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What is another word for
pretend
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▲
Verb
To make a false show or pretense of
To play or act out a (usually imaginary) role
To imagine or fantasize about something
To purport or make a false claim about something
To tell a lie or something that is untrue
To tease, typically in a good-natured way
To assume or consider that something is true or correct
To act out a character, typically as a performance
Adjective
Made-up and not existing in reality
Unnatural, artificial or contrived in nature
Being an inauthentic version of something else
Fake, especially with an intent to deceive
Not genuinely meaning what has been expressed
Being done for purposes of assessment
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▲
Verb
▲
To make a false show or pretense of
feign
fake
sham
simulate
dissemble
affect
act
assume
bluff
posture
masquerade
pose
dissimulate
impersonate
falsify
kid
purport
mislead
put on
pass for
put it on
make like
fake it
pass off
put on a front
put up a front
pass oneself off as
make as if
put on a false front
shuck and jive
be deceitful
be hypocritical
claim falsely
fake out
go through the motions
profess
counterfeit
put on an act
make believe
imitate
playact
play-act
lie
disguise
fabricate
play
make out
let on
misrepresent
give the appearance of
ape
make a pretence of
do
invent
go through the motions of
play possum
make-believe
act like
make a show of
prevaricate
forge
equivocate
deceive
front
play at
dress up
do like
do a bit
make out like
pretend to be
mimic
mask
hide
mock
concoct
conceal
veil
cheat
phony
US
cloak
fib
malinger
camouflage
devise
ditto
contrive
phoney
UK
misstate
hatch
personate
make up
be dishonest
aspire to
four-flush
take off
act out
conjure up
trump up
pass off as
tell untruth
put on airs
attitudinize
tell a white lie
let on like
play the part
hide one's feelings
create out of thin air
pose as
masquerade as
disguise yourself
lay it on thick
do an impression of
claim
hoax
adopt
obscure
pull
strike
suppress
delude
swing the lead
posture as
seem to be
mimeo
defraud
beard
dream up
put up a front of
fool
take on
ham
go like
make a show
make a pretense
mess
present a false face
present a false front
act as if
act as though
make a pretense of
fudge
falsely represent
phony up
whitewash
play to the gallery
put on a pretense
stonewall
shroud
give appearance of
put on act
make show of
doublespeak
cover
pussyfoot
put on a false display
showboat
give a false identity to
grandstand
peacock
make like a
disguise as
pass as
purport to be
assume the character of
represent oneself as
profess to be
disguise oneself as
assume character
pass yourself off
act a part
fake being
take the part of
play a role
mask as
parody
cover up
caricature
show off
strike an attitude
behave affectedly
strike a pose
cop an attitude
play the part of
assume an attitude
take off as
double-talk
burlesque
put up a smoke screen
spoof
travesty
monkey
reflect
repeat
send up
play a part
follow in footsteps
model after
do likewise
do an impression
pattern after
try to be like
copy
mirror
reproduce
parrot
pirate
resemble
feature
suggest
create
exaggerate
knock off
do a take-off
mock up
satirize
US
lampoon
stage
scheme
construct
manufacture
orchestrate
satirise
UK
make fun of
portray
design
replicate
distort
pervert
pretend to have
profess to have
assume the role
ham it up
duplicate
make a mockery of
play on
minimize
US
veneer
varnish
downplay
sugarcoat
airbrush
secrete
extenuate
screen
represent
de-emphasize
keep quiet about
hush up
keep a lid on
draw a veil over
sweep under the carpet
minimise
UK
keep dark
keep secret
be dishonest about
soft-pedal
sweep under the rug
emulate
ridicule
copycat
mime
perform
enact
pantomime
do an impersonation of
more ❯
“I cannot
pretend
to understand the problem.”
Verb
▲
To play or act out a (usually imaginary) role
playact
act
impersonate
play
portray
imitate
masquerade
mimic
represent
reproduce
play-act
make believe
play at
make out like
pass oneself off as
play the part of
put on an act
assume the role
put on airs
“It was a huge adventure and we'd play silly games and
pretend
we were pirates on a quest for gold.”
