Synonyms and Antonyms of pretend

synonym (synonym of pretend)

  • (noun.act)
    make-believe
    the enactment of a pretense (noun.act)
     
  • (verb.communication)
    affect, dissemble, feign, sham
    make believe with the intent to deceive (verb.communication)
     
  • (verb.creation)
    act, dissemble
    behave unnaturally or affectedly (verb.creation)
     
  • (verb.communication)
    guess, hazard, venture
    put forward, of a guess, in spite of possible refutation (verb.communication)
     
  • (verb.communication)
    make, make believe
    represent fictitiously, as in a play, or pretend to be or act like (verb.communication)
     
  • (verb.communication)
    profess
    state insincerely (verb.communication)
     

similar (similar with pretend)

  • imagined as in a play (adj.all)
    unreal
    lacking in reality or substance or genuineness; not corresponding to acknowledged facts or criteria (adj.all)
     

hypernym (pretend IS A KIND OF .... relation)

  • make believe with the intent to deceive (verb.communication)
    belie, misrepresent
    represent falsely (verb.communication)
     
  • put forward a claim and assert right or possession of (verb.possession)
    arrogate, claim, lay claim
    demand as being one's due or property; assert one's right or title to (verb.possession)
     
  • put forward, of a guess, in spite of possible refutation (verb.communication)
    speculate
    talk over conjecturally, or review in an idle or casual way and with an element of doubt or without sufficient reason to reach a conclusion (verb.communication)
     
  • represent fictitiously, as in a play, or pretend to be or act like (verb.communication)
    act, play, represent
    play a role or part (verb.creation)
     
  • state insincerely (verb.communication)
    claim
    assert or affirm strongly; state to be true or existing (verb.communication)
     
  • the enactment of a pretense (noun.act)
    feigning, pretence, pretending, pretense, simulation
    the act of giving a false appearance (noun.act)
     

hyponym (.... IS A KIND OF pretend relation)

  • behave unnaturally or affectedly (verb.creation)
    assume, feign, sham, simulate
    make a pretence of (verb.creation)
     
  • make believe with the intent to deceive (verb.communication)
    play possum
    to pretend to be dead (verb.communication)
     
  • (verb.communication)
    take a dive
    pretend to be knocked out, as of a boxer (verb.communication)
     
  • (verb.communication)
    bull, bullshit, fake, talk through one's hat
    speak insincerely or without regard for facts or truths (verb.communication)
     
  • (verb.communication)
    mouth
    articulate silently; form words with the lips only (verb.communication)
     
  • put forward, of a guess, in spite of possible refutation (verb.communication)
    anticipate, call, forebode, foretell, predict, prognosticate, promise
    make a prediction about; tell in advance (verb.communication)
     
  • (verb.communication)
    surmise, suspect
    imagine to be the case or true or probable (verb.communication)
     
  • represent fictitiously, as in a play, or pretend to be or act like (verb.communication)
    go through the motions
    pretend to do something by acting as if one was really doing it (verb.communication)
     

verb group (pretend is verb group of ....)

  • behave unnaturally or affectedly (verb.creation)
    act, behave, do
    behave in a certain manner; show a certain behavior; conduct or comport oneself (verb.body)
     
  • make believe with the intent to deceive (verb.communication)
    make, make believe, pretend
    represent fictitiously, as in a play, or pretend to be or act like (verb.communication)
     
  • represent fictitiously, as in a play, or pretend to be or act like (verb.communication)
    affect, dissemble, feign, pretend, sham
    make believe with the intent to deceive (verb.communication)
     

derivation (.... is derived from pretend)

synonym similar hypernym hyponym verb group derivation make-believe affect act dissemble guess hazard unreal feigning pretence claim belie act play play possum take a dive bull bullshit mouth go through the motions make make believe affect dissemble feign act make make believe make-believe feigning pretence fake
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