Words that rhyme with pretensions
Top rhymes for pretensions
mentions, dimensions, extensions and pensions
12 common words rhyme with pretensions. The most common are mentions, dimensions, extensions and pensions.
Perfect rhymes for pretensions
3 syllables
4 syllables
- interventions
- apprehensions
Show 1 rare word
- declensions
Near rhymes for pretensions
These share the stressed vowel or the ending but not every sound. Songwriters call them slant rhymes.
- engines
- intentions
- tensions
- exemptions
- abstentions
- redemptions
- attention
- mention
- elections
- convention
- sessions
- consequences
- extension
- lessons
- sections
- expenses
- connections
- prevention
- intervention
- suspension
- directions
- pension
- tension
- collections
- invention
- dimension
- exceptions
- infections
- detention
- expressions
- senses
- possessions
- retention
- credentials
- contention
- defenses
- impressions
- projections
- corrections
- objections
How pretensions sounds
| Pronunciation | /pɹəˈtɛnʃənz/ |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 3 (pre-TEN-sions) |
| Stress pattern | da-DUM-da |
| Rhyme sound | -ɛnʃənz |
Pretensions has three syllables, with the stress on the second. Rhymes must match from the stressed vowel to the end of the word.
Questions
- What rhymes with pretensions?
- The most common rhymes for pretensions are mentions, dimensions, extensions, pensions, conventions and interventions.
- How many words rhyme with pretensions?
- We found 12 common perfect rhymes and 1 rarer word for pretensions, plus 40 near rhymes.
- How many syllables are in pretensions?
- Pretensions has three syllables, with the stress on the second.