Verb
▲
To imagine or fantasize about something
imagine
fantasise
UK
fantasize
US
daydream
envision
visualise
UK
visualize
US
dream
envisage
hallucinate
ideate
fancy
romance
woolgather
indulge in fantasy
build castles in Spain
build castles in the air
make believe
indulge in fancy
build castles in air
live in a dream world
indulge in wool-gathering
give free rein to the imagination
picture
see
conceive
vision
image
conceit
fantasy
feature
muse
romanticize
US
moon
contrive
romanticise
UK
make-believe
play-act
see visions
head trip
trip out
conjure up
contemplate
stargaze
pipe dream
gush
rhapsodize
US
rhapsodise
UK
swoon
be unrealistic
lust
hanker
crave
pine
long
idealize
US
idealise
UK
conjure up pictures
aim for
wish to
seek to
thirst for
aspire to
hanker after
long for
thirst after
yearn for
hope for
desire to
wish for
hunger for
conceive of
sigh
set one's heart on
set your sights on
have as one's aim
have as one's goal
more ❯
“My little sister always liked to
pretend
that she was a princess.”
Verb
▲
To purport or make a false claim about something
claim
assert
profess
declare
insist
contend
allege
purport
state
hold
proclaim
imply
indicate
adduce
insinuate
lay claim to
make a claim to
maintain
aver
avow
avouch
make out
affirm
suggest
protest
argue
attest
swear
warrant
asseverate
uphold
advance
lay claim
submit
move
say
postulate
pronounce
represent
make a pretence of
let on
act as if
make out that
let on that
seem
certify
testify
signify
appear
mean
cite
plead
depose
express
impersonate
import
intend
charge
present
challenge
betoken
denote
personate
convey
hint
pose as
set oneself up
be ostensibly
be apparently
offer
intimate
recount
masquerade as
be disguised as
allege that one is
pass for
set oneself up as
put forward
give evidence
put forth
imply that one is
assert that one is
pass oneself off as
point to
proclaim that one is
represent oneself as
maintain that one is
feign the identity of
announce
guarantee
opine
vow
vouch
predicate
lay down
propound
advocate
pledge
press
propose
emphasize
US
reason
emphasise
UK
posit
acknowledge
stress
admit
promise
cross heart
swear up and down
reassert
reaffirm
tell
support
undertake
repeat
confess
publish
confirm
utter
make a case
voice
broadcast
disclose
whisper
circulate
pass
report
talk
speculate
say so
bring forward
give an undertaking
rumour
UK
rumor
US
swear on the Bible
verify
bear witness
make a deposition
pop off
expostulate
take an oath
dictate
discuss
debate
hypothecate
stipulate
own
witness
defend
premise
gossip
volunteer
articulate
validate
air
explain
assure
put
mention
vocalize
US
corroborate
venture
verbalize
US
enunciate
spout
divulge
word
vent
spiel
reveal
phrase
swear on bible
promulgate
asservate
inform
vouch for
communicate
mouth
covenant
render
allegate
impart
publicize
US
deliver
advertise
sound
advertize
speak
mutter
cry
shout
set forth
intone
verbalise
UK
modulate
vocalise
UK
publicise
UK
speak out
state on oath
bruit
plight
solemnly promise
swear to
give testimony
put across
swear under oath
make public
testify to
talk about
get across
give voice to
give utterance to
put into words
noise about
tattle
noise abroad
pass around
make known
give away
bruit about
spell out
bind oneself
believe
come out with
spread the word
state under oath
buzz
give one's word
espouse
advise
put up argument
prove
justify
establish
syllogize
authenticate
buttress
substantiate
champion
question
put about that
reiterate
remonstrate
insist on
appeal
be emphatic
use as an excuse
commit
give the impression
notify
prevail upon
engage
ensure
draw conclusions
underwrite
make a case for
shoot one's wad
mouth off
say confidently
shoot off one's mouth
guaranty
endorse
insure
give reasons for
back
secure
make somebody believe
exclaim
relate
give word of honor
give your word of honour
commit oneself
make a commitment
undertake solemnly
give an assurance
