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What is another word for
make-believe
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Adjective
Imitating something real
Strange and slightly frightening because it is not usual
Noun
The action of pretending or imagining that things are better than they really are
A public entertainment consisting of a procession of people in elaborate, colourful costumes, or an outdoor performance of a historical scene
An object that is not genuine
An erroneous belief, idea, or conception
Verb
(
make believe
)
To make a false show or pretense of
To imagine things only possible in fantasy
(
masquerade as
)
To pretend to be someone one is not
To make a supposition for determining its consequences
To make jokes, especially for purposes of teasing someone
To outwardly look or be perceived as
To contrive of (something) using skill or ingenuity
To imitate (someone or their actions or words), especially in order to entertain or ridicule
To tell an untruth or falsehood
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Adjective
▲
Imitating something real
imaginary
imagined
made-up
unreal
fanciful
fictitious
dream
fantasised
UK
fantasized
US
fantasy
mythical
pretend
pretended
dreamed-up
fake
false
fancied
mock
sham
simulated
chimeric
chimerical
fabulous
fantasied
fantastic
fantastical
feigned
fictional
fictive
ideal
imaginal
invented
mythic
notional
phantasmal
phantasmic
phantom
pseudo
spurious
visionary
phony
US
phoney
UK
play-play
acted
fraudulent
artificial
bogus
imitation
illusory
counterfeit
fabricated
dummy
factitious
ersatz
faux
synthetic
forged
assumed
affected
fairy-tale
legendary
contrived
put-on
unnatural
man-made
substitute
untrue
plastic
imitative
hallucinatory
nonexistent
delusive
mimic
dreamlike
hypothetical
forced
mechanical
suppositious
apocryphal
concocted
cod
manufactured
replica
so-called
reproduction
whimsical
strained
storybook
supposititious
deceptive
unauthentic
inauthentic
romantic
insincere
faked
ostensible
incredible
mythological
fabled
figmental
not genuine
misleading
unbelievable
quixotic
theoretical
non-existent
model
phantasmagoric
imaginative
unsubstantial
delusory
toy
devised
queer
made up
illusive
facsimile
seeming
shadowy
traditional
fallacious
enchanted
magic
magical
trumped up
specious
trumped-up
insubstantial
idealized
US
wild
absurd
utopian
abstract
extravagant
aerial
poetic
idealised
UK
storied
quasi-
dreamy
snide
trick
invalid
folkloric
spectral
apparitional
heroic
supposed
deceitful
quack
out of this world
imagal
proverbial
thought up
virtual
symbolic
allegorical
improvised
fool's paradise
phantasmagorical
mistaken
apparent
pseudonymous
pseud
hyped up
product of someone's imagination
phoney-baloney
semblant
blue-sky
phony-baloney
dud
all in one's head
highly colored
vain
unfounded
mimetic
practice
trial
echoic
copycat
surreal
created
prepared
ethereal
hokey
apish
quasi
fakey
created out of thin air
manmade
derivative
imitated
symbolical
fishy
hoax
not what it is cracked up to be
adopted
figment of someone's imagination
estimated
academic
conceived
dreamt up
in your head
professed
purported
miniature
unattainable
unheard of
make believe
simulation
unqualified
alleged
unworkable
ivory-towered
unachievable
unfeasible
impracticable
impractical
Utopian
all in the mind
double-dealing
actorly
dishonest
dissembling
worthless
hypocritical
far-fetched
preposterous
duplicate
mock-up
lookalike
copy
representative
mercurial
avowed
ridiculous
curious
transcendental
unearthly
high-flown
mental
transcendent
tall
bluffing
shammed
falsified
masked
lying
impostrous
in name only
charlatan
cheating
covered
concealed
dissimulated
imposturous
out-of-reach
ivory-tower
capricious
crackpot
intangible
immaterial
nebulous
famed
in the clouds
pie-in-the-sky
offbeat
flakey
US
unlikely
kinky
flaky
UK
far out
fairy tale
floating
impalpable
weird
reachy
parabolic
famous
cock and bull
hard to swallow
blue sky
hard to take
pipe dream
meretricious
wonderful
outstanding
remarkable
epic
important
impressive
extraordinary
on cloud nine
adulterine
pie in the sky
castles in the air
framed
bum
ungenuine
pirate
bent
erroneous
speculative
vague
spiritual
unsound
deceiving
incorporeal
conceptual
conjectural
metaphysical
incorrect
ghostly
airy
bodiless
irrational
supernatural
illusionary
discarnate
theoretic
deluding
beguiling
illogical
sophistical
bizarre
ungrounded
wrong
otherworldly
inaccurate
unbodied
vaporous
inexact
untruthful
nightmarish
psychedelic
faulty
non-physical
suppositional
unsubstantiated
misguided
distorted
flawed
unreasonable
putative
baseless
groundless
nonphysical
nonmaterial
ideational
imprecise
imponderable
Kafkaesque
conjectured
unrealistic
mythologic
off
without foundation
oneiric
ghostlike
dim
unclear
indistinct
disembodied
unembodied
untouchable
intellectual
formless
wraithlike
philosophical
subconscious
inexistent
subjective
unconscious
idle
psychological
counterfactual
truthless
improper
disincarnate
tenuous
foundationless
unproven
casuistic
misrepresentative
colored
US
abstruse
psychosomatic
unsupported
uncorroborated
unconfirmed
recondite
imperceptible to the touch
slender
misinformed
coloured
UK
ill-founded
indefinite
gone
improbable
cooked-up
questionable
sophistic
unpractical
numinous
mystical
nonconcrete
without basis
indeterminate
uncertain
mad
unreasoned
unworldly
reasonless
doubtful
in the mind
falsie
way off
implausible
phantasmagorial
kaleidoscopic
phantasmagorian
unread
mocking
filled with dreams
delusional
hollow
chimeral
Barmecidal
Barmecide
float
wistful
non-material
trancelike
trance-like
invisible
dream-filled
nonnatural
suppositive
misty
hazy
off the mark
non-natural
larger-than-life
dicey
iffy
contrary to fact
stress-related
stress-induced
uncorporeal
dodgy
filigree
diaphanous
inane
faint
dreamish
hypnagogic
off beam
full of holes
way off beam
extraterrestrial
ancient
elusive
evanescent
lacking substance
engineered
preternatural
other-worldly
counterfeited
rare
evasive
imperceptible
unobservable
insensible
slight
unquantifiable
inappreciable
eluding
evading
unapparent
unsure
dubious
unverifiable
related
told
customary
unhistoric
unhistorical
handed-down
pinchbeck
non-viable
starry-eyed
silly
impossible
untested
unverified
unwarranted
unjustified
unattested
indescribable
indefinable
nonmaterialistic
paranormal
celestial
extramundane
religious
foolish
senseless
idealistic
half-baked
obscure
essential
deep
basic
fundamental
perfectionist
expressive
absent
wanting
lacking
missing
nonvalid
unreliable
profound
universal
esoteric
creative
supersensory
daydreaming
astral
daydreamy
crazy
potty
academical
presumed
ephemeral
gratuitous
bottomless
mendacious
uncalled-for
off-base
oversubtle
dead
flimsy
empty
blank
departed
extinguished
vacant
void
null
gossamery
defunct
negative
lost
perished
extinct
not applicable
naive
nonrealistic
not sensible
nonsensical
fresh
exotic
original
infirm
petty
decrepit
puny
fly-by-night
supramundane
superhuman
jesuitic
unfleshly
supermundane
difficult
philosophic
unphysical
suprahuman
ontological
superior
eternal
supranatural
inspired
artistic
inventive
eccentric
fancy
quirky
originative
flighty
perceptual
presupposed
provisory
casual
contestable
disputable
assumptive
stochastic
debatable
postulated
problematic
contingent
equivocal
conditional
conjecturable
refutable
guessed
presumptive
suspect
proposed
pretending
artful
brilliant
unconventional
freaky
radical
fertile
freakish
ingenious
genius
experimental
innovative
keen
not backed up by evidence
innovational
unorthodox
vivid
revolutionary
astute
emotional
subliminal
passed on
passed away
too little too late
far-out
Promethean
head in the clouds
avant-garde
out of touch with reality
null and void
few and far between
more ❯
“It's a real-world situation in a
make-believe
town.”
