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What is another word for
make believe
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Contexts
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▲
Verb
To pretend or make a show of
To imagine or fantasize about something
To make a supposition for determining its consequences
To do something in a mechanical, unreflective manner, especially as a matter of routine and without commitment or enthusiasm
To make jokes, especially for purposes of teasing someone
To outwardly look or be perceived as
To come up with a false account or representation of something
To imitate (someone or their actions or words), especially in order to entertain or ridicule
(
masquerade as
)
To pretend to be someone one is not
Adjective
Not existing in reality
Unnatural or artificial in one's mannerisms or behavior
Very unusual or remarkable
Noun
A deception or pretense, originally an absurdly obvious one but now in general use
A public entertainment consisting of a procession of people in elaborate, colourful costumes, or an outdoor performance of a historical scene
The faculty or activity of imagining impossible or improbable things
The action of pretending or imagining that things are a certain way
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▲
Verb
▲
To pretend or make a show of
act
playact
feign
fake
play
pretend
simulate
bluff
fool
play-act
act as if
act as though
let on like
make as if
play the part
dissemble
sham
affect
dissimulate
profess
put on
assume
counterfeit
pose
give the appearance of
pass for
put on an act
posture
fabricate
masquerade
disguise
make a show of
go through the motions of
make a pretence of
make-believe
make out
imitate
front
concoct
devise
deceive
invent
let on
put up a front
lie
go through the motions
contrive
put on a front
adopt
strike
pull
take on
spoof
scheme
orchestrate
construct
manufacture
design
stage
mask
hide
veil
conceal
forge
obscure
make a show
hide one's feelings
put on a false front
suppress
cloak
dress up
make a pretense
present a false face
present a false front
beard
camouflage
be dishonest
play at
do a bit
phony up
give appearance of
four-flush
put it on
play possum
put on a false display
put on airs
put on act
kid
mess
malinger
make show of
claim
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
reproduce
create
exaggerate
steal
phoney
UK
favour
UK
phony
US
equivocate
mock up
crib
favor
US
fence
more ❯
“I even tried to
make believe
that I was going to sleep, but that didn't work.”
Verb
▲
To imagine or fantasize about something
imagine
fantasise
UK
fantasize
US
daydream
envision
visualise
UK
visualize
US
dream
envisage
hallucinate
ideate
fancy
muse
romance
woolgather
indulge in fantasy
build castles in Spain
build castles in the air
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
conceit
image
fantasy
conjure up
feature
project
conceptualize
US
depict
perceive
pretend
see in your mind's eye
dream up
form a mental picture of
make up
dream about
think of
form a picture of
see in one's mind
fantasize about
conceptualise
UK
think up
conceive of
romanticize
US
moon
contrive
romanticise
UK
play-act
see visions
head trip
trip out
make-believe
conjure up a mental picture of
divine
view
conjure up a picture of
contemplate
call to mind
bring to mind
dream of
create in your mind
conjure up an image of
evoke
concoct
create
cook up
frame
scheme
consider
think
foresee
anticipate
apprehend
think about
plan
propose
predict
intend
realize
US
behold
mean
believe
realise
UK
regard
figure
ponder
stargaze
meditate
have delusions
see things
be delirious
pipe dream
have nightmares
have visions
give thought to
picture in one's mind's eye
appreciate
represent
portray
depicture
reconstruct
gush
ruminate
rhapsodize
US
suppose
consider the possibility of
entertain the thought of
foretell
guess
surmise
conjecture
rhapsodise
UK
swoon
form an impression of
reckon
suspect
debate
entertain
expect
forecast
build up an impression of
build up a picture of
gather
assume
grasp
objectify
externalize
US
materialize
US
survey
interpret
infer
prophesy
augur
materialise
UK
externalise
UK
stare into space
reflect
object
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
be under the impression
think likely
be of the view
be of the opinion
trip
be inclined to think
have an idea
call up
get the picture
conjure up an picture of
trump up
think it conceivable
think it likely
calculate
look
allow
go
aspire
aim
purpose
purport
design
form a mental image of
long
hanker
pine
lust
crave
idealize
US
idealise
UK
aim at
have hallucinations
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 your sights on
sigh
have as one's goal
have in view
have daymares
hear voices
have delirium tremens
have a trip
see pink elephants
blow your mind
more ❯
“He would
make believe
that she was a noble lady, a queen, perhaps, who was living in disguise.”
