I don't want to say that "you are a pretentious (so and so)", I want a singular word meaning "a pretentious person". I don't think "pretent" is a word, so I cannot say "you are such a pretent". Any ideas?
2007-11-03 01:14:32 · 8 answers · asked by michael 2 in Education & Reference ➔ Words & Wordplay
http://thesaurus.reference.com/browse/pretentious if you go here you will probably find a word you can use, it is an online thesaurus I use all the time so I can choose the right word for the emotion I am trying to convey or whatever. here is a sample incase you don't like to go to sites:
apish, artificial, artsy, artsy-craftsy, assumed, awkward, campy*, chichi*, conceited, contrived, counterfeit, counterfeited, faked, false, feigned, fraud*, ham*, hammy*, highfalutin, hollow, imitated, insincere, melodramatic, ostentatious, overdone, pedantic, phoney, phony, playacting, pompous, precious, pretended, pretentious, put-on*, schmaltzy*, self-conscious, shallow, sham*, shammed, simulated, spurious, stiff, stilted, studied, superficial, theatrical, unnatural
Antonyms: unchanged, untouched
OR.......... ambitious
Part of Speech: adjective 2
Definition: effortful
Synonyms: arduous, bold, challenging, demanding, difficult, elaborate, energetic, exacting, formidable, grandiose, hard, impressive, industrious, lofty, pretentious, severe, strenuous, visionary
Antonyms: easy, facile, humble, simple, undemanding
or... exalted
Part of Speech: adjective
Definition: praised
Synonyms: astral, august, dignified, elevated, eminent, exaggerated, excessive, first, grand, high, high-minded, high-ranking, highest, highest-ranking, honorable, honored, ideal, illustrious, immodest, imposing, inflated, intellectual, leading, lofty, magnificent, noble, number one, outstanding, overblown, pompous, prestigious, pretentious, proud, self-important, sublime, superb, superior, top-drawer*, top-ranking, uplifting
Antonyms: abject, belittled, condemned, criticized, debased, humiliated, put down, ridiculed
2007-11-03 09:15:34 · answer #1 · answered by I Love Jesus 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Synonym For Pretentious
2016-10-07 03:54:02 · answer #2 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
We cannot make "pretentious" singular because it is an adjective, not a noun. The word you're looking for may be "hypocritical". That's also an adjective, OK? or "hypocrite" if it's a noun.
2007-11-03 02:25:23 · answer #3 · answered by Lance 5 · 1⤊ 1⤋
Elitist.
2007-11-03 01:24:57 · answer #4 · answered by Roxanne S 3 · 2⤊ 0⤋
snobbish
2007-11-03 01:23:27 · answer #5 · answered by Darculius 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
snob?
2007-11-03 01:20:13 · answer #6 · answered by wait. 2 · 2⤊ 0⤋
showy???
2007-11-03 01:26:05 · answer #7 · answered by a new world 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
wanker
2007-11-03 01:23:17 · answer #8 · answered by virgil 6 · 4⤊ 0⤋