Definition of pretense

Scrabble & Words with friends points

• pretense is a valid Scrabble US word with a point value of 10
• pretense is a valid Scrabble UK word with a point value of 10
• pretense is a valid Words with friends word with a point value of 12

Definition of pretense

• an artful or simulated semblance (noun)

  Synonyms

  1. guise
  2. pretence
  3. pretext
• pretending with intention to deceive (noun)

  Synonyms

  1. dissembling
  2. feigning
  3. pretence
• a false or unsupportable quality (noun)

  Synonyms

  1. pretence
  2. pretension
• the act of giving a false appearance (noun)

  Synonyms

  1. feigning
  2. pretence
  3. pretending
  4. simulation
• imaginative intellectual play (noun)

  Synonyms

  1. make-believe
  2. pretence

See definition of pretense in Merriam Webster