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Adjective
▲
Unnatural, artificial or fake in nature
affected
artificial
assumed
pretended
false
simulated
fake
sham
pseudo
put-on
insincere
faked
phoneyUK
spurious
apparent
avowed
bogus
contrived
fabricated
factitious
forced
imitation
mechanical
mock
ostensible
phonyUS
plastic
professed
seeming
strained
surface
unnatural
cod
counterfeit
ersatz
pretend
fictitious
imaginary
imagined
off
illogical
unsubstantiated
baseless
misguided
trumped up
sophistic
tricky
without foundation
crooked
dodgy
way off
in error
unreliable
equivocal
ambiguous
groundless
unproven
disingenuous
unsupported
ungrounded
mad
unreasoned
duplicitous
dicey
reasonless
iffy
pinchbeck
treacherous
nonnatural
falsie
crafty
guileful
out
off beam
bad
shady
sharp
vain
catchy
full of holes
copy
shifty
unscrupulous
mendacious
unprincipled
duplicate
fast
underhanded
rogue
hyped up
nugatory
representative
economical with the truth
unreasonable
unverified
dubious
legendary
unauthenticated
doubtful
questionable
irrational
repro
uncanonical
glib
miniature
illusionary
cooked up
devised
non-natural
debatable
confusing
made
makeshift
constructed
copycat
evasive
low-grade
low-quality
poor-quality
shoddy
inferior
prepared
mythological
allonymous
unoriginal
amiss
misinformed
experimental
unsatisfactory
substandard
adulterated
unfactual
nonfactual
off the mark
contrary to fact
terminologically inexact
foundationless
casuistical
lookalike
gingerbread
not accurate
not exact
not true
ill-founded
uncorroborated
unstraightforward
wide of the mark
awry
askew
defective
abroad
off target
mock-up
not the case
without basis
off base
way out
knock off
cunning
untrustworthy
scheming
misconceived
null
wrong number
all wet
all off
perfidious
Machiavellian
bewildering
distracting
perplexing
mistakable
demagogic
confounding
puzzling
way off beam
empty
ostentatious
captious
presumable
credible
sophisticated
flattering
presumptive
idle
insubstantial
quixotic
null and void
void
nonvalid
nonbinding
inoperative
subtle
slippery
foxy
slim
hollow-hearted
seemingly correct
not binding
uncollectible
double-faced
Punic
false-hearted
plausible but wrong
apparently right
insidious
rascal
roguish
designing
serpentine
oblique
slick
astucious
indirect
wily
swindling
criminal
corrupt
illicit
dishonourableUK
unlawful
Janus-faced
defrauding
unfair
dirty
unjust
unethical
shonky
knavish
bamboozling
dishonorableUS
against the law
more ❯
“He answered me with feigned indifference.”
Adjective
▲
Characterized by a lack of sincerity
insincere
hypocritical
phoneyUK
pretended
artificial
fake
phonyUS
backhanded
unctuous
counterfeit
mealy
mealymouthed
jive
double
Pecksniffian
lip
two-faced
double-dealing
double-faced
phoney-baloney
phony-baloney
Janus-faced
left-handed
false
duplicitous
dissembling
deceitful
deceptive
lying
dishonest
Machiavellian
slim
shrewd
sharp
conniving
astute
dodgy
cheating
clever
shady
cagey
cute
cagy
canny
fly
manipulative
stealthy
smart
intelligent
carny
deep
furtive
sneaking
bent
secret
shonky
intriguing
unprincipled
streetwise
two-timing
surreptitious
roguish
clandestine
conspiratorial
knowing
astucious
sharp-witted
malicious
ingenious
vulpine
keen
fibbing
delusive
plotting
rogue
contriving
perjured
covert
secretive
politic
Punic
recreant
acute
undercover
hush-hush
dirty
rascal
illusory
mean
alert
sagacious
serpentine
skillfulUS
skilfulUK
dishonorableUS
pawky
corrupt
greasy
adroit
bluffing
dishonourableUK
prevaricating
equivocating
media-savvy
delusory
heads-up
colluding
bogus
bewildering
entrapping
confusing
trick
collusive
conspiring
caballing
intentionally misleading
mala fide
fast
disreputable
controlling
tricksy
masterly
adept
wry
witted
plausible
bum
seeming
catchy
off
mock
imposturous
cautious
dexterousUS
resourceful
proficient
dirty-dealing
unjust
unethical
concealed
sub-rosa
dextrousUK
arch
gingerly
street smart
crazy like fox
chary
considerate
wary
premeditating
circumspect
discreet
safe
careful
guarded
elusive
nifty
traitorous
lubricious
misrepresenting
misstating
wrong
inventing
falsifying
sinister
wormlike
perilous
ensnaring
dangerous
snaky
paltering
on the QT
under wraps
on the quiet
committing perjury
defrauding
like a snake in the grass
fallacious
feline
impostrous
crazy like a fox
hidden
cowardly
base
skulking
low
slinking
nasty
black
private
backstairs
hugger-mugger
stealth
underground
behind-the-scenes
sneak
hole-and-corner
cloaked
privy
perceptive
discerning
wise
judicious
sensible