Adjective
▲
Strange and slightly frightening because it is not usual
unnatural
abnormal
extraordinary
odd
strange
unusual
irregular
queer
anomalous
bizarre
freakish
aberrant
atypical
uncommon
freak
peculiar
perverted
unorthodox
untypical
weird
aberrational
deviant
deviate
devious
divergent
exceptional
non-typical
outlandish
perverse
supernatural
uncanny
preternatural
unaccountable
concocted
contrary
eerie
ersatz
freaky
imitation
incredible
inexplicable
laboured
UK
labored
US
made-up
outrageous
paranormal
preposterous
pretend
staged
surprising
unconforming
wild
absurd
fanciful
extravagant
irrational
unbelievable
nonsensical
implausible
unlikely
amazing
curious
improbable
ridiculous
far-fetched
insane
singular
ludicrous
unrealistic
dubious
crazy
whimsical
doubtful
unthinkable
inconceivable
fantastical
fantastic
mad
grandiose
foolish
unimaginable
unreal
comical
oddball
zany
wacky
cockamamie
off-the-wall
off the wall
hare-brained
eccentric
imaginary
unconvincing
incredulous
illusory
capricious
visionary
ambitious
unconceivable
erratic
misleading
romantic
uncompelling
artificial
illusive
daft
out of sight
cock-and-bull
barmy
hallucinatory
suppositious
different
extreme
potty
cock-eyed
outré
remarkable
unique
phenomenal
astonishing
rare
sensational
astounding
stunning
striking
momentous
miraculous
notable
prodigious
unforgettable
eye-catching
arresting
noteworthy
stupendous
conspicuous
unwonted
special
spectacular
uncustomary
exceeding
offbeat
aberrated
extraordinaire
funny
unprecedented
tremendous
serious
out-of-the-way
unaccustomed
especial
eye-popping
wondrous
unco
amazeballs
unfamiliar
never to be forgotten
gnarly
unheard-of
heavy
forby
flash
off beaten path
unexpected
out of the ordinary
out of this world
more ❯
Noun
▲
The action of pretending or imagining that things are better than they really are
fantasy
charade
daydreaming
dream
imagination
play-acting
pretence
UK
pretending
unreality
dreaming
fabrication
fancy
invention
romancing
delusion
illusion
masquerade
self-deception
disguise
dissimulation
fakery
game
pageant
playacting
pretense
US
pretension
pretentiousness
role-playing
sham
story
fairy tale
pose
front
act
facade
show
guise
façade
put-on
airs
feigning
posturing
simulation
deception
semblance
posing
subterfuge
hoax
veneer
veil
mask
artifice
falsification
posture
shamming
cloak
false front
trickery
affectation
pretext
fake
imitation
appearance
display
cover
faking
false display
bluff
counterfeit
acting
trick
ruse
deceit
falsehood
simulacrum
humbug
ostentation
insincerity
stall
con
profession
contrivance
red herring
face
smokescreen
air
cover-up
screen
dissemblance
false colours
wile
schtick
a put-on
a put-up job
false pretense
affectedness
vision
imaginativeness
ideation
ploy
impersonation
thought
reverie
fig leaf
snobbery
hokum
airs and graces
flight of fancy
visualization
US
imposture
going Hollywood
artificiality
pretensions
exaggeration
feint
smoke screen
inflation
imaginative faculty
snootiness
grandiosity
showing off
side
assumed manners
superciliousness
visualisation
UK
dress
uppishness
unnatural imitation
covering
putting on airs
dumb act
bluffing
hoaxing
assumption
demand
declaration
ambition
ambitiousness
aspiration
title
allegation
maintenance
likeness
farce
pantomime
parody
personation
color
US
mummery
colour
UK
revel
costume
masking
attitude
performance
false show
false appearance
showing
outward appearance
suggestion
claim
effect
chaser
sweet talk
soft soap
shuck and jive
hamming
phoney
UK
phony
US
dissimilation
stance
shuffling
routine
excuse
misrepresentation
double-dealing
stunt
gag
evasion
misstatement
mockery
travesty
mimicry
arrogance
conception
imaginative power
daydream
pipe dream
mind's eye
castle in Spain
creation of the brain
castle in the air
mental image
stratagem
play
hoodwinking
shift
expedient
gambit
mock attack
device
maneuver
US
dodge
snare
duck
blind
manoeuvre
UK
put-up job
machination
distraction
cheat
bait
dissembling
fraudulence
duplicity
cant
attitudinizing
fraud
deceitfulness
dishonesty
falsity
mendacity
treachery
lying
hypocrisy
originality
creativity
putting on an act
kidology
lack of veracity
speculation
inventiveness
creative thought
chimera
US
chimaera
UK
guile
codology
deviousness
cheating
cunning
craftiness
craft
deceptiveness
scam
falseness
chicanery
slyness
sting
snow job
dupery
flimflam
scheme
swindle
jiggery-pokery
hanky-panky
piousness
wiliness
funny business
monkey business
lie
intrigue
crookedness
foxiness
cunningness
guilefulness
crookery
cozenage
underhandedness
artfulness
untruthfulness
chicane
sanctimoniousness
perfidy
set-up
two-facedness
lurk
wheeze
prevarication
lip service
gyp
Tartufferie
empty talk
con trick
legerdemain
sophistry
imposition
hustle
spoof
management
sharp practice
perjury
fast one
fibbing
decoy
sanctimony
mendaciousness
perfidiousness
gimmick
leg-pull
pietism
rort
bunco
grift
Trojan horse
phoniness
duping
confidence trick
affected piety
Pharisaism
phoneyness
rig
schlenter
fetch
flanker
pharisaicalness
canard
lies
quackery
whitewash
equivocation
skulduggery
skullduggery
knavery
monkeyshines
telling stories
sell
jugglery
gamesmanship
jive
wiles
smoke and mirrors
fast shuffle
con game
every trick in the book
white lies
fiddle
disingenuousness
hypocritical talk
hypocritical behaviour
little white lies
forgery
prank
propaganda
faithlessness
swindling
fix
setup
double-crossing
subtleness
cageyness
subtlety
slickness
canniness
caginess
sneakiness
strategy
fakeness
distortion
shenanigans
burlesque
fiction
smoke
inveracity
joke
fourberie
tricks
bluster
obfuscation
scheming
pomposity
hypocriticalness
tokenism
pecksniffery
bait and switch
sleight of hand
hocus-pocus