Verb
▲
To make a supposition for determining its consequences
say
assume
imagine
suppose
hypothesise
UK
hypothesize
US
presume
presuppose
fancy
infer
picture
visualise
UK
visualize
US
envision
take as a hypothesis
dream
preconceive
supposing
postulate
premise
posit
speculate
hypothecate
conjecture
take for granted
consider
guess
theorize
US
surmise
think
believe
figure
theorise
UK
take it
take as read
accept
expect
suspect
deduce
conclude
daresay
judge
reckon
divine
imply
predicate
suspicion
gather
have a hunch
be afraid
take it as given
hazard
trust
take it as read
take it for granted
take as fact
dare say
depend
pretend
rely
bank on
count on
jump the gun
deem
reason
estimate
understand
opine
glean
find
ascertain
ween
draw the inference
come to the conclusion
be of the opinion
get the idea
be inclined to think
be given to understand
fall for
have sneaking suspicion
count upon
guesstimate
contemplate
deliberate
cogitate
cerebrate
brainstorm
excogitate
dope
offer
put forward
figure out
hazard a guess
dope out
call it
chew over
call the turn
beat one's brains
build castles in air
more ❯
Verb
▲
To do something in a mechanical, unreflective manner, especially as a matter of routine and without commitment or enthusiasm
go through the motions
pretend
fake it
play-act
put it on
put on an act
act
playact
masquerade
impersonate
put on airs
make out like
feign
posture
fake
sham
pose
play
portray
imitate
reproduce
mimic
purport
assume the role
play the part of
play at
pass oneself off as
represent
affect
showboat
grandstand
attitudinize
peacock
profess
pass off
put up a front
strike a pose
strike an attitude
cop an attitude
assume an attitude
take off as
disguise yourself
behave affectedly
show off
simulate
counterfeit
dissemble
front
ham
make up
put on a front
ham it up
put on
make as if
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
mess around
play the fool
put on an act
have on
muck around
muck someone about
wind up
rib
mock
razz
make fun of
pull one's leg
roast
ridicule
rally
rag
pull someone's leg
take the mickey
hoax
ride
taunt
jibe
twit
deride
fool around
fool about
poke fun at
play a prank
pull someone's chain
spoof
pun
needle
sally
retort
shuck
jeer
gibe
satirize
US
satirise
UK
make sport of
play a trick
play a practical joke
play a joke
tell stories
make a monkey out of
remark
slang
set up
frolic
gambol
have a joke on somebody
have a laugh
have a joke with
rot someone
put someone on
be facetious
tell jokes
hoodwink
dupe
delude
deceive
trick
beguile
cozen
con
gull
bamboozle
crack wise
bother
mislead
take in
flimflam
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
goof on
poke mullock at
entertain
prank
haze
smoke
rag on
sling off at
yank someone's chain
play a joke on
play a practical joke on
get a rise out of
take a rise out of
take the piss out of
flout at
pillory
sneer at
bait
annoy
goad
hold up to ridicule
harass
shoot down
put down
scorn
chiack
heckle
pick on
sneer
pan
give a hard time
scoff
flout
scout
skewer
put on
make a fool of
treat with contempt
pester
badger
nudge
disturb
dog
lead on
hector
torment
knock
insult
rot
play with words
sledge
raz
kid around
diss
contemn
slam
pooh-pooh
fleer
make a joke
poke fun
heap scorn on
poke borak at
cock a snook at
call names
laugh out of court
laugh to scorn
frazzle
disdain
disparage
raspberry
slight
dismiss
detract
denigrate
treat contemptuously
show contempt
show contempt for
thumb nose at
vilify
squib
censure
dis
detract from