detail
relay
recite
note
remark
delegate
sponsor
address
blurt
chatter
outline
enounce
spill
orate
mumble
stand by
back up
suppose
dispute
explore
quote
retell
chirp
clarify
narrate
signal
perorate
rehearse
expose
specify
yammer
pipe
read
blab
soliloquize
drawl
jaw
summarise
UK
yak
regurgitate
lip
gab
gas
murmur
evince
summarize
US
translate
declaim
assume
bear out
stand behind
presume
hypothesize
US
make an affidavit
promise under oath
swear an oath
swear blind
give witness
give your word
swear to God
swear by
pledge oneself
answer for
give grounds for
guess
bring out
theorize
US
reel off
throw out
get off
make clear
speak about
sound out
pipe up with
presuppose
estimate
thrash out
go over
hash out
figure
raise
ventilate
table
disseminate
annunciate
moot
broach
soapbox
stump
constate
sing
couch
spread
frame
expound
blare
herald
look
trumpet
designate
give
formulate
own up
declare publicly
acknowledge publicly
connote
inflect
bespeak
blazon
intonate
talk big
open up
come out
yell
clothe
roar
get on soapbox
get off your chest
blow hot air
hypothesise
UK
theorise
UK
make a public declaration of
take for granted
take as a hypothesis
talk of
attest to
put in words
give utterance
give out
put over
get over
give expression
point out
bring into the open
pour out
go into
give expression to
shout from the rooftops
give vent to
more ❯
“There are some who
pretend
to be rich, yet have nothing.”
Verb
▲
To tell a lie or something that is untrue
fib
lie
prevaricate
fabricate
misrepresent
falsify
fake
equivocate
deceive
con
exaggerate
dissimulate
dissemble
feign
palter
invent
concoct
perjure
jive
kid
plant
tell stories
be economical with the truth
tell untruths
stretch the truth
depart from the truth
tell a lie
forswear oneself
make up a story
invent a story
not tell the truth
trump up
make up
tell a terminological inexactitude
create fiction
tell a fib
speak with forked tongue
pull the wool over someone's eyes
tell a little white lie
pull someone's leg
mislead
delude
bluff
hoax
misinform
hoodwink
misstate
trick
beguile
misspeak
misguide
dupe
overdraw
distort
snow
bull
fudge
misinstruct
pervert
forswear
gaslight
tell a falsehood
tell an untruth
concoct a story
string along
be untruthful
fake it
bear false witness
have on
be forsworn
say something untrue
break promise
throw off the scent
commit perjury
not speak the truth
put on the wrong track
perjure oneself
put up a front
put on
make believe
send on a wild goose chase
lead astray
BS
tell a white lie
lack candor
give the wrong impression
lie through one's teeth
more ❯
Verb
▲
To tease, typically in a good-natured way
kid
tease
josh
chaff
rib
joke
jive
banter
mock
jest
razz
ridicule
rag
roast
rally
quip
fun
wisecrack
jape
ride
gag
jolly
yuck
yuk
shuck
spoof
bother
play
wind up
make fun of
poke fun at
make sport of
fool around
fool about
pull one's leg
have on
be facetious
yank someone's chain
act
sham
fake
feign
mess
counterfeit
clown around
fool
mess about
clown about
play tricks
put on an act
make believe
play the fool
mess around
muck around
muck someone about
needle
take the mickey
taunt
deride
twit
laugh at
jeer at
satirize
US
jibe at
rag on
poke mullock at
scoff at
quiz
take the piss out of
jeer
satirise
UK
goof on
sling off at
gibe
make jokes about
lampoon
be sarcastic about
pillory
chiack
bait
make a monkey of
make a monkey out of
send up
jibe
pull someone's leg
scorn
sneer at
haze
flout
guy
flout at
treat with contempt
smoke
heckle
scoff
goad
hold up to ridicule
rot
pick on
pun
sneer
put on
provoke
shoot down
scout
sledge
laugh to scorn
pan
skewer
mimic
parody
play a joke on
put down
joke with
heap scorn on
play a prank
make a fool of
poke borak at
hassle
pull someone's chain
treat contemptuously
pester
sally
harry
badger
irritate
torment
aggravate
insult
annoy
harass
dog
retort
slam
raz
clown
hoax
burlesque
diss
mess with
humiliate
caricature