prudent
contemptible
savvy
yellow
perspicacious
insightful
under the table
sage
discriminating
sapient
brainy
observant
hardheaded
argute
profound
heady
suss
accurate
probing
farsighted
inside
shark
calculated
quick-witted
clear-sighted
clear-eyed
far-sighted
on the ball
wised up
on top of
in the know
hard-boiled
up on
on the inside
far-seeing
long-headed
more ❯
Adjective
▲
(of a quality or result) Achieved or maintained by careful and deliberate effort
studied
calculated
deliberate
measured
careful
conscious
considered
intentional
knowing
purposeful
thoughtful
mannered
volitional
advised
affected
artificial
contrived
designed
forced
guarded
laboredUS
labouredUK
planned
premeditated
reasoned
strained
studious
thought-out
weighed
well-considered
wilful
aforethought
examined
investigated
overdone
overworked
plotted
prepared
prepense
reviewed
self-conscious
thought-about
thought-through
voluntary
willful
willing
gone into
destined
programmed
meditative
expected
envisioned
slated
promised
due
targeted
pinned
required
arranged
set up
hoped-for
asked for
counted on
wished-for
in the making
on the docket
according to a plan
evaluated
contemplative
checked
cognizant
mindful
wary
aware
planful
cut-and-dried
cogitative
contemplating
meditating
thinking
excogitative
probing
deliberative
directed
steered
marked
free
unprompted
volunteered
unsolicited
settled
agreed
preset
pre-agreed
pre-decided
preplanned
pre-established
inevitable
established in advance
forethought
decided beforehand
bound
doomed
cut and dried
encoded
inexorable
foredestined
arranged in advance
precogitated
more ❯
Adjective
▲
Intended to impress in a showy manner
pretentious
ostentatious
pompous
affected
grandiose
inflated
showy
extravagant
mannered
chichi
flashy
overambitious
conspicuous
artificial
kitschy
tinselly
assuming
exaggerated
flamboyant
la-di-da
posey
conceited
elaborate
flaunting
flaunty
grand
heroic
snobbish
hifalutin
poseur
pseud
pseudo
snippy
sophomoric
specious
vainglorious
dicty
flatulent
hollow
poncey
toffee-nosed
arty
fake
gaudy
highfaluting
hyperventilated
put-on
splashy
stilted
swank
too-too
puffed up
high-minded
fancy-pants
la-de-da
arty-farty
more ❯
Verb
▲
Past tense for to make a false show or pretense of
faked
simulated
pretended
shammed
affected
dissembled
counterfeited
acted
assumed
bluffed
imitated
professed
dissimulated
posed
postured
masqueraded
fabricated
played
forged
invented
devised
fronted
kidded
malingered
messed
put on
passed for
play-acted
put it on
played possum
gave the appearance of
given the appearance of
put on airs
put up a front
four-flushed
made a pretence of
played at
made a show of
did a bit
done a bit
went through the motions
gone through the motions
gave appearance of
given appearance of
made show of
put on act
went through the motions of
gone through the motions of
put on a false display
passed oneself off as
hidden
phonied
taken on
took on
dressed in
got into
pulled
changed into
donned
took off
taken off
did like
done like
hoaxed
daydreamed
fantasizedUS
daydreamt
dreamtUK
dreamedUS
exhibited
depicted
supposed
aspired
shrouded
confounded
confused
tricked
postured as
seemed to be
hoodwinked
cozened
fished
beguiled
jazzed
favouredUK
cribbed
parroted
featured
favoredUS
lifted
parrotted
fenced
created
suggested
resembled
signified
satirizedUS
passed
pussyfooted
covered
stricken
displayed
formed
copped
bearded
defrauded
minted
cloned
statted
mimeoed
faked out
laid claim
claimed falsely
lampooned
fancied
romanced
mused
developt
developed
embodied
orchestrated
schemed
glossed over
mocked up
minimizedUS
veneered
varnished
downplayed
pretended to have
attitudinized
passed yourself off as
guyed
excogitated
made a show
made a pretense
showed
become
made money
sugarcoated
secreted
screened
extenuated
airbrushed
professed to have
fantasisedUK
indulged in fantasy
professed to be
staged
swung the lead
hatched
perjured
conned
circulated bad money
framed
scratched
copied fraudulently
duplicated
transcribed
showboated
traced
minimisedUK
laid on
acted as if
vamped up
cooked up
drummed up
vamped
thought up
misstated
monkied
monkeyed
presented a false front
presented a false face
grandstanded
reflected
promoted
hoked
stretched the truth
come to have
swept something under the carpet
soft-pedalled
disguised yourself
told a terminological inexactitude
followed in footsteps
paltered
satirisedUK
kept dark
mimed
hushed up
de-emphasized
repeated
told untruth
kept a lid on
copped an attitude
behaved affectedly
