Synonyms for pretended
prɪˈtɛn dɪdpre·tend·ed

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1. assumed, false, fictitious, fictive, pretended, put on, shamadjective

   adopted in order to deceive

   "an assumed name"; "an assumed cheerfulness"; "a fictitious address"; "fictive sympathy"; "a pretended interest"; "a put-on childish voice"; "sham modesty"

   Synonyms:
   off-key, fancied, fake, mistaken, imitation, sour, delusive, fictive, simulated, put on, fictional, assumed, false, faux, fictitious, sham, fabricated, untrue

   Antonyms:
   genuine, echt

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1. List of paraphrases for "pretended":

   faked

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1. Prosecutor Jason Nicol:

   There is no question: if Mr Carson did not have actual influence he certainly pretended he did so.

2. Van Der Beek:

   I did [meet Trump] at an Oscar party years ago, it was a two second passing. He pretended to [recognize me] if he didn’t.

3. R Chamberlain:

   There is not half so much danger in the desperate sword of a known foe as in the smooth insinuations of a pretended friend.

4. Archimedes:

   Those who claim to discover everything but produce no proofs of the same may be confuted as having actually pretended to discover the impossible.

5. George R.R. Martin:

   Most men would rather deny a hard truth than face it,’ the dwarf had told him smiling. The world was full of cravens who pretended to be heroes; it took a queer sort of courage to admit to cowardice as Samwell Tarly had.