play a practical joke on
pooh-pooh
tell jokes
get a rise out of
take a rise out of
pour scorn on
show up
play a practical joke
play a joke
play a trick
have a laugh
tell stories
show contempt
show contempt for
thumb nose at
hold up to shame
slang
raspberry
remark
set up
squib
censure
frazzle
have a joke with
hoot
frolic
gambol
tear to pieces
call names
crack wise
fleer
rot someone
put someone on
amuse
flip
laugh
prank
divert
entertain
cartoon
deflate
expose
unmask
poke the borax
lead up the garden path
play a trick on
take for a ride
run down
make a game of
make someone a laughing stock
expose to ridicule
rail at
laugh out of court
poke borack
make a laughing-stock
revel
have a joke on somebody
disdain
slight
crack jokes
kid around
disparage
dis
contemn
horse around
poke fun
dismiss
denigrate
knock
lark
detract
lout
vilify
muck about
make merry
prat about
have a lark
be silly
act the fool
lark around
play around
play the clown
dump on
cock a snook at
detract from
do a number on
plague
worry
bedevil
hector
importune
vex
devil
nudge
gnaw
beleaguer
disturb
sound
snap
lead on
flirt with
swipe at
be at
give a hard time
more ❯
Verb
▲
To assume or consider that something is true or correct
posit
suppose
assume
postulate
presume
imagine
hypothesise
UK
hypothesize
US
conjecture
think
speculate
presuppose
consider
reckon
theorise
UK
theorize
US
propound
suspect
expect
submit
advance
conclude
gather
judge
fancy
state
suggest
assert
propose
understand
premise
deem
predicate
conceive
feel
take
dream
regard
view
pose
put forward
have a hunch
have sneaking suspicion
be afraid
swear by
set forth
take stock in
take as a hypothesis
take as gospel truth
guess
believe
surmise
infer
deduce
daresay
suspicion
take for granted
figure
divine
glean
guesstimate
opine
hazard a guess
take a shot
take a stab
esteem
hold
allow
accept
sense
come to the conclusion
construe
be of the opinion
have a sneaking suspicion
work out
venture a guess
risk assuming
reason
formulate a theory
form a theory
prophesy
predict
form opinion
look upon
trust
say
hypothecate
imply
depend
rely
take it
dare say
take as read
count on
bank on
jump the gun
estimate
determine
calculate
anticipate
gage
US
gauge
UK
forecast
foresee
foretell
call
ween
project
derive
intuit
ascertain
venture
figure out
be of the view
prognosticate
philosophize
US
extrapolate
draw the inference
make
philosophise
UK
evaluate
presage
appraise
make out
decide
maintain
augur
see
have a feeling
vaticinate
portend
soothsay
be convinced
realize
US
forewarn
previse
assess
think likely
draw
perceive
realise
UK
be given to understand
apprehend
be inclined to think
think it likely
rate
dope out
read
discern
comprehend
auspicate
telegraph
envisage
bet
predetermine
fathom
count
adjudge
be under the impression
size up
take it as given
interpret
sum up
adumbrate
envision
hazard
analyze
US
collect
demonstrate
approximate
spae
analyse
UK
dare-say
place
appreciate
foreknow
valuate
ratiocinate
see it coming
call the turn
go out on a limb
make an estimate of
cogitate
value
credit
contend
extract
visualize
US
visualise
UK
have a suspicion
grant
proffer
picture
find
have a sneaking feeling
suss
volunteer
forebode
grasp
class
put
have a foreboding
have the feeling
evoke
suss out
come to understand
recognize
US
broach
be of the conviction
plan
resolve
pick
read into
foreshow
foreshadow
offer
regard as
tell
savvy
cognize
get
see as
recognise
UK
discover
tumble to
solve
class as
know
twig
have as one's opinion
add up
detect
boil down
look on as
take to be
see something coming
notice
get the idea
catch on to
tell in advance
have an idea
dream up
cotton on to
make a guess at
compute
take it as read
weigh up
be of the opinion that
theorize that
jump to a conclusion
take a shot at
form an opinion of
take a stab at
think it likely that
postulate that
be led to believe
hypotheticate
scheme
compass
