pretension
/prɪ'tɛnʃən/
noun
10 letters3 syllables12 points in Scrabble®15 points in WWF®
DEFINITIONS3
NOUN
1
A false or unsupportable quality.
2
The quality of being pretentious (behaving or speaking in such a manner as to create a false appearance of great importance or worth).
3
The advancing of a claim.
“his pretension to the crown”
“the town still puts forward pretensions as a famous resort”
WORD FORMS
Related formpretend
GAME SCORES
Scrabble®12 points
Words With Friends®15 points
Double word24 points
Triple word36 points
GOOD TO KNOW
Pig Latinetensionpray
Starts & ends withP … N
Syllablespre · ten · sion
SYNONYMS & RELATED5
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