double-cross
shell game
attention-grabber
lure
deviation
disturbance
distractor
commotion
diversion
interruption
beguilement
blarney
betrayal
untruth
sophism
dirt
trickiness
boondoggle
treason
defraudation
disinformation
circumvention
juggling
trumpery
tactic
bragging
bravado
bombast
porky
sleight
racket
fastie
hypocritical statement
false piety
idle boast
sellout
sham holiness
pious platitudes
bilk
mare's-nest
fallacy
ride
malarkey
hogwash
wrinkle
catch
trap
pork pie
shuck
crock
fib
snow
boast
braggadocio
jiving
caper
cozening
defrauding
misleading
overreaching
ambidexterity
trapping
two-timing
ambidextrousness
entrapping
curve ball
false face
false clue
fool's errand
false trail
wild-goose chase
diversionary tactic
misleading clue
mere show
refuge
plan
confidence game
dirty pool
dirty dealing
dirty trick
dirty work
crocodile tears
false colors
speciousness
disguising
counterfeiting
concealing
hiding
concealment
shrouding
veiling
pharisaism
suppression
camouflage
false virtue
affected superiority
glibness
irreverence
unctuousness
phariseeism
bigotry
casuistry
false profession
bad faith
double standard
more ❯
“In fact, has not experience taught us that adults are more susceptible to
make-believe
than children, and far more skilled at creating it?”
Noun
▲
A public entertainment consisting of a procession of people in elaborate, colourful costumes, or an outdoor performance of a historical scene
pageant
extravaganza
parade
spectacle
cavalcade
display
procession
show
tableau
play
circus
raree-show
representation
ritual
scene
spectacular
carnival
celebration
charade
exhibition
exposition
fair
motorcade
pomp
tableau vivant
presentation
demonstration
exhibit
performance
expo
showing
festival
trade fair
bazaar
demo
showcase
event
gala
sight
marketplace
county fair
ceremony
convention
fireworks
fanfare
pageantry
mart
production
world fair
trade event
retrospective
airing
tournament
march-past
wonder
view
special
fete
phenomenon
curiosity
marvel
diorama
program
US
programme
UK
panoply
movie
comedy
drama
burlesque
musical
variety
divertissement
caricature
parody
ratha yatra
tattoo
gilly
kermis
hippodrome
three-ring
revel
observance
occasion
centennial
picture
flight of fancy
human representation
biennale
mounting
revelation
manifestation
ex
public display
big top
offering
flash
a scene
advertisement
an act
front
funfair
acrobatics
pyrotechnics
viewing
entertainment
concert
staging
illustration
act
recital
piece
gig
stage show
theatrical performance
array
affirmation
proof
appearance
confirmation
substantiation
testimony
indication
arrangement
matinee
evidence
dramatization
US
flaunting
cabaret
theatrical
opera
screenplay
composition
public presentation
curtain-raiser
dramatisation
UK
description
stage play
theatrical piece
public performance
theatrical work
light show
Nativity
crib
entertaining
period piece
historical drama
son et lumiere
theater
US
performing
creche
acting
image
expression
theatre
UK
attraction
vista
vision
declaration
statement
portrayal
painting
assertion
dance
show biz
fuss
validation
show business
montage
bother
ado
commotion
vaunting
exposure
revue
corroboration
verification
ostentation
rehearsal
review
disclosure
farce
tragedy
impression
costume drama
series
broadcast
testament
attestation
witness
to-do
teleplay
soapie
pantomime
determination
explanation
test
induction
trial
establishment
hoo-ha
masque
sketch
potboiler
work
turkey
radio play
soap opera
dramatic piece
mask
flop
television drama
smash
one-act
hit
smash hit
television play
prosecution
routine
commission
enactment
pursuance
fulfillment
US
house
fulfilment
UK
more ❯
Noun
▲
An object that is not genuine
fake
fraud
forgery
imitation
copy
counterfeit
reproduction
sham
hoax
dummy
mock-up
phoney
UK
likeness
lookalike
phony
US
dupe
knock-off
pinchbeck
pirate
rip-off
deception
fabrication
flimflam
four-flusher
imposition
imposture
junque
pretence
UK
pretense
US
pseudo
put-on
replica
scam
simulation
sleight
spoof
swindle
trick
gold brick
facsimile
duplicate
clone
duplication
replication
model
carbon copy
carbon
reduplication
mock
humbug
match
image
Xerox
picture
ringer
ditto
bootleg
substitute
bogus
simulacrum
mirroring
paralleling
reflection
knockoff
photocopy
counterpart
recreation
reprint
mimeograph
mimeo
parallel
twin
sample
photostat
look-alike
Photostat
stat
repro
mirror image
paste
fool's gold
toy
falsification
impersonation
masquerade
warez
representation
sell
deceit
actor
bum
gyp
virtual reality
stand-in
sub
marionette
warez
beta version
prototype
test case
double
mate
fetch
spit
doppelganger
fellow
chip off the old block
exact likeness
germination
recurrence
analog
US
spitting image
spare
dead ringer
analogue
UK
close likeness
repetition
second
copycat
coordinate
correlate
replacement
companion
reciprocal
counterscript
similarity
alter ego
obverse
print
xerox
ectype
echoing
copying
reenactment
generation
offprint
multiplication
flimsy
renewal
reprinting
photograph
pic
portrayal
revival
X-ray
increase
resemblance
counterfeiting
mimicry
aping
chip off old block
transcription
mime
sendup
paraphrasing
semblance
mimesis
matching
ersatz
apery
takeoff
representing
patterning
skit
substitution
effigy
miniature
impression
study
mirror
portrait
transcript
cast
pattern
tracing
archetype
type
imprint
hard copy
rubbings
microfiche
similitude
appearance
correspondence
fax
alikeness
sameness
agreement
equivalence
identicalness
affinity
uniformity
analogy
conformity
equality
identity
parallelism
form
comparison
simile
comparableness
analogousness
comparability
simulacre
echo
emulation
community
guise
delineation
depiction
uniformness
plagiarization
plagiarism
reiteration
following
version
