- 3. Assumption, claim to notice.
- 4. Pretension, claim.
Pretend, v. a.
- 1. Feign, affect, simulate, counterfeit, sham.
- 2. Lay claim to, claim, allege a title to.
Pretend, v. n.
- 1. Make believe, make a show, profess, feign, sham.
- 2. Strive after, lay claim to.
Pretension, n. Claim.
Pretentious, a. [Recent.] Assuming, presuming, conceited, vain, priggish.
Pretentiousness, n. Assumption, conceit, false assumption, over-assertion.
Preternatural, a. Irregular (as being aside from the ordinary course of nature, but not necessarily supernatural or miraculous), abnormal, anomalous, unnatural, inexplicable, strange, extraordinary.