repute
form theories
get the impression
establish
formulate
propone
budget
cast
admit
feel in one's bones
evolve
develop
educe
model
fear
take something for granted
acknowledge
rank
distinguish
blue-sky
disbelieve
give opinion
express an opinion
have a funny feeling
induce
pass judgment
think it probable
weigh
syllogize
just know
set
count upon
fall for
call it
harbor suspicion
regard as likely
observe
note
draw conclusions
come to the conclusion that
think probable
take it for granted
take something as given
arrive at
prevision
see it
draw inference
reach conclusion
get vibes
rate as
form the opinion
rank as
bargain for
plan on
read between lines
forefeel
wager
conceit
grok
decipher
register
dig
assimilate
decode
calculate roughly
roughly calculate
put two and two together
omen
concede
learn
read between the lines
hold that
strongly believe
have an idea that
look at
have the impression
be aware
tip
hear
be confident
be certain
be sure
signify
announce
bode
precounsel
forespell
forespeak
halsen
fantasize
US
ideate
have funny feeling
have vibes
image
vision
throw out
latch on to
plan for
psych out
rationalize
US
rationalise
UK
contextualise
UK
get the picture
fantasy
fantasise
UK
conjure
feature
create
see handwriting on wall
warn of
crystal-ball
pick out
cook up
have a sneaking suspicion of
contextualize
US
take on board
differentiate
see through
contemplate
hear tell
stumble on
take something on board
see the light
be informed
feel for
select
survey
chance
conjure up
account
happen upon
proposition
think up
trump up
head trip
think it conceivable
tender
convey
hold to be
take for
give
prescribe
view as
interpret as
estimate as
set store by
advert
essay
intimate
impart
exhort
calculate to be
conceive to be
believe to be
feel to be
imagine to be
put up
ventilate
air
table
present
lodge
express
introduce
moot
bring up
trot out
dare to say
deduct
take to mean
draw a conclusion
more ❯
Verb
▲
To act out a character, typically as a performance
play-act
impersonate
perform
play
portray
do
personate
enact
mimic
represent
mime
personify
burlesque
dramatise
UK
dramatize
US
parody
characterise
UK
characterize
US
emote
star
strut
mug
simulate
play act
take part
play gig
play part
play role
tread the boards
play to the gallery
pose as
act
imitate
masquerade as
interpret
depict
put on an act
ham
play a part
ham it up
pretend to be
act out
play the part of
appear
pass oneself off as
pass for
put it over
be an actor
go over
be an actress
bring down the house
do a turn
go on
stooge
be on
make debut
rehearse
be one of the cast
execute
appear as
star as
act the part of
present
play a gig
be
playact
carry out
render
read a part
role-play
take the part of
take the role of
ape
mock
caricature
do an impression of
act like
monkey
copy
spoof
travesty
fake
ditto
send up
take off
do like
make like
disguise oneself as
profess to be
purport to be
put on
represent oneself as
satirize
US
parrot
lampoon
stage
sham
exhibit
assume
mirror
satirise
UK
feign
display
affect
embody
show
go like
make fun of
pass off
do an impersonation of
double as
assume character
act a part
play a role
act as
manifest
perform as
mount
emulate
ridicule
produce
evince
copycat
achieve
appear in
adopt
pantomime
develop
make believe
lay on
come to have
turn into
become
take on
reflect
repeat
posture
masquerade
pose
attitudinize
disguise as
dress oneself up as
pass oneself of as
pass yourself off
make like a
make as if
disguise yourself
fake being
pass as
assume the character of
make-believe
mask as
model after
do likewise
follow in footsteps
do an impression
pattern after
try to be like
be disguised as
feign the identity of
assume the identity of
set oneself up as
dress as
more ❯
Adjective
▲
Made-up and not existing in reality
imaginary
unreal
fanciful
mythical
fictitious
fantastic
imagined
chimerical
invented
fictional
fabulous
mythic