doubling
spawn
mimic
repeat
autotype
telefax
workalike
figure
telecopy
crib
reproduce
velox
dud
spit and image
relationship
congruity
figurine
statuette
statue
document
transmission
message
facsimile reproduction
act-alike
likewise
xerox copy
rendering
relief
brass rubbing
the above
electronic message
look-alike computer
genetic copy
the very words
equivalent
equal
Doppelgänger
rubbing
carved figure
living image
dead spit
very spit
more ❯
Noun
▲
An erroneous belief, idea, or conception
illusion
delusion
misconception
fallacy
misapprehension
deception
dream
falsehood
fancy
fantasy
error
falsity
conceit
misbelief
myth
artifice
figment
phantasm
phantasy
unreality
untruth
chimaera
UK
chimera
US
confusion
daydream
fantasm
invention
misimpression
misjudgement
misjudgment
nonentity
bubble
feeling
hallucination
idea
image
mockery
rainbow
seeming
sensation
sense
trip
vision
false impression
false belief
self-deception
mistaken impression
pipe dream
fool's paradise
castles in Spain
castles in the air
head trip
ignis fatuus
mirage
apparition
semblance
paramnesia
ghost
idolism
virtual reality
optical illusion
figment of imagination
ignus fatuus
phantasma
hocus-pocus
deja vu
will-o'-the-wisp
castle in the air
figment of the imagination
reverie
pie in the sky
mistake
imagination
misinterpretation
misconstruction
misunderstanding
fabrication
wraith
miscalculation
castle in Spain
nightmare
phantom
flight of fancy
aberration
fiction
mistaken belief
notion
thought
misreading
vagary
wish
wishful thinking
impression
mix-up
false hope
visualization
US
mental picture
wrong idea
whim
phantasmagoria
desire
whimsy
air castle
imagining
visualisation
UK
false notion
dreaming
misconstruing
incomprehension
misknowledge
castle in the sky
conception
spectre
UK
unrealizable dream
specter
US
trance
heresy
picture
musing
speculation
phantasmagory
aspiration
mental image
empty wish
eggs in moonshine
conceptualization
US
creation
wool-gathering
hope
quirk
caprice
misconstrual
airy hope
lie
golden dream
unreal hope
envisioning
conceptualisation
UK
superstition
unrealistic hope
fanciful notion
self-delusion
conceiving
smoke and mirrors
flight of imagination
mind trip
confounding
misreckoning
fond hope
images
incubus
unorthodoxy
production
old wivesʼ tale
fable
empty promise
Xanadu
jam tomorrow
concoction
wrong belief
delirium
improvisation
snare
oversight
lapse
end of the rainbow
ambition
plan
aim
vanity
monstrosity
monster
bogy
mistaken idea
pink elephants
fantastic notion
false interpretation
fault
perception
unreasonable expectation
foolish expectation
irrational expectation
unrealistic expectation
cognition
fata morgana
apprehension
transient phenomenon
short-lived phenomenon
daydreaming
credulity
magic
sorcery
wrong end of the stick
mental vision
mental visualization
story
fantasizing
US
daydreams
hunch
suspicion
belief
supposition
out-of-body experience
sequence of images
witchcraft
inattentiveness
inattention
concept
inkling
absent-mindedness
absorption
self-absorption
obliviousness
preoccupation
engrossment
brooding
abstraction
romance
illusions
utopia
fairy tale
fairy story
plans
hopes
sweven
prospect
dwam
brown study
intimation
understanding
opinion
kidology
fib
ideal
muse
relaxation
avoidance
entertainment
escape
distraction
diversion
imago
ideality
apologue
fake news
trumped-up story
alternative fact
fancying
woolgathering
contemplation
stargazing
mind
power of invention
escapism
pipe dreams
fantasising
UK
tall tale
tall story
absence of mind
staring into space
blonde moment
fictitious story
folk ballad
inclination
lack of application
in a zone
lack of concentration
flights of fancy
irrational belief
unfounded belief
preference
partiality
fondness
attraction
sneaking suspicion
cloud cuckoo land
product of someone's imagination
taste
urge
want
impulse
liking
relish
predilection
like
cock and bull story
yearning
hankering
thirst
longing
pining
love
penchant
craving
bent
ideation
need
hunger
ache
shine
appetite
envisagement
predisposition
eccentricity
itch
contrivance
kink
inconsistency
deceit
humour
UK
thing
yen
imaginativeness
whimsey
humor
US
peculiarity
inventiveness
romancing
druthers
casuistry
sophistry
flaw
sophism
erroneousness
falseness
fallaciousness
love affair
eyes for
faultiness
sweet tooth
deceptiveness
quibbling
ambiguity
bias
preconception
subterfuge
illogicality
inexactness
speciousness
erratum
evasion
perversion
prejudice
cavil
equivocation
invalidity
solecism
elusion
paradox
deviation
faulty reasoning
unsound argument
non sequitur
more ❯
Verb
▲
(
make believe
)
To make a false show or pretense of
pretend
feign
fake
sham
act
dissemble
simulate
affect
bluff
assume
counterfeit
profess
put on
pass for
make believe
put on an act
play-act
masquerade
pose
dissimulate
playact
posture
imitate
play
give the appearance of
put on airs
go through the motions
put it on
impersonate
deceive
put on a front
fabricate
disguise
reproduce
front
purport
make a show of
go through the motions of
put up a front
make a pretence of
make out like
fake it
imagine
make out
suppose
invent
devise
mimic
represent
portray
let on
play at
assume the role
play the part of
lie
make up
concoct
make as if
claim
forge
adopt
change into
don
wear
pull
get into
dress in
kid
malinger
mess
do a bit
phony up
give appearance of
four-flush
play possum
put on a false display
put on act
make show of
showboat
grandstand
attitudinize
peacock
confound
confuse
strike
trick
take on
strike a pose
cop an attitude
disguise yourself
show off
pass off
strike an attitude
assume an attitude
take off as
behave affectedly
contrive
construct
scheme
stage
spoof
orchestrate
manufacture
design
resemble
do a take-off
