Sinonim pretentious

English Thesaurus

1. intended to attract notice and impress others (adj.all)

similar	:	flaunty,
definition	:	inclined to flaunt (adj.all)

similar	:	flamboyant, showy, splashy,
definition	:	marked by ostentation but often tasteless (adj.all)

2. making claim to or creating an appearance of (often undeserved) importance or distinction (adj.all)

similar	:	arty,
definition	:	showily imitative of art or artists (adj.all)

similar	:	artsy-craftsy, arty-crafty,
definition	:	pretentiously artistic; cloyingly charming (adj.all)

similar	:	grandiloquent, overblown, pompous, pontifical, portentous,
definition	:	puffed up with vanity (adj.all)

similar	:	grandiose, hifalutin, highfalutin, highfaluting, hoity-toity, la-di-da,
definition	:	affectedly genteel (adj.all)

similar	:	high-flown, high-sounding, inflated,
definition	:	pretentious (especially with regard to language or ideals) (adj.all)

similar	:	jumped-up,
definition	:	(British informal) upstart (adj.all)

similar	:	nouveau-riche, parvenu, parvenue, upstart,
definition	:	characteristic of someone who has risen economically or socially but lacks the social skills appropriate for this new position (adj.all)

similar	:	sententious,
definition	:	abounding in or given to pompous or aphoristic moralizing (adj.all)

similar	:	sesquipedalian,
definition	:	given to the overuse of long words (adj.all)

also	:	tasteless,
definition	:	lacking aesthetic or social taste (adj.all)

3. (of a display) tawdry or vulgar (adj.all)

similar	:	tasteless,
definition	:	lacking aesthetic or social taste (adj.all)

4. intended to attract notice and impress others (adj.all)

antonym	:	unostentatious, unpretending, unpretentious,
definition	:	not ostentatious (adj.all)

derivation	:	ostentation,
definition	:	pretentious or showy or vulgar display (noun.attribute)

derivation	:	inflation, ostentation, ostentatiousness, pomposity, pompousness, pretentiousness, puffiness, splashiness,
definition	:	lack of elegance as a consequence of being pompous and puffed up with vanity (noun.attribute)

derivation	:	fanfare, flash, ostentation,
definition	:	a gaudy outward display (noun.communication)

5. making claim to or creating an appearance of (often undeserved) importance or distinction (adj.all)

antonym	:	unpretentious,
definition	:	lacking pretension or affectation (adj.all)

derivation	:	largeness, pretension, pretentiousness,
definition	:	the quality of being pretentious (behaving or speaking in such a manner as to create a false appearance of great importance or worth) (noun.attribute)

derivation	:	dissembling, feigning, pretence, pretense,
definition	:	pretending with intention to deceive (noun.communication)

6. (of a display) tawdry or vulgar (adj.all)

derivation	:	inflation, ostentation, ostentatiousness, pomposity, pompousness, pretentiousness, puffiness, splashiness,
definition	:	lack of elegance as a consequence of being pompous and puffed up with vanity (noun.attribute)

7. intended to attract notice and impress others (adj.all)

antonym	:	unostentatious, unpretending, unpretentious,
definition	:	not ostentatious (adj.all)

derivation	:	ostentation,
definition	:	pretentious or showy or vulgar display (noun.attribute)

derivation	:	inflation, ostentation, ostentatiousness, pomposity, pompousness, pretentiousness, puffiness, splashiness,
definition	:	lack of elegance as a consequence of being pompous and puffed up with vanity (noun.attribute)

derivation	:	fanfare, flash, ostentation,
definition	:	a gaudy outward display (noun.communication)

8. making claim to or creating an appearance of (often undeserved) importance or distinction (adj.all)

antonym	:	unpretentious,
definition	:	lacking pretension or affectation (adj.all)

derivation	:	largeness, pretension, pretentiousness,
definition	:	the quality of being pretentious (behaving or speaking in such a manner as to create a false appearance of great importance or worth) (noun.attribute)

derivation	:	dissembling, feigning, pretence, pretense,
definition	:	pretending with intention to deceive (noun.communication)

9. (of a display) tawdry or vulgar (adj.all)

derivation	:	inflation, ostentation, ostentatiousness, pomposity, pompousness, pretentiousness, puffiness, splashiness,
definition	:	lack of elegance as a consequence of being pompous and puffed up with vanity (noun.attribute)