planted
created out of thin air
doubled as
played a part
played to the gallery
told a lie
paralleled
not told the truth
played the part of
shoveledUS
told stories
kept quiet about
told a little white lie
soft-pedaled
told a fib
created fiction
kept secret
built castles in the air
parallelled
made up a story
patterned after
shovelledUK
modeled after
departed from the truth
hammed
laid it on thick
dreamt up
affected the role of
modelled after
swept something under the rug
told a white lie
told untruths
invented a story
built castles in Spain
showed off
tried to be like
pulled the wool over somebody's eyes
turned into
gotten into
worn
wore
stole
stolen
aspired to
done a number
did a number
gone like
went like
assumed the role
did a take-off
done a take-off
becomed
shown
becomen
became
acted as though
drawn a veil over
drew a veil over
assumed the role of
lay on
spoken with forked tongue
spoke with forked tongue
forswore yourself
forsworn yourself
did likewise
done an impression of
done likewise
did an impression
did an impression of
done an impression
came to have
taken off as
shown off
stricken a pose
stricken an attitude
struck an attitude
struck a pose
took off as
taken up
took up
echoed
copycatted
emulated
followed
followed suit
followed the example of
recreated
modeledUS
epitomizedUS
modelledUK
personified
epitomisedUK
typified
incarnated
reduplicated
rendered
looked like
plagiarizedUS
modelled oneself on
followed example
disguised as
ripped off
patterned oneself on
patterned oneself after
behaved like
had on the appearance of
purported to be
played a role
assumed the character of
represented oneself as
passed as
followed in the footsteps of
faked being
made a copy of
made a replica of
masked as
passed yourself off
Photostated
made like a
plagiarisedUK
manifolded
photocopied
disguised oneself as
taken leaf out of book
took leaf out of book
taken the part of
took the part of
assumed character
acted a part
took on the appearance of
taken on the appearance of
taken after
took after
taken as a model
took as a model
taken as an example
taken as a role model
took a leaf out of someone's book
taken a leaf out of someone's book
took as a pattern
took as a role model
took as an example
taken as a pattern
more ❯
“Young Eastern hog-nosed snakes, for example, feign death if they sense a threat.”
Verb
▲
Past tense for to make jokes, especially for purposes of teasing someone
fooled
jested
joked
kidded
acted
faked
pretended
shammed
bantered
chaffed
funned
gagged
japed
jived
jollied
joshed
messed
quipped
teased
wisecracked
yucked
yukked
counterfeited
clowned about
clowned around
messed about
played tricks
messed around
played the fool
put on an act
had someone on
mucked around
mucked someone about
winded someone up
Verb
▲
(archaic) Past tense for to write or utter what is not true
fabled
concocted
contrived
designed
conceived
devised
composed
constructed
fabricated
cogitated
formulated
hatched
machinated
crafted
forged
invented
masterminded
cooked up
dreamt up
made up
thought up
came up with
come up with
whipped up
Verb
▲
Past tense for to deceive or fool someone
bluffed
deceived
fooled
tricked
conned
deluded
misled
humbugged
duped
hoodwinked
bamboozled
beguiled
cheated
gulled
hoaxed
cozened
faked
lied
pretended
took in
taken in
buffaloed
burned
burnt
caught
gaffed
gammoned
had
hornswoggled
juggled
kidded
misguided
misinformed
shammed
snookered
snowed
snew
snown
spoofed
suckered
double-crossed
had on
betrayed
blagged
buncoed
defrauded
faked out
illuded
jived
scammed
shucked
strung along
sucked in
passed off
psyched out
put one over on
pulled the wool over someone's eyes
Verb
▲
Past tense for act
play-acted
postured
put it on
brought down the house
burlesqued
characterisedUK
characterizedUS
did
done
did a turn
done a turn
dramatisedUK
dramatizedUS
emoted
enacted
went on
gone on
went over
gone over
hammed
hammed it up
impersonated
laid an egg
made debut
mimed
mimicked
mugged
parodied
performed
personated
personified
played
played act
played gig
played part
played role
played to the gallery
portrayed
pretended
put it over
rehearsed
represented
said one's piece
simulated
starred
stooged
strutted
took part
taken part
trod the boards
trodden the boards
Verb
▲
Past tense for to slyly attempt to avoid blame or censure when dealing with (a situation or problem)
finessed
bluffed
maneuveredUS
manoeuvredUK
cheated
evaded
manipulated
steered
tricked
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