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Defenition of the word pretend

    • Defenition of the word pretend

      • To act as if something is true.
      • To make an appearance of.
      • To state something that is wrong or doubtful.
      • (In imagination or play) To simulate belief (that).
      • behave unnaturally or affectedly; "She's just acting"
      • make believe; "He feigned that he was ill"; "He shammed a headache"
      • imagined as in a play; "the make-believe world of theater"; "play money"; "dangling their legs in the water to catch pretend fish"
      • the enactment of a pretense; "it was just pretend"
      • state insincerely; "He professed innocence but later admitted his guilt"; "She pretended not to have known the suicide bomber"; "She pretends to be an expert on wine"
      • make believe with the intent to deceive; "He feigned that he was ill"; "He shammed a headache"
      • represent fictitiously, as in a play, or pretend to be or act like; "She makes like an actress"
      • put forward, of a guess, in spite of possible refutation; "I am guessing that the price of real estate will rise again"; "I cannot pretend to say that you are wrong"
      • behave unnaturally or affectedly; "She''s just acting"
      • put forward a claim and assert right or possession of; "pretend the title of King"
      • the enactment of a pretense
      • state insincerely
      • make believe with the intent to deceive
      • represent fictitiously, as in a play, or pretend to be or act like
      • put forward, of a guess, in spite of possible refutation
      • behave unnaturally or affectedly
      • put forward a claim and assert right or possession of
      • imagined as in a play

    Synonyms for the word pretend

      • act
      • affect
      • dissemble
      • fake
      • feign
      • impersonate
      • lay claim to
      • make-believe
      • play
      • sham
      • simulate

    Similar words in the pretend

      • unreal

    Hyponyms for the word pretend

      • anticipate
      • assume
      • bull
      • bullshit
      • call
      • fake
      • feign
      • forebode
      • foretell
      • go through the motions
      • mouth
      • play possum
      • predict
      • prognosticate
      • promise
      • sham
      • simulate
      • surmise
      • suspect
      • take a dive
      • talk through one's hat

    Hypernyms for the word pretend

      • act
      • arrogate
      • belie
      • claim
      • deceive
      • feigning
      • lay claim
      • lie
      • misrepresent
      • play
      • pretence
      • pretending
      • pretense
      • represent
      • simulation
      • speculate

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