ape
act like
take off
knock off
lift
parrot
conjure up
mirror
pirate
do like
feature
copy
prevaricate
act out
suggest
cheat
misrepresent
borrow
gloss over
do
create
exaggerate
steal
phoney
UK
favour
UK
phony
US
equivocate
mock up
crib
favor
US
fence
mask
hide
veil
conceal
obscure
cloak
pass oneself off as
fantasize
US
fantasise
UK
suppress
make a show
hide one's feelings
put on a false front
dress up
make a pretense
present a false face
present a false front
beard
camouflage
be dishonest
make like
falsify
mock
mislead
personate
carbon
Xerox
ditto
shuck and jive
pretend to be
hoax
posture as
seem to be
sucker
allege
do a number
swing the lead
put up a front of
replicate
aspire to
exhibit
act as if
mint
stat
dupe
mimeo
defraud
delude
coin
clone
whitewash
caricature
parody
stonewall
display
shroud
doublespeak
cover
pussyfoot
lay it on thick
burlesque
go like
make money
travesty
develop
embody
circulate bad money
become
show
send up
cover up
lay on
double-talk
monkey
put up a smoke screen
reflect
do an impression of
play a part
model after
do likewise
follow in footsteps
masquerade as
pose as
do an impression
pattern after
try to be like
parallel
repeat
pass off as
double as
come to have
turn into
more ❯
“You can
make believe
that you're sick if you want to skip school.”
Verb
▲
To imagine things only possible in fantasy
fantasise
UK
fantasize
US
imagine
daydream
envision
dream
hallucinate
invent
romance
conceit
conceive
envisage
fancy
fantasy
feature
ideate
image
muse
picture
play-act
pretend
see
vision
visualise
UK
visualize
US
contrive
moon
romanticise
UK
romanticize
US
woolgather
conjure up
head trip
indulge in fancy
indulge in fantasy
live in a dream world
see visions
trip out
build castles in the air
indulge in wool-gathering
build castles in air
build castles in Spain
give free rein to the imagination
perceive
conceptualize
US
project
depict
conceptualise
UK
think of
fantasize about
think up
conceive of
dream up
dream about
make up
form a picture of
make believe
form a mental picture of
see in one's mind
see in the mind's eye
view
contemplate
evoke
divine
conjure up a picture of
conjure up a mental picture of
see in your mind's eye
call to mind
bring to mind
dream of
create in your mind
conjure up an image of
concoct
frame
create
scheme
cook up
think
consider
foresee
anticipate
predict
regard
apprehend
see things
be delirious
think about
have nightmares
have visions
interpret
infer
plan
suppose
propose
reckon
intend
expect
calculate
realize
US
behold
forecast
mean
believe
realise
UK
have delusions
figure
purpose
ponder
stargaze
foretell
meditate
pipe dream
give thought to
see in one's mind's eye
appreciate
represent
construe
portray
estimate
gush
depicture
reconstruct
ruminate
take
rhapsodize
US
extrapolate
consider the possibility of
entertain the thought of
guess
surmise
conjecture
chart
gauge
UK
rhapsodise
UK
swoon
suspect
debate
entertain
take to mean
form an impression of
gather
assume
grasp
objectify
externalize
US
materialize
US
survey
predetermine
build up an impression of
build up a picture of
picture in one's mind's eye
prophesy
augur
materialise
UK
externalise
UK
stare into space
diagram
gage
US
delineate
look upon
foreshow
previse
prognosticate
presage
conjure
be lost in thought
be inattentive
be in cloud cuckoo land
have your head in the clouds
be unrealistic
be miles away
be in a brown study
reflect
object
play
be under the impression
think likely
be of the view
be of the opinion
trip
feign
playact
fool
enact
bluff
simulate
counterfeit
fake
be inclined to think
have an idea
trump up
think it conceivable
think it likely
look
allow
go
aspire
aim
purport
design
call up
get the picture
conjure up an picture of
picture in the mind's eye
long
hanker
pine
lust
crave
idealize
US
form a mental image of
idealise
UK
aim at
have hallucinations
let on like
make as if
act as if
act as though
play the part
wish to
hanker after
thirst after
seek to
thirst for
aspire to
desire to
hunger for
conjure up pictures
aim for
long for
yearn for
hope for
wish for
have in mind
expect to
mean to
imagine things
freak out
have as one's aim
set one's heart on
set one's sights on
sigh
have as one's goal
have in view
have daymares
hear voices
have delirium tremens
blow one's mind
have a trip
see pink elephants
more ❯
Verb
▲
(
masquerade as
)
To pretend to be someone one is not
masquerade
impersonate
play
imitate
personate
playact
simulate
do
fake
attitudinize
pose
posture
pretend
disguise as
pose as
pretend to be
mask as
pass as
pass for
pass off
act like
disguise yourself
fake being
pass oneself off as
act out
assume character
disguise oneself as
do an impression of
masquerade as
profess to be
represent oneself as
take the part of
act a part
assume the character of
make as if
make like
make like a
pass yourself off
play a role
purport to be
put on an act
do as
go as
look like
carry off
ape
mimic
caricature
parody
mock
burlesque
travesty
satirize
US
copy
lampoon
spoof
mirror
act
monkey
take off
embody
enact
send up
double as
make fun of
satirise
UK
ditto
represent
mime
emulate
copycat
ridicule
do an impersonation of
parrot
do like
go like
make believe
perform
sham
pantomime
exhibit
assume
adopt
feign
display
develop
affect
lay on
come to have
turn into
become
show
put on
take on
pass yourself off as
dress as
more ❯
Verb
▲
To make a supposition for determining its consequences
say
assume
imagine
suppose
hypothesise
UK
hypothesize
US
presume
make believe
presuppose
fancy
infer
picture
visualise
UK
visualize
US
envision
take as a hypothesis
dream
preconceive
supposing
postulate
premise
hypothecate
posit
guess
take for granted
speculate
conjecture
theorize
US
believe