lout
pour scorn on
dump on
do a number on
clown
revel
humiliate
cartoon
deflate
expose
unmask
abuse
crack jokes
run down
make a game of
make someone a laughing stock
expose to ridicule
rail at
poke borack
show up
make a laughing-stock
hold up to shame
catcall
hiss
interrupt
boo
barrack
horse around
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
make merry
play the clown
blow raspberries at
give the Bronx cheer to
make a crack
plague
worry
hassle
harry
provoke
irritate
aggravate
bedevil
importune
vex
devil
gnaw
beleaguer
sound
snap
flirt with
swipe at
be at
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
remind one of
strike as
be the very picture of
feel
have earmarks of
have hallmarks of
Verb
▲
To come up with a false account or representation of something
trump up
falsify
fake
lie
prevaricate
misrepresent
feign
forge
equivocate
fabricate
pretend
fib
concoct
phoney
UK
phony
US
simulate
devise
misstate
hatch
fudge
make up
tell untruth
tell a white lie
create out of thin air
dream up
invent
conjure up
dissimulate
mislead
delude
deceive
exaggerate
bluff
con
dissemble
hoax
perjure
misinform
hoodwink
trick
beguile
misspeak
misguide
dupe
fake it
put up a front
overdraw
make up a story
tell stories
palter
tell untruths
tell a falsehood
not tell the truth
lead astray
concoct a story
forswear oneself
bear false witness
have on
distort
be forsworn
string along
snow
bull
misinstruct
invent a story
lie through one's teeth
BS
be economical with the truth
say something untrue
put on
depart from the truth
send on a wild goose chase
be untruthful
break promise
pervert
tell a terminological inexactitude
forswear
throw off the scent
stretch the truth
gaslight
tell an untruth
commit perjury
not speak the truth
put on the wrong track
tell a lie
perjure oneself
lack candor
garble
bamboozle
jive
belie
phony up
take in
fool
pull the wool over someone's eyes
cover up
twist
snooker
cozen
sucker
warp
misinterpret
slant
gaff
hornswoggle
misreport
gull
have
cook
humbug
spoof
burn
gammon
promote
buffalo
juggle
colour
UK
misrelate
color
US
bend
catch
manipulate
double-talk
hedge
suck in
put on an act
lead down the garden path
put a spin on
fake out
take for a ride
lead on
tergiversate
quibble
fence
dodge
shuffle
pussyfoot
flannel
cavil
sidestep
shilly-shally
be evasive
evade
stall
vacillate
temporize
US
be vague
be non-committal
misdirect
parry questions
dodge the issue
beat about the bush
alter
kid
temporise
UK
disinform
doctor
cheat
swindle
disguise
beg the question
change
doublespeak
bilk
bias
stall for time
duck the issue
hum and haw
scam
propagandize
US
defraud
misquote
give the wrong impression
adulterate
outwit
betray
mousetrap
propagandise
UK
beat around the bush
embroider
tamper with
skew
lie to
embellish
give wrong information to
lead up the garden path
four-flush
give someone a bum steer
wrong steer
put up smoke screen
spin a yarn
take out of context
put on false front
do a number on
quote out of context
bait and switch
angle
pull one's leg
tell lies
double-cross
put one over on
do
flimflam
prejudice
spin
swear falsely
lie under oath
deteriorate
interfere with
tinker with
whitewash
curve
misconstrue
counterfeit
hose
plant
shovel
illude
inveigle
shaft
seduce
outfox
rook
entice
bunk
tempt
debase
corrupt
massage
ensnare
victimize
US
overreach
entangle
enmesh
victimise
UK
lure
caboodle
bait
impose on
vitiate
waffle
rip off
pull a swifty on
lead up garden path
play trick on
pull a fast one on
