English dictionary

pretentious

/pr/i/'t/E/n/S//@/s/

Definitions, examples, synonyms and antonyms from WordNet 3.0.

adjective

making claim to or creating an appearance of (often undeserved) importance or distinction

adj.all

Examples
A pretentious country house.

A pretentious fraud.

A pretentious scholarly edition.

Antonyms unpretentious

Source: WordNet 3.0
intended to attract notice and impress others

adj.all

Synonyms ostentatious

Antonyms unostentatious unpretending unpretentious

Source: WordNet 3.0
Full of pretension; disposed to lay claim to more than is one's; presuming; assuming.

adjective

Source: webster1913