think
consider
figure
theorise
UK
surmise
predicate
imply
conclude
judge
reckon
take it
have a hunch
take as read
be afraid
accept
expect
suspect
assert
deduce
deem
put forward
estimate
daresay
divine
suspicion
understand
gather
pretend
take it as given
have sneaking suspicion
require
need
trust
take as fact
take it as read
take it for granted
dare say
advance
propose
suggest
conceive
state
found
depend
rely
call for
esteem
feel
hold
allow
count on
bank on
jump the gun
establish
ground
argue
build
regard
view
take
select
aver
nominate
claim
solicit
affirm
submit
choose
announce
begin
commence
introduce
start
take as gospel truth
take stock in
swear by
hook
hazard
deposit
mortgage
hock
pledge
give in earnest
reason
opine
glean
find
ascertain
ween
draw the inference
come to the conclusion
be of the opinion
be inclined to think
get the idea
be given to understand
fall for
count upon
guesstimate
contemplate
deliberate
cogitate
brainstorm
excogitate
cerebrate
dope
offer
hazard a guess
figure out
dope out
call it
call the turn
chew over
build castles in air
beat one's brains
more ❯
Verb
▲
To make jokes, especially for purposes of teasing someone
fool
jest
joke
kid
act
fake
feign
pretend
sham
banter
chaff
fun
gag
jape
jive
jolly
josh
mess
quip
tease
wisecrack
yuck
yuk
counterfeit
clown about
clown around
mess about
play tricks
make believe
mess around
play the fool
put on an act
have someone on
muck around
muck someone about
wind someone up
mock
wind up
rib
razz
make fun of
ridicule
deride
rag
hoax
pull somebody's leg
roast
spoof
rally
taunt
jibe
jeer
gibe
fool around
fool about
poke fun at
trick
hoodwink
dupe
delude
deceive
beguile
ride
pun
cozen
needle
sally
retort
mislead
put on
twit
play a prank
play a practical joke
satirize
US
satirise
UK
make sport of
set up
pull someone's leg
pull someone's chain
remark
lark
slang
lark around
make mischief
lark about
frolic
gambol
take the mickey
have a joke with
be facetious
tell jokes
crack wise
sneer
scoff
shuck
have somebody on
tell somebody stories
shuck someone
rot someone
put someone on
flout
have on
gird
play a trick
mess someone about
pull one's leg
mess someone around
make a monkey out of someone
play a joke
make a monkey out of
con
gull
bamboozle
mimic
send up
jibe at
guy
make jokes about
amuse
jeer at
flip
quiz
lampoon
laugh at
divert
laugh
caricature
be sarcastic about
parody
make a monkey of
scoff at
take the mickey out of
goof on
poke mullock at
entertain
prank
haze
smoke
rag on
sling off at
bother
take in
flimflam
yank somebody's chain
affect
simulate
profess
dissemble
assume
allege
dissimulate
falsify
claim
bluff
aspire
impersonate
purport
let on
claim falsely
pass yourself off as
fake out
whitewash
make out
be deceitful
pass for
shuck and jive
be hypocritical
cheat
fish
pass off
lay claim
jazz
put up a front
masquerade
sucker
stonewall
fudge
malinger
flout at
put down
scorn
take the piss out of
scout
pan
bait
annoy
goad
harass
chiack
pillory
heckle
pick on
travesty
skewer
humiliate
pooh-pooh
raz
cartoon
sneer at
make a joke
fleer
shoot down
hold up to ridicule
make a fool of
pester
badger
nudge
disturb
dog
burlesque
hector
lead on
torment
give a hard time
knock
play with words
insult
rot
sledge
kid around
contemn
slam
deflate
expose
unmask
crack jokes
heap scorn on
poke borak at
poke fun
cock a snook at
run down
call names
make a game of
treat with contempt
rail at
show up
make a laughing-stock
crack
frazzle
criticize
US
takeoff
disdain
disparage
take off
censure
raspberry
slight
dismiss
detract
denigrate
caricaturize
diss
pasquinade
squib
vilify
dis
detract from
lout
criticise
UK
pour scorn on
stay
pull your leg
ridge
bone
dump on
do a number on
clown
revel
abuse
catcall
hiss
interrupt
boo
barrack
horse around
make merry
play the clown
shout disapproval
shout down
shout at
jab
shout disapproval at
comeback
dig
hiss at
boo at
hoot at
blow raspberries
whistle at
hoot
snipe
catcall at
blow raspberries at
make someone a laughing stock
expose to ridicule
laugh out of court
laugh to scorn
hold up to shame
give someone a hard time
make a crack
plague
worry
hassle
harry
provoke
irritate
aggravate
bedevil
importune
vex
devil
gnaw
beleaguer
tantalize
US
sound
snap
tantalise
UK
flirt with
swipe at
be at
lead somebody on
more ❯
Verb
▲
To outwardly look or be perceived as
make
appear
seem
be
look
pass for
pretend to be
resemble
take after
bear a resemblance to
be similar to
come across as
come off as
correspond to
give impression of being
give the idea
give the impression
have signs of
have the appearance
look a lot
look as if
make as if
make believe
remind one of
strike one as
be the very picture of
feel
have earmarks of
have hallmarks of
Verb
▲
To contrive of (something) using skill or ingenuity
invent
concoct
fabricate
devise
make up
manufacture
construct
contrive
excogitate
fake
forge
falsify
feign
hatch
trump up
cook up
drum up
equivocate
fib
lie
misrepresent
misstate
pretend
prevaricate
simulate
think up
vamp
vamp up
dream up
conjure up
make believe
tell untruth
tell a white lie
create out of thin air
coin
frame
come up with
trump something up
counterfeit
form
jive
fudge
make like
consider
contemplate
improvise
fabulize
improv
ponder
study
deliberate
write
fictionalise
UK
formulate
storify
fictionalize
US
fashion
weigh
ruminate
fake it
play it by ear
wing it
ad-lib
perpend
mind
conceive
evolve
develop
educe
derive
mull over
think out
work out
more ❯
Verb
▲
To imitate (someone or their actions or words), especially in order to entertain or ridicule
mimic
imitate
do
ape
caricature
copy
parody
impersonate
mock
burlesque
travesty
satirise
UK
satirize
US
spoof
copycat
emulate
lampoon
mime
monkey
send up