visionary
chimeric
fantastical
ideal
fantasied
phantom
imaginal
phantasmal
phantasmic
notional
fancied
fictive
fantasy
dream
fantasised
UK
fantasized
US
made-up
make-believe
dreamed-up
play-play
non-existent
illusory
fabricated
hallucinatory
suppositious
nonexistent
whimsical
delusive
dreamlike
legendary
supposititious
concocted
figmental
false
sham
untrue
quixotic
hypothetical
apocryphal
fake
imaginative
romantic
delusory
storybook
devised
mythological
trumped up
pretended
shadowy
illusive
phantasmagoric
pseudo
unsubstantial
theoretical
fairy-tale
made up
mock
assumed
deceptive
dreamy
simulated
spurious
phoney
UK
abstract
misleading
ostensible
idealized
US
artificial
seeming
created
spectral
allegorical
mistaken
fallacious
synthetic
phony
US
apparent
wild
apparitional
semblant
virtual
impractical
supposed
phantasmagorical
poetic
thought up
utopian
hyped up
imagal
blue-sky
fool's paradise
product of someone's imagination
idealised
UK
all in one's head
surreal
academic
bogus
insubstantial
specious
manufactured
absurd
unworldly
otherworldly
created out of thin air
vain
prepared
improvised
doubtful
in your head
trumped-up
dubious
queer
conceived
fraudulent
nebulous
improbable
impalpable
fabled
dreamt up
deceitful
feigned
faux
unhistoric
unhistorical
unverifiable
folkloric
heroic
unattainable
symbolic
traditional
proverbial
symbolical
unfeasible
impracticable
unworkable
ivory-towered
unachievable
ridiculous
capricious
crackpot
offbeat
flakey
US
vaporous
flaky
UK
fairy tale
mercurial
blue sky
pipe dream
on cloud nine
pie in the sky
castles in the air
out of this world
transcendental
extravagant
unearthly
high-flown
mental
transcendent
ivory-tower
out-of-reach
in the clouds
pie-in-the-sky
ethereal
invisible
figment of imagination
immaterial
intangible
nightmarish
vague
metaphysical
bizarre
psychedelic
illusionary
storied
misty
indistinct
unclear
weird
conceptual
mythologic
deceiving
speculative
ghostlike
spiritual
Kafkaesque
daydreaming
epic
faint
incorporeal
incredible
inventive
hazy
unbelievable
theoretic
unrealistic
dim
ideational
airy
obscure
oneiric
eccentric
flighty
strange
far-fetched
curious
head in the clouds
out of touch with reality
deluding
beguiling
chimeral
woolgathering
abstracted
preoccupied
idealistic
erroneous
inane
phantasmagorial
phantasmagorian
misguided
parabolic
misconceived
ghostly
delusional
conjectural
in error
suppositional
hollow
Barmecidal
Barmecide
bodiless
putative
formless
moony
nonmaterial
unbodied
conjectured
nonphysical
dreamish
frivolous
discarnate
trancelike
unsubstantiated
hypnagogic
aerial
indefinable
wonderful
filled with dreams
dream-filled
trance-like
untouchable
indescribable
imponderable
ephemeral
inexistent
unapplied
imperceptible to the touch
expressive
supernatural
creative
paranormal
preternatural
fresh
exotic
original
inspired
artistic
fancy
quirky
originative
artful
fertile
freakish
ingenious
brilliant
genius
experimental
unconventional
innovative
freaky
keen
radical
extraterrestrial
uncanny
innovational
far-out
unorthodox
vivid
revolutionary
avant-garde
Promethean
astute
magical
irrational
nonsensical
implausible
unlikely
odd
mystical
insane
preposterous
extraordinary
indefinite
indistinguishable
psychic
ludicrous
crazy
heavenly
undefined
blurry
unthinkable
inconceivable
peculiar
inhuman
alien
eerie
blurred
fuzzy
mad
bleary
gauzy
murky
unrecognizable
US
indeterminate
foggy
opaque
unconvincing
unimaginable
foolish
comical
incredulous
grandiose
oddball
undetermined
pale
nebulose
blear
amazing
unconceivable
erratic
wacky
uncompelling
zany
ambitious
in a world of your own
daft
singular
extreme
cockamamie
barmy
different
potty
lacking definition
out of focus
unrecognisable
UK
ill-defined
cloudy
outré
out of sight
off-the-wall
cock-and-bull
off the wall
hare-brained
cock-eyed
more ❯
“Pretend troops are just what we need to fight for a
pretend
cause!”