rope in
fix
contravene
salt
dress up
contort
rig
fiddle
traverse
gloss
frame up
deacon
parry
tell a fib
create fiction
speak with forked tongue
waver
tell a little white lie
pull someone's leg
hesitate
weasel
be ambiguous
escape
elude
flip-flop
tergiverse
eschew
evade the issue
adumbrate
shuck
stonewall
pussyfoot around
subtilize
fudge the issue
shuffle about
shift
avoid the issue
cop out
hem and haw
tell white lie
mince matters
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
dither
sidestep the issue
put off
give a false colour to
strain
parody
conceal
travesty
cheese
blarney
blow smoke
give a false idea of
miscolor
cloak
pass off
beard
stretch
mask
mangle
build up
pirate
confuse
overstate
give a false account of
dress
puff
more ❯
Verb
▲
To imitate (someone or their actions or words), especially in order to entertain or ridicule
mimic
imitate
parody
mock
caricature
ape
impersonate
do
copy
satirise
UK
satirize
US
burlesque
represent
spoof
travesty
lampoon
play
emulate
act
ridicule
personate
copycat
parrot
mime
sham
fake
perform
monkey
enact
ditto
pantomime
send up
take off
make fun of
do like
go like
do an impression of
do an impersonation of
mirror
simulate
portray
reproduce
echo
follow
repeat
make like
feign
affect
put on
act like
reflect
act out
characterize
US
render
duplicate
assume
characterise
UK
counterfeit
follow the example of
depict
interpret
embody
personify
take after
pose as
pattern after
replicate
clone
parallel
follow in the footsteps of
pretend
put on an act
playact
masquerade as
present
take as a model
take as an example
follow suit
model yourself on
dramatize
US
pass oneself off as
pattern yourself after
dramatise
UK
play-act
distort
pass for
match
take a leaf out of someone's book
exaggerate
dissemble
reduplicate
resemble
reiterate
quote
recite
epitomize
US
epitomise
UK
reecho
exhibit
emote
model after
pretend to be
take as a pattern
play act
play a part
show
ham
take the piss out of
say again
play the part of
approximate
adopt
recreate
restate
bluff
pervert
regurgitate
execute
misrepresent
deride
come close to
model
rehearse
style oneself on
reenact
strut
star
mimeo
masquerade
chant
dupe
carbon
display
be consistent with
be similar to
smack of
adopt the style of
have earmarks of
be the very picture of
mug
exemplify
manifold
follow in footsteps
Photostat
symbolise
UK
symbolize
US
double as
picture
bear a resemblance to
bear resemblance to
take part
Xerox
play gig
play role
tread the boards
play part
have signs of
look a lot like
knock off
repeat mechanically
repeat mindlessly
trot out
assume the role
ham it up
put on airs
make out like
repeat back
guy
hoke
send-up
pastiche
make a monkey out of
profess
stage
manifest
play at
take
make a mockery of
play on
adapt
draw inspiration
typify
incarnate
recapitulate
purport to be
represent oneself as
profess to be
cheat
produce
evince
pretend to have
image
pass off
assume character
dress as
delude
recap
reaffirm
reprise
follow example
profess to have
defraud
appear
develop
act a part
play a role
do a take-off
behave like
act as
improvise
detail
outline
describe
give a picture of
illustrate
remake
redo
iterate
ingeminate
recall
stooge
borrow
perform as
take the part of
reconstruct
become
take on
be one of the cast
make debut
be an actor
go over
bring down the house
be on
put it over
be an actress
do a turn
go on
be influenced
be inspired
pose
illuminate
delineate
take leaf out of book
be like
correspond to
second
