PRETENCELESS Antonyms

• contrived by art rather than nature

• artificially formal

• not arising from natural growth or characterized by vital processes

• causing one to believe what is not true or fail to believe what is true

• designed to deceive or mislead either deliberately or inadvertently

• deceptive or fraudulent; disposed to cheat or defraud or deceive

• capable of being corrupted

• not straightforward or candid; giving a false appearance of frankness

• something that is a counterfeit; not what it seems to be

• a person who makes deceitful pretenses

• (football) a deceptive move made by a football player

• fraudulent; having a misleading appearance

• not genuine or real; being an imitation of the genuine article

• make a copy of with the intent to deceive

• tamper, with the purpose of deception

• speak insincerely or without regard for facts or truths

• professing feelings or virtues one does not have

• lacking sincerity

• a person who professes beliefs and opinions that he or she does not hold in order to conceal his or her real feelings or motives

• fraudulent; having a misleading appearance

• making claim to or creating an appearance of (often undeserved) importance or distinction

• intended to attract notice and impress others

• (of a display) tawdry or vulgar