pretend - Similar and Opposite Words

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Noun

the enactment of a pretense

Synonyms

• make-believe
• pretend

More generic

• feigning
• pretence
• pretending
• pretense
• simulation

Verb

state insincerely

Synonyms

• pretend
• profess

More generic

• claim

Verb

make believe with the intent to deceive

Synonyms

• affect
• dissemble
• feign
• pretend
• sham

More generic

• belie
• misrepresent

More specific

• bull
• bullshit
• fake
• mouth
• play possum
• take a dive
• talk through one's hat

Related

• make
• make believe
• pretend

Verb

represent fictitiously, as in a play, or pretend to be or act like

Synonyms

• make
• make believe
• pretend

More generic

• act
• play
• represent

More specific

• go through the motions

Related

• affect
• dissemble
• feign
• pretend
• sham

Verb

put forward, of a guess, in spite of possible refutation

Synonyms

• guess
• hazard
• pretend
• venture

More generic

• speculate

More specific

• anticipate
• call
• forebode
• foretell
• predict
• prognosticate
• promise
• surmise
• suspect

Verb

behave unnaturally or affectedly

Synonyms

• act
• dissemble
• pretend

More specific

• assume
• feign
• sham
• simulate

Related

• act
• behave
• do

Verb

put forward a claim and assert right or possession of

Synonyms

• pretend

More generic

• arrogate
• claim
• lay claim

Adjective

imagined as in a play

Synonyms

• make-believe
• pretend

Related

• unreal

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