noun, verb ·3 syllables ·Moderate ·College level

Definitions

Noun

1. 1
   The act of imagining; make-believe. uncountable, usually
2. 2
   the act of giving a false appearance wordnet

Verb

1. 1
   present participle and gerund of pretend form-of, gerund, participle, present

Synonyms

All synonyms

feigninghypocriticalpretencepretendpretensepretense

Example

More examples

"It's no use pretending to make me believe that I believe things you don't believe!"

Related phrases

make believe

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