Feign

/feɪn/

Synonyms for "feign" (147 found)

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Closest matches (30)

Verb(15 words)

pretend simulate affectaffect behavioraffect understandingaffectedaffecting understandingassume assumed assumes attitudinize attitudinizes bluffedconceal observationconceals

actact a partaffect assume bluff

Noun(10 words)

actsaffect resultsaffected studentsaffecting alibiing assuming attitudinizing bluffing bluffs charades

Strong matches (44)

Verb(13 words)

concoct deceive dissemble dissembled dissembles dissimulated dissimulates dissimulating fabricate fakefake a smilefaked feinted

counterfeitcover updisguise dissemble dissimulatedo a bitdramatize fake foolfour flushfour-flush game gammongo through the motionshistrionize

Noun(16 words)

counterfeits disguise dissembling diving dummies emoting fakes faking feint feinting feints flopping flops fronts goldbrick guises

Related words (73)

Noun(31 words)

humbugs joke masquerade masquerades masquerading mime miming mummer palms pantomime pantomiming phantoms phoneying phonying playactingportuguese pretenderpose poses posingpretend confidence

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pretext pretexts professingromanian simulashamming shamssimulated systemsimulatingstage artisttoken gesturetravesty

Verb(13 words)

impersonates invent masquer masqueraded playacted playactspose questionspretended pretends quacked sham shammedsimulate living systems

lay it on thicklet onlet on likemakemake a pretensemake a show ofmake as ifmake believemake likemake out likemisrepresent mock overact playplay a partplay a sceneplay possumplayact pose presupposition

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pretend professput onput on airssham simulate striketug the heartstringswear

Related word relations

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6 relation types

More general

6 entries

act belie deceive dissemble misrepresent pretend

More specific

6 entries

concoct fabricate fake invent pretend simulate

Collocations

6 entries

feign confidencefeign ignorancefeign illnessfeign interestfeign surprisefeign sympathy

Inflections

3 entries

feigned feigning feigns

Derivations

4 entries

feigned feignedly feignedness feigner

similar

3 entries

makemake believepretend

Sample sentences

17 total sentences available.

Tatoeba + Wiktionary

Especially do not feign affection.

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It's futile to feign illness.

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How could I feign surprise?

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I tried to feign indifference.

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