redouble
equal
rival
be sparked
be guided
be impacted
be dictated
be driven
be affected
be impressed
be motivated
lay on
posture
compete with
surpass
act the part of
take the role of
appear as
restamp
reawaken
recount
stereotype
photograph
perform again
type
revive
pirate
engross
reprint
relive
bring to mind
coincide with
come near
look like
remind one of
outdo
rivalize
outvie
compete
vie with
contend with
contend
challenge
disparage
jest
sheikh
UK
jeer
sheik
US
roast
joke
twist
re-echo
come to have
turn into
come near to
be the equal of
forge
are
laugh at
do again
front
be on a par with
take the mickey
present as
purport
be in the same league as
plagiarize
US
poke fun at
put it on
make as if
put on a front
make up
stat
plagiarise
UK
trace
photocopy
say
do a takeoff of
do likewise
do an impression
try to be like
make a copy of
make a replica of
reel off
play to the gallery
rip off
pattern oneself on
follow in someone's steps
take as a role model
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
make-believe
put on an act
do as
go as
look like
carry off
Adjective
▲
Not existing in reality
incredible
fictitious
fictional
mythical
contrived
fantastical
mythic
fantastic
imaginary
unreal
make-believe
unheard of
made-up
fanciful
imagined
invented
fabulous
pretend
chimerical
visionary
fantasied
phantom
imaginal
ideal
chimeric
phantasmal
phantasmic
notional
illusory
fabricated
fictive
legendary
hallucinatory
dreamlike
delusive
fairy-tale
suppositious
nonexistent
fancied
hypothetical
concocted
whimsical
apocryphal
supposititious
storybook
figmental
non-existent
dreamed-up
untrue
romantic
false
mythological
imaginative
fantasy
sham
unsubstantial
fake
theoretical
phantasmagoric
fabled
quixotic
delusory
artificial
devised
illusive
made up
trumped up
unbelievable
imitation
abstract
traditional
seeming
misleading
ostensible
shadowy
imagal
model
folkloric
heroic
idealized
US
assumed
replica
extravagant
absurd
pretended
toy
wild
proverbial
poetic
utopian
phantasmagorical
virtual
dreamy
reproduction
symbolic
allegorical
deceptive
insubstantial
spurious
bogus
storied
pseudo
synthetic
mistaken
fallacious
phoney
UK
spectral
apparent
semblant
apparitional
thought up
hyped up
product of someone's imagination
invisible
fool's paradise
enchanted
magic
aerial
blue-sky
idealised
UK
phony
US
magical
out of this world
all in one's head
surreal
ethereal
symbolical
trumped-up
simulated
vain
highly colored
specious
created out of thin air
supposed
improvised
figment of imagination
in your head
fantasized
US
dream
queer
fantasised
UK
play-play
conceived
dreamt up
miniature
manufactured
deceitful
otherworldly
unworldly
created
unattainable
prepared
estimated
academic
all in the mind
dummy
unworkable
ivory-towered
unachievable
unfeasible
impracticable
impractical
Utopian
copy
duplicate
lookalike
mercurial
transcendental
in the clouds
pie-in-the-sky
unearthly
high-flown
out-of-reach
ivory-tower
mental
transcendent
far-fetched
preposterous
simulation
facsimile
mock-up
counterfeit
representative
ridiculous
curious
tall
famed
capricious
crackpot
offbeat
flakey
US
implausible
unlikely
kinky
cock and bull
hard to swallow
blue sky
flaky
UK
hard to take
pipe dream
vaporous
far out
pie in the sky
castles in the air
fairy tale
floating
on cloud nine
parabolic
famous
wonderful
outstanding
remarkable
epic
important
impressive
extraordinary
mock
intangible
immaterial
nebulous
impalpable
insincere
unnatural
weird
faux
reachy
