pretensive

Fetched 2026-10-26 (cache).

Synonyms: protensive, prehensive, prepensive, pretense, prehensile, pretension, retentive, preventive, presentive, propensive

Antonyms: protensive, prehensive, prepensive, pretense, prehensile, pretension, retentive, preventive, presentive, propensive

Related words from Datamuse; suggestions, not definitions.

Adjective

1. {{lb|en|now|rare}} [[pretended|Pretended]]; [[feigned]]. {{defdate|from 17th c.}}
2. {{lb|en|chiefly|US}} [[pretentious|Pretentious]]. {{defdate|from 19th c.}}

Source: Wiktionary · CC BY-SA 4.0 (Wiktionary dump) · cached copy, not a rewrite.