Adjective
▲
Unnatural, artificial or contrived in nature
fake
false
artificial
sham
feigned
bogus
phoney
UK
spurious
pretended
pseudo
affected
simulated
assumed
contrived
unnatural
phony
US
forced
strained
insincere
mechanical
plastic
laboured
UK
hollow
stilted
mannered
overdone
stiff
unconvincing
overworked
labored
US
fakey
wooden
studied
begrudging
binding
bound
coercive
conscripted
constrained
forcible
grudging
inflexible
rigid
stringent
put-on
put on
self-conscious
mock
factitious
counterfeit
imitation
faked
unauthentic
inauthentic
fraudulent
ersatz
cod
forged
synthetic
faux
deceptive
dummy
superficial
not genuine
make-believe
ostensible
fabricated
quasi
specious
snide
quasi-
so-called
professed
exaggerated
purported
dud
ungenuine
queer
actorly
pirate
pseud
misleading
virtual
manufactured
copycat
overripe
hypocritical
falsified
improvised
invalid
seeming
fictitious
apparent
ham
hammy
self-styled
meretricious
untrue
not legit
not real
not kosher
awkward
would-be
uneasy
phoney-baloney
phony-baloney
rehearsed
overblown
unqualified
pseudo-
dishonest
imaginary
reproduction
posed
trick
uncomfortable
copy
pirated
substitute
lying
impostrous
bluffing
shammed
charlatan
cheating
concealed
dissimulated
imposturous
supposed
posey
quack
dissembling
worthless
invented
concocted
duplicate
mealymouthed
avowed
theatrical
pseudonymous
adopted
unreal
surface
campy
playacting
melodramatic
affectated
counterfeited
fraud
conceited
imitated
copied
replica
nonnatural
adulterine
unoriginal
crooked
alleged
nominal
ostensive
semi-
bootleg
bootlegged
supposititious
double-dealing
made-up
near
reported
wannabe
wrong
as it were
to all intents and purposes
unrelaxed
stagy
laborious
elaborate
unspontaneous
tortured
overwrought
pretentious
not spontaneous
leaden
mincing
planned
reserved
embarrassed
guarded
hokey
manipulated
fixed
recherche
voulu
staged
genteel
reticent
far-fetched
distant
overly planned
simpering
apish
camp
highfaluting
artsy
controlled
cold
cool
aloof
chichi
stand-offish
arty-farty
stuck up
gone Hollywood
formal
austere
punctilious
prim
correct
proper
ceremonious
decorous
stuffy
priggish
starchy
icy
frigid
nice
stiff-necked
more ❯
“It was impossible to completely hide the way he felt inside. His
pretend
smile was obvious.”