inaccurate
wrong
incorrect
erroneous
inexact
unsound
untruthful
distorted
flawed
invalid
unfounded
out
off
misguided
in error
economical with the truth
feigned
filled with dreams
literary
acted
fraudulent
oneiric
wistful
vague
gentle
excellent
astral
speculative
introspective
marvelous
US
woolgathering
musing
lulling
soothing
abstracted
misty
nightmarish
preoccupied
pensive
introvertive
daydreaming
calming
relaxing
idealistic
dream-filled
doubtful
dubious
debatable
equivocal
unverified
unsubstantiated
unauthenticated
questionable
uncanonical
marvellous
UK
moony
ungenuine
expressive
lying
creative
dishonest
fresh
exotic
original
unfactual
counterfactual
baseless
nonfactual
inspired
artistic
inventive
eccentric
fancy
quirky
originative
flighty
artful
fertile
freakish
ingenious
brilliant
genius
experimental
unconventional
innovative
freaky
keen
radical
innovational
unorthodox
vivid
revolutionary
bizarre
astute
far-out
head in the clouds
out of touch with reality
avant-garde
Promethean
more ❯
Adjective
▲
Unnatural or artificial in one's mannerisms or behavior
pretended
fake
false
bogus
pseudo
sham
spurious
affected
assumed
feigned
phoney
UK
professed
purported
so-called
contrived
mock
ostensible
pretend
simulated
counterfeit
faked
alleged
imaginary
insincere
make-believe
quasi-
artificial
factitious
forced
hypocritical
imitation
mechanical
phony
US
plastic
put-on
strained
unnatural
avowed
fictitious
forged
fraudulent
bluffing
charlatan
cheating
concealed
covered
dissimulated
falsified
impostrous
imposturous
in name only
lying
masked
quack
shammed
supposed
unauthentic
inauthentic
cod
dummy
ersatz
faux
queer
not genuine
substitute
manufactured
snide
synthetic
deceptive
imitative
made-up
mimic
untrue
man-made
fabricated
pseudonymous
invalid
unreal
pseud
replica
dud
misleading
trick
phoney-baloney
phony-baloney
invented
concocted
improvised
adopted
unqualified
fishy
dishonest
mimetic
copycat
facsimile
model
specious
apish
quasi
fallacious
actorly
dissembling
worthless
hoax
toy
hokey
reproduced
not what it is cracked up to be
double-dealing
reproduction
pirate
meretricious
practice
trial
ungenuine
adulterine
trumped-up
delusive
delusory
wrong
deceiving
beguiling
deluding
incorrect
erroneous
deceitful
unfounded
copied
mistaken
not kosher
distorted
sophistical
unsound
inaccurate
illusory
inexact
faulty
flawed
imprecise
off
virtual
pirated
supposititious
made up
trumped up
illogical
untruthful
sophistic
ungrounded
mad
apocryphal
unreasoned
hollow
misguided
counterfactual
framed
Hollywood
plant
brummagem
pretentious
bent
crock
two-faced
truthless
improper
reasonless
superficial
fanciful
casuistic
misrepresentative
colored
US
coloured
UK
self-styled
won't fly
soft shell
way off
not real
not legit
cooked-up
bad
fakey
suppositious
pinchbeck
knock-off
would-be
unreasonable
irrational
glib
wannabe
bootlegged
as it were
misinformed
pseudo-
to all intents and purposes
copy
illusive
unsubstantiated
baseless
foundationless
groundless
unproven
duplicate
dicey
iffy
unsupported
ill-founded
uncorroborated
dodgy
unoriginal
crooked
engineered
off the mark
contrary to fact
without basis
without foundation
apparent
seeming
counterfeited
economical with the truth
off beam
full of holes
way off beam
nominal
ostensive
semi-
near
reported
null
imagined
nonbinding
inoperative
null and void
void
illegal
nonvalid
not binding
uncollectible
nugatory
mythical
fantasy
fantasized
US
dream
fancied
dreamed-up
chimerical