take off
act
ditto
enact
fake
make fun of
pantomime
parrot
perform
personate
play
represent
ridicule
sham
do an impression of
do an impersonation of
do like
go like
make believe
mirror
reproduce
simulate
portray
repeat
echo
counterfeit
depict
render
feign
affect
make like
put on
act like
reflect
embody
assume
reiterate
present
show
pass for
duplicate
follow
replicate
act out
quote
masquerade as
pose as
clone
parallel
epitomize
US
epitomise
UK
carbon
symbolise
UK
symbolize
US
reecho
Xerox
playact
play-act
distort
exaggerate
forge
reduplicate
pretend to be
recite
characterize
US
personify
exhibit
dissemble
pass oneself off as
pretend
image
bluff
pass yourself off as
exemplify
picture
characterise
UK
illustrate
dupe
say again
put on an act
knock off
take the piss out of
adopt
interpret
recreate
restate
match
pervert
regurgitate
execute
misrepresent
deride
falsify
model
typify
imagine
phony
US
reenact
chant
display
suppose
phoney
UK
masquerade
manifold
recall
Photostat
double as
pirate
resemble
second
redouble
stat
mimeo
delineate
photograph
purport
repeat mechanically
repeat mindlessly
trot out
put on a front
assume the role
make up
put on airs
make out like
repeat back
guy
take someone off
hoke
send-up
pastiche
adapt
make a monkey out of
make a mockery of
play on
farce
express
buffoon
clown
detail
outline
describe
give a picture of
purport to be
represent oneself as
profess to be
profess
play at
fantasize
US
play the part of
fantasise
UK
improvise
recapitulate
fabricate
pass off
assume character
dress as
signify
glass
double
correspond
illuminate
stage
emote
manifest
develop
phony up
mint
defraud
coin
circulate bad money
cheat
delude
make money
recap
rehearse
reaffirm
reprise
act a part
play a role
ring
rubber-stamp
react
rebound
vibrate
respond
correspond to
remake
redo
become
take on
pose
take the part of
iterate
ingeminate
dramatize
US
ham
produce
evince
dramatise
UK
reconstruct
are
lay on
incarnate
disparage
jest
sheikh
UK
jeer
sheik
US
roast
joke
twist
pretend to have
come to have
turn into
present as
paint
draw
sketch
restamp
reawaken
recount
stereotype
perform again
type
revive
engross
reprint
relive
profess to have
follow example
re-echo
laugh at
limn
follow the example of
do a take-off
behave like
follow suit
take the mickey
front
do again
say
poke fun at
make as if
figure
take leaf out of book
borrow
plagiarize
US
character
paint a picture of
put in words
evoke
set out
paint in words
draw a picture of
paint a mental picture of
do a takeoff of
model after
do likewise
pattern after
plagiarise
UK
trace
photocopy
play a part
follow in footsteps
do an impression
reel off
try to be like
make a copy of
make a replica of
pass as
posture
attitudinize
disguise oneself as
instantiate
incorporate
assume the role of
body
emblematize
disguise yourself
body forth
be the embodiment of
stand for
give human form to
be the incarnation of
give human shape to
be representative of
do as
carry off
look like
go as
be disguised as
dress oneself up as
make out
set oneself up as
showboat
disguise as
grandstand
assume the identity of
feign the identity of
mask as
externalize
US
materialize
US
substantiate
personalize
US
peacock
give the appearance of
affect the role of
pass oneself of as
encapsulate
fake being
make like a
assume the character of
pass yourself off
exteriorize
contain
objectify
hominify
personalise
UK
materialise
UK
personize
live as
bring alive
externalise
UK
give a human face
make human
go through the motions of
show off
strike an attitude
behave affectedly
strike a pose
cop an attitude
put up a front
assume an attitude
take off as
demonstrate
equal
betoken
mean
be symbolic of
be a symbol of
equate
act in place of
buy for
serve as
factor
be a typical sample of
substitute for
equate with
substitute
steward
appear as
act as
sell for
play the part
more ❯
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▲
To tell an untruth or falsehood
lie
fib
fabricate
prevaricate
dissimulate
deceive
delude
falsify
mislead
bluff
exaggerate
misrepresent
con
dissemble
equivocate
hoax
hoodwink
misinform
perjure
pretend
beguile
dupe
misguide
misspeak
misstate
trick
bull
distort
forswear
fudge
gaslight
misinstruct
overdraw
palter
pervert
snow
tell a falsehood
tell an untruth
be untruthful
concoct a story
depart from the truth
stretch the truth
string along
tell a lie
tell stories
bear false witness
be economical with the truth
be forsworn
break promise
commit perjury
fake it
forswear oneself
have on
make up a story
not speak the truth
not tell the truth
perjure oneself
put on the wrong track
say something untrue
tell untruths
throw off the scent
forswear yourself
invent a story
make believe
perjure yourself
put on
put up a front
send on a wild goose chase
tell a terminological inexactitude
frame someone
lead astray
BS
tell a white lie
lack candor
lie through one's teeth
fake
jive
bamboozle
take in
invent
trump up
fool
garble
belie
feign
snooker
humbug
cozen
sucker
hornswoggle
gaff
gull
gammon
have
spoof
juggle
burn
buffalo
spin a yarn
catch
phony up
lead on
suck in
fake out
cover up
forge
concoct
tell lies
twist
warp
kid
misinterpret
slant
make up
misreport
cheat
cook
misrelate
color
US
colour
UK
bend
scam
promote
manipulate
defraud
betray
double-cross
double-talk
hedge
put on an act
put a spin on
take for a ride
tergiversate
quibble
fence
dodge
shuffle
pussyfoot
flannel
cavil
sidestep
shilly-shally
be evasive
evade
stall
vacillate
temporize
US
counterfeit
devise
give the wrong impression
be vague
be non-committal
misdirect
parry questions
dodge the issue
alter
beat about the bush
temporise
UK
disinform
doctor
disguise
change
beg the question
doublespeak
bias