Adjective
▲
Being an inauthentic version of something else
fake
imitation
mock
artificial
false
bogus
sham
synthetic
simulated
ersatz
dummy
faux
substitute
imitative
factitious
counterfeit
mimic
pseudo
forged
fraudulent
man-made
replica
phoney
UK
phony
US
reproduction
manufactured
facsimile
spurious
so-called
plastic
make-believe
fabricated
faked
unreal
toy
model
quasi
hokey
cod
pretended
specious
unnatural
apish
reproduced
not genuine
representative
nonnatural
repro
virtual
fakey
feigned
miniature
practice
trial
derivative
falsie
supposititious
quasi-
mimetic
manmade
imitated
copycat
non-natural
experimental
hyped up
engineered
put-on
counterfeited
pinchbeck
adulterine
made-up
copy
trumped-up
duplicate
lookalike
mock-up
copied
gingerbread
knock off
human-made
machine-made
derived
unoriginal
plagiarized
US
mimicked
aped
plagiaristic
plagiarised
UK
factory-made
parodied
caricatured
duplicated
mocked
inauthentic
pseudo-
parroted
phony-baloney
burlesqued
cast
nonorganic
simulation
industrial
mass-produced
more ❯
“The font used will often be a powerful tell for spotting a
pretend
Gucci.”
Adjective
▲
Fake, especially with an intent to deceive
fake
false
bogus
sham
phony
US
phoney
UK
contrived
faked
spurious
fabricated
fictitious
deceptive
hoax
untrue
misleading
concocted
invented
adopted
dishonest
trick
apocryphal
artificial
delusive
delusory
made-up
trumped-up
cooked-up
made up
counterfeit
illusory
improvised
chimerical
illusionary
cod
non-existent
hallucinatory
manufactured
falsified
cooked up
fallacious
specious
fraudulent
deceitful
factitious
framed
trumped up
fixed
planted
set up
meretricious
devised
incorrect
wrong
inaccurate
erroneous
unfounded
invalid
unsound
untruthful
inexact
distorted
flawed
imaginary
deceiving
beguiling
deluding
mistaken
faulty
fishy
unreal
imprecise
counterfactual
mock
forged
feigned
improper
truthless
insincere
misrepresentative
casuistic
sophistical
colored
US
coloured
UK
simulated
ersatz
more ❯
“This was always a
pretend
excuse to cover for the real reason.”
Adjective
▲
Not genuinely meaning what has been expressed
insincere
false
fake
artificial
feigned
phoney
UK
pretended
hypocritical
phony
US
deceitful
counterfeit
dishonest
duplicitous
unctuous
deceptive
backhanded
treacherous
mealy
mealymouthed
double
jive
Pecksniffian
lying
faithless
untruthful
dissembling
perfidious
lip
shifty
hollow
underhand
devious
untrue
disloyal
slippery
mendacious
sly
disingenuous
unfaithful
pretentious
overdone
snide
exaggerated
dissimulating
slick
cynical
evasive
pseud
ambidextrous
two-faced
double-dealing
double-faced
phoney-baloney
Janus-faced
put-on
phony-baloney
left-handed
not candid
not frank
lacking sincerity
with tongue in cheek
unnatural
affected
specious
spurious
unconvincing
assumed
simulated
contrived
unsound
flimsy
strained
sham
faked
fraudulent
canting
mannered
superficial
stilted
posed
invalid
insignificant
weak
untrustworthy
jivey
glib
hypocritic
unreliable
pharisaical
feigning
oily
Tartuffian
Pharisaic
smooth
pharisaic
Pharisaical
deluding
put on
hollow-hearted
devoid of validity
smooth-spoken
smooth-tongued
tricky
guileful
fibbing
double-crossing
two-timing
crooked
sneaky
deceiving
misleading
bent
delusive
delusory
wrong
forsworn
equivocating
perjured
prevaricating
falsifying
mala fide
in bad faith
perjurious
committing perjury
shady
underhanded
cheating
corrupt
disreputable
sneaking
bluffing
more ❯
Adjective
▲
Being done for purposes of assessment
test
practice
trial
experimental
exploratory
mock
developmental
sample
simulated
pilot
probationary
provisional
tentative
confirmation
corroboration
elimination
preliminary
explorative
fact-finding
investigational
probing
speculative
investigative
introductory
testing
model
dummy
initial
advance
expeditionary
prototype
laboratory
on trial
trial and error
under the microscope
empirical
searching
analytic
examining
experiential
heuristic
practical
empiric
existential
objective
observational
based on observation
experience-based
more ❯
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