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pretend

noun

1 pretend

The enactment of a pretense:
— It was just pretend.

synonym: make-believe.

verb

1 pretend

Make believe with the intent to deceive.

synonyms: affect, dissemble, feign, sham.

Roget 617: pretend, plead, allege; shelter oneself under the plea of; excuse etc. (vindicate) 937; lend a color to; furnish a handle etc. n.; make a pretext of, make a handle of; ... show more

Roget 544: be false etc. adj., be a liar etc. 548; speak falsely etc. adv.; tell a lie etc. 546; lie, fib; ... show more

Dutch: femelen, huichelen, kwezelen

2 pretend

Behave unnaturally or affectedly.

synonyms: act, dissemble.

Dutch: kwezelen, femelen, huichelen

3 pretend

Put forward a claim and assert right or possession of.

4 pretend

Put forward, of a guess, in spite of possible refutation:
— I cannot pretend to say that you are wrong.

synonyms: guess, hazard, venture.

5 pretend

Represent fictitiously, as in a play, or pretend to be or act like.

synonyms: make, make believe.

Dutch: maken

6 pretend

State insincerely:
— She pretended not to have known the suicide bomber.
— She pretends to be an expert on wine.

synonym: profess.

Roget 535: assert; make an assertion etc. n.; have one's say; say, affirm, predicate, declare, state; protest, profess.    put forth, ... show more

adjective

1 pretend

Imagined as in a play:
— Dangling their legs in the water to catch pretend fish.

synonym: make-believe.


Moby thesaurus: act, act a part, adopt, affect, aim to, allege, appropriate, arrogate, assume, attempt, attempt to, avow, bluff, challenge, claim, counterfeit, cover up, dare, dare to, dissemble ... show more.

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