1. (adj) make-believe, pretend
the enactment of a pretense
Synonyms: pretense, pretence, pretend, make-believe
Antonyms: real, existent
2. (verb) make-believe, pretend
imagined as in a play
Synonyms: pretend, make-believe
Antonyms: real, existent
3. (verb) feign, sham, pretend, affect, dissemble
make believe with the intent to deceive
Synonyms: bear upon, make believe, mask, touch, cloak, touch on, strike, dissemble, move, assume, involve, pretend, venture, simulate, impress, affect, hazard, feign, act, impact, sham, guess, profess, bear on, regard, make
Antonyms: existent, real
4. (verb) dissemble, pretend, act
behave unnaturally or affectedly
Synonyms: pretend, dissemble, make believe, play, represent, mask, move, work, cloak, venture, roleplay, playact, affect, hazard, feign, do, act, sham, guess, profess, behave, make, act as
Antonyms: real, existent
5. (verb) pretend
put forward a claim and assert right or possession of
Synonyms: act, make, guess, affect, feign, dissemble, hazard, make believe, profess, sham, venture
Antonyms: real, existent
6. (verb) guess, venture, pretend, hazard
put forward, of a guess, in spite of possible refutation
Synonyms: pretend, guess, run a risk, imagine, infer, opine, adventure, gauge, dissemble, make believe, gamble, sham, chance, reckon, suppose, embark, venture, estimate, affect, hazard, think, jeopardize, stake, act, take chances, approximate, profess, judge, take a chance, risk, make, feign
Antonyms: real, existent
7. (verb) make, pretend, make believe
represent fictitiously, as in a play, or pretend to be or act like
Synonyms: earn, create, take in, pass water, dissemble, relieve oneself, score, lay down, pull in, progress to, prepare, get, stool, make up, hit, arrive at, cook, attain, fix, establish, seduce, defecate, urinate, work, wee, puddle, reach, take, have, pee-pee, pretend, shit, stimulate, pee, get to, construct, act, throw, hazard, form, gain, micturate, take a shit, venture, cause, realise, do, give, crap, affect, take a leak, sham, induce, hold, clear, make water, spend a penny, produce, nominate, wee-wee, ready, piss, name, guess, take a crap, draw, bring in, make believe, constitute, feign, realize, piddle, profess, ca-ca, build, make
Antonyms: real, existent
8. (verb) profess, pretend
state insincerely
Synonyms: act, make, feign, confess, affect, pretend, dissemble, hazard, concede, make believe, profess, sham, venture, guess
Antonyms: existent, real
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