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. 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.

2. Jacqueline van Maarsen:

   Otto gave me a copy of the farewell letter Anne wrote to me in hiding. I was surprised because there were two letters: the second was a reply to a letter she pretended I had written to her. She wrote: “I am thinking so much of you,” and “Let’s always be good friends until I come back.” She must have been very lonely.

3. Hillary Clinton:

   This whole time they've pretended that they basically don't care about the criticism, but this is a signal they have taken that to heart and they're trying to rebut that perception.

4. Brexit Secretary Davis:

   Nobody has ever pretended this will be easy. I have always said this negotiation will be tough, complex and at times confrontational.

5. Patty Jenkins:

   I want it to move to the next generation of women, and inspired the next generation of women, there is some visceral identity that people have with the character that I played, because they went in their backyards and they pretended to be her. We share that goddess within, maybe, and I enjoy hearing those stories. So I don’t really tire of it.