illude
shuck
stall for time
duck the issue
hum and haw
propagandize
US
misquote
bilk
swindle
adulterate
mousetrap
propagandise
UK
beat around the bush
embroider
skew
tamper with
lie to
embellish
pull the wool over somebody's eyes
pass off
give wrong information to
pull the wool over someone's eyes
lead one down the garden path
lead up the garden path
four-flush
pull wool over eyes
give someone a bum steer
wrong steer
put up smoke screen
take out of context
put on false front
do a number on
quote out of context
bait and switch
angle
pull the wool over one's eyes
pull one's leg
put one over on
coin
form
do
lead down the garden path
flimflam
swear falsely
lie under oath
hose
inveigle
shaft
seduce
outfox
rook
entice
bunk
tempt
ensnare
victimize
US
overreach
entangle
enmesh
victimise
UK
lure
caboodle
bait
impose on
outwit
plant
shovel
tell a fib
waffle
debase
corrupt
massage
prejudice
rip off
pull a swifty on
lead up garden path
take someone in
play trick on
take someone for a ride
pull a fast one on
rope in
create fiction
vitiate
spin
make like
parry
fix
contravene
salt
dress up
contort
rig
fiddle
traverse
gloss
frame up
deacon
speak with forked tongue
waver
deteriorate
wind
interfere with
tinker with
knot
crush
melt
decline
whitewash
curve
writhe
slump
gnarl
put one on
sag
make out like
deviate
misconstrue
collapse
tell a little white lie
hesitate
weasel
be ambiguous
manufacture
escape
elude
flip-flop
tergiverse
eschew
evade the issue
adumbrate
stonewall
pull someone's leg
excogitate
construct
contrive
pussyfoot around
fudge the issue
shuffle about
hatch
avoid the issue
cop out
hem and haw
tell white lie
run around
mince words
pass the buck
cop a plea
cloud the issue
sit on the fence
blow hot and cold
give run around
straddle the fence
duck the question
tell untruth
drum up
think up
cook up
simulate
conjure up
dream up
vamp up
vamp
create out of thin air
shift
dither
sidestep the issue
put off
sham
bunco
blag
give a false colour to
psych out
strain
parody
conceal
travesty
cheese
blarney
blow smoke
give a false idea of
miscolor
cloak
beard
stretch
mask
mangle
build up
pirate
confuse
overstate
give a false account of
dress
puff
gyp
stiff
diddle
sting
fleece
finagle
mulct
screw
euchre
entrap
beat
hustle
chisel
shortchange
skin
bleed
chouse
pluck
short
stick
swizzle
take to the cleaners
ream
take advantage of
sharp
squeeze
sell a pup to
skunk
thimblerig
shake down
nobble
do in
outmanoeuvre
UK
chicane
outmaneuver
US
exploit
circumvent
sandbag
befool
milk
make a fool of
juke
embezzle
disappoint
thwart
defeat
wheedle
outsmart
sell
fox
trap
decoy
take
gazump
clip
double-deal
bewilder
stitch up
outgeneral
baffle
do the dirty on
allure
coax
set up
pull a fast one
foil
goldbrick
solicit
manoeuvre
UK
sweet-talk
outslick
outjockey
cajole
swizz
rob
frustrate
induce
gouge
maneuver
US
outdo
outthink
steal a march on
outguess
top
goose
worst
jip
cap
pull somebody's leg
screw over
get the better of
sell a pup
enchant
end run
figure out
captivate
persuade
bewitch
soft-soap
woo
jockey
hook
catch out
joke
fascinate
butter up
outplay
out-think
stump
trim
overcome
mock
jerk around
steer
banter
jolly
have someone on
pull fast one
get round
ruin
frame
get around
run rings round
throw dust in someone's eyes
do out of
be cleverer than
make rings round
run a game on
do someone in the eye
sell a bill of goods to
troll
make a monkey of
make somebody look an idiot
impose
lead off
deke
stretch the rules
bend the rules
pull something funny
stack the cards
hit below the belt
tease
slip something over on
pull in
use
flirt
trifle
dally
dust
outperform
toy
entrance
charm
attract
pilfer
coquet
wanton
hypnotize
US
dazzle
blind
mesmerize
US
spellbind
pull something
cuckold
win over
throw
overcharge
sway
play dirty
impose upon
take for
play away
cross up
step out
play a trick on
make a sucker of
wangle
impress
take to cleaners
play joke on
beat out of
take for ride
give the runaround
make a fool of somebody
catfish
double deal
play-act
send on a wild-goose chase
toy with
trifle with
dally with
play with
bleed dry
lead somebody down the garden path
pull wool over
bilk of
extort
steal
wind up
go one better than
hypnotise
UK
mesmerise
UK
shave
play
finesse
defy
take to the cleaner's
do number on
sucker into
play for a fool
flam
play a jest on
play a prank on
play a joke on
murphy
hocus-pocus
play a practical joke on
make use of
put one over on someone
play games with
cross
rebel against
disobey
rush
pull a fast one on someone
be sold a pup
sell a bill of goods
lirt
crib
blench
rogue
belirt
play for a sucker
string someone along
challenge
short-change
draw
snare
play games
stage-manage
pull strings
pull wires
sell down the river
twist around your little finger
take out
fast talk
invite
give bum steer
break the rules
give the shaft
distract
come on
toll
ensorcell
tout
egg one on
shill
wile
obsess
pull
best
bribe
stupefy
let down
sell out
come on to
play fast and loose with
enrapture
besot
sweep off one's feet
yuck
yuk
jest
jape
fun
josh
quip
gag
wisecrack
chaff
infatuate
bypass
make sport of
rag
poke fun at
ridicule
make fun of
yank somebody's chain
bother
blandish
flatter
avoid
skirt
detour
circumnavigate
shortcut
sweep you off your feet
palaver
duck
end-run
outflank
urge
talk into
bootlick
soften
stroke
crowd
tantalize
US
oil
prevail on
push
influence
brownnose
soap
get past
prevent
queer
crimp
cramp
shun
stymie
tantalise
UK
steer clear of
stave off
get out of
ward off
find a way round
rub the right way
work over
make up to
suck up to
play up to
get next to
lay it on thick
spread it on
hand a line
work on
sweeten up
argue into
apple polish
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