| Main Entry: |
pretentious |
| Part of Speech: |
adjective |
| Definition: |
snobbish, conceited |
Synonyms: |
affected,
arty,
assuming,
aureate,
big*,
bombastic,
chichi*,
conspicuous, euphuistic,
exaggerated,
extravagant, feigned,
flamboyant,
flashy, flaunting, flowery,
gaudy,
grandiloquent,
grandiose, high-flown, high-sounding, highfaluting,
hollow,
imposing, inflated, jazzy, la-di-da,
lofty,
magniloquent, mincing,
ornate,
ostentatious, overambitious, overblown,
pompous, puffed up, put-on,
rhetorical,
showy,
specious, splashy, stilted, swank, too-too, tumid,
turgid,
utopian,
vainglorious
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Antonyms: |
humble, modest, unconceited
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* = informal/non-formal usage
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