Pretend

/pɹəˈtɛnd/

Synonyms for "pretend" (201 found)

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Closest matches (41)

Verb(18 words)

feignmake believesham act affectaffect behavioraffect displayaffect understandingaffectedaffecting understandingallege artificial assert assumed assumes attitudinize attitudinized bluffed

actact a partadopt affectaim toallege appropriate arrogate assume attemptattempt toavow believe bluff

Noun(9 words)

actsaffect resultsaffected studentsaffecting arrogating assuming attitudinizing bluffing bluffs

Strong matches (60)

challenge claim conjecture counterfeitcover updaredare todisguise dissemble dissimulatedo a bitdramatize encroach endeavor fake feign foolfour flushfour-flush game

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gammon glorifiedgo through the motionshazard histrionize infringe

Noun(15 words)

charades counterfeits disguise dissembling diving dummies emoting fakes fakingfantasy creaturefeigning feint feints fronts humbugs

Verb(17 words)

claim dissemble dissembled dissembles dissimulating fakefake a smilefaked feigned feigns feinted guess hazard impersonate impersonated impersonating insincere

Adjective(2 words)

deceptive discoursehypothetical

Related words (100)

invadelay claim tolay it on thicklet onlet on likelordmake a pretensemake a show ofmake as ifmake believemake boldmake freemake likemake outmake out likemock overact playplay a partplay a scene

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play godplay possumplayact pose presume presuppositionpretend topretended pretext professprotest too muchpurportput onput on airsrepresentseek toseize sham simulate spuriousstrive tostudy tosuppose surmisetake overtake the libertythink trespass trytry andtry totug the heartstringsundertake usurp ventureventure towear

Noun(25 words)

joke make-believe masquerade masquerades masquerading mime mimingmost forcedmummer mummers pantomime pantomiming phoneying phonying pose poses posingpretend confidenceprofessingrole play

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romanian simulashamming shamssimulated systemsimulating

Verb(17 words)

maintain make malinger masquer masqueraded playacted playacting playactspose questionsprofess purporting shammed simulatesimulate living systemssimulated theatrical venture

Adjective(1 words)

make-believe

Related word relations

OpenGloss and ConceptNet supply richer edges like generalizations, collocations, and derivations.

6 relation types

More general

33 entries

acquit act affect arrogate assertion bear behave belie carry claim comport conduct deport descriptor doeducational term

Showing 16 of 33 words.

More specific

16 entries

baseless assertioncostume counterfeit dissemblingfake confidencefake smilefalse claimfalse enthusiasmfeigned illnessillusory imaginary insincerity propspecious claimtoyunfounded assertion

Collocations

11 entries

make believe moneypretend confidencepretend doctorpretend friendpretend ignorancepretend illnesspretend innocencepretend interestpretend moneypretend playpretend surprise

Inflections

3 entries

pretended pretending pretends

Derivations

2 entries

pretender pretension

similar

16 entries

acquit act affect bear behave carry comport conduct deport dissemble do feign makemake believesham unreal

Translations

24 translations across 17 languages.

Afrikaans

1 entries

voorgee verb (to make oneself appear (to do something))

Arabic

1 entries

تَظَاهَرَ verb (to make oneself appear (to do something))

Bulgarian

2 entries

престру́вам се verb (to make oneself appear (to do something))
симули́рам verb (to make oneself appear (to do something))

Catalan

1 entries

fer veure verb (to make oneself appear (to do something))

Dutch

1 entries

doen alsof verb (to make oneself appear (to do something))

Esperanto

1 entries

komedii verb (to make oneself appear (to do something))

Finnish

2 entries

olla tekevinään verb (to make oneself appear (to do something))
teeskennellä verb (to make oneself appear (to do something))

French

2 entries

faire semblant verb (to make oneself appear (to do something))
feindre verb (to make oneself appear (to do something))

German

1 entries

so tun, als ob verb (to make oneself appear (to do something))

Hindi

1 entries

ढोंग verb (to make oneself appear (to do something))

Icelandic

1 entries

þykjast verb (to make oneself appear (to do something))

Irish

1 entries

lig ar verb (to make oneself appear (to do something))

Italian

2 entries

fare finta verb (to make oneself appear (to do something))
fingere verb (to make oneself appear (to do something))

Kabuverdianu

1 entries

finji verb (to make oneself appear (to do something))

Māori

2 entries

whakatakune verb (to make oneself appear (to do something))
whakataruna verb (to make oneself appear (to do something))

Spanish

3 entries

aparentar verb (to make oneself appear (to do something))
hacer como que verb (to make oneself appear (to do something))
hacer de verb (to make oneself appear (to do something))

Tagalog

1 entries

magkunwari verb (to make oneself appear (to do something))

Sample sentences

36 total sentences available.

Tatoeba + Wiktionary

We are what we pretend to be, so we must be careful what we pretend to be.

Source: tatoeba (2318)

Even if you know the truth, you had better pretend otherwise at present.

Source: tatoeba (31087)

Let's pretend we are aliens.

Source: tatoeba (32117)

One of them is an actor, who is going to pretend to murder someone.

Source: tatoeba (45101)

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