Pretentious synonyms such as big, affected, and artificial. Pretentious is an adjective, and its antonyms are natural and unaffected. Additionally, here are 49 synonyms, related words, and verbs for pretentious.
Affected, artificial, big, bombastic, chi-chi, conspicuous, dicty, elaborate, extravagant, fancy-pants, flamboyant, flashy, flatulent, flaunty, flowery, fustian, grand, grandiloquent, grandiose, heroic, high-flown, high-sounding, highfalutin, hyperventilated, inflated, kitschy, la-di-da, magniloquent, mannered, oratorical, ornate, orotund, ostentatious, overambitious, overblown, overripe, pompous, poncy, posey, pseud, pseudo, rhetorical, showy, sophomoric, tasteless, tinselly, toffee-nosed, and turgid.