Pretentious Sentences
His pretentious attitude annoyed the group.
The restaurant’s decor felt overly pretentious.
His pretentious remarks overshadowed genuine insights.
She avoided the pretentious art gallery.
Pretentious people often seek unnecessary attention.
Pretentious Rhymes
- acetous
- adulterous
- advantageous
- adventitious
- adventurous
- alacritous
- amorous
- amorphous
- analogous
- anfractuous
- anomalous
- anonymous
- aqueous
- arduous
- assiduous
- atrocious
- audacious
- auspicious
- autochthonous
- autonomous
- avaricious
- babelicious
- barbarous
- bargainous
- beauteous
- bibulous
- bilious
- blasphemous
- bodacious
- boisterous
- bootylicious
- bounteous
- bulbous
- bumptious
- cacophonous
- cadaverous
- calamitous
- caliginous
- callous
- cancerous
- canorous
- cantankerous
- capacious
- capricious
- cartilaginous
- cavernous
- censorious
- ceremonious
- chivalrous
- circuitous