fantasied
visionary
fabulous
chimeric
phantom
mythic
phantasmal
fantastical
fictive
imaginal
ideal
fictional
notional
phantasmic
fantastic
play-play
fantasised
UK
acted
more ❯
Adjective
▲
Very unusual or remarkable
extraordinary
remarkable
exceptional
unique
amazing
astonishing
phenomenal
rare
unusual
odd
singular
peculiar
uncommon
curious
strange
surprising
astounding
fantastic
incredible
sensational
miraculous
momentous
notable
prodigious
striking
stunning
unbelievable
arresting
eye-catching
fanciful
improbable
unforgettable
weird
absurd
conspicuous
dubious
noteworthy
preposterous
ridiculous
special
spectacular
stupendous
uncustomary
unrealistic
unwonted
wild
aberrant
aberrated
abnormal
anomalous
atypical
bizarre
doubtful
especial
exceeding
extraordinaire
extravagant
eye-popping
fantastical
freak
funny
grandiose
implausible
irrational
ludicrous
nonsensical
offbeat
out-of-the-way
preternatural
queer
serious
tremendous
unaccustomed
uncanny
unco
unlikely
unprecedented
whimsical
wondrous
amazeballs
cockamamie
comical
crazy
foolish
inconceivable
insane
mad
oddball
unfamiliar
unimaginable
unreal
unthinkable
wacky
zany
flash
forby
gnarly
hare-brained
heavy
unexpected
far-fetched
make-believe
off the wall
off-the-wall
out of the ordinary
unheard-of
never to be forgotten
off beaten path
out of this world
eccentric
imaginary
unconvincing
illusory
incredulous
capricious
ambitious
unconceivable
erratic
misleading
visionary
romantic
uncompelling
artificial
suppositious
different
extreme
illusive
daft
potty
barmy
hallucinatory
outré
out of sight
cock-and-bull
cock-eyed
staggering
mind-blowing
mind-boggling
jaw-dropping
eye-opening
breathtaking
marvellous
UK
startling
marvelous
US
impressive
awesome
overwhelming
awe-inspiring
wonderful
sublime
fabulous
stupefying
shocking
brilliant
unheard of
fascinating
freakish
dramatic
dazzling
outlandish
flabbergasting
blindsiding
dumbfounding
jolting
dumfounding
jarring
confounding
portentous
awful
bewildering
freaky
gee-whizz
enthralling
beyond belief
awe-striking
hard to swallow
superhuman
kooky
electrifying
screwy
imposing
outrageous
far-out
outstanding
glorious
exciting
thrilling
superior
impossible
baffling
befuddling
unsettling
unnerving
unforeseen
flustering
theatrical
unannounced
unanticipated
heart-stopping
blinding
formidable
supreme
splendid
magnificent
devastating
memorable
excellent
superb
splendorous
fine
signal
exhilarating
great
providential
unparalleled
magical
powerful
bold
emphatic
quirky
fab
royal
super
unconventional
flamboyant
showy
inexplicable
unaccountable
distressing
commanding
quaint
splashy
bodacious
hard to believe
monstrous
wonderworking
supermundane
numinous
supranatural
grabby
cranky
kenspeckle
whacky
unorthodox
irregular
bizarro
arrestive
kinky
telling
rum
strong
kookie
forcible
funky
idiosyncratic
jazzy
forceful
weirdo
queerish
the utmost
dynamite
lofty
first-rate
first-class
deviant
exotic
unknown
droll
grotesque
clear-cut
daggy
disturbing
disquieting
barbarous
awkward
alien
foreign
empyreal
sensorial
some
enchanting
bewitching
captivating
heart-stirring
theatric
mind-bending
way-out
off-centre
off-kilter
spaced-out
left-field
out there
far out
out of the way
in left field
unspeakable
ineffable
immense
untold
legendary
unutterable
unthought of
rad
out-of-this-world
questionable
flimsy
incogitable
harebrained
infeasible
reaching
undreamed of
flakey
US
unsubstantial
scatterbrained
thin
flaky
UK
cockeyed
lamebrained
fishy
weak
