Synonyms for pretentious

Adjective

1. pretentious (vs. unpretentious), arty, artsy-craftsy, arty-crafty, grandiloquent, overblown, pompous, pontifical, portentous, grandiose, hifalutin, highfalutin, highfaluting, hoity-toity, la-di-da, high-flown, high-sounding, inflated, jumped-up, nouveau-riche, parvenu, parvenue, upstart(prenominal), sententious, sesquipedalian, tasteless#2, in poor taste

usage: making claim to or creating an appearance of (often undeserved) importance or distinction; "a pretentious country house"; "a pretentious fraud"; "a pretentious scholarly edition"

2. ostentatious (vs. unostentatious), pretentious, flaunty, showy, splashy

usage: intended to attract notice and impress others; "an ostentatious sable coat"

3. ostentatious, pretentious, kitsch, tasteless (vs. tasteful), in poor taste(predicate)

usage: of a display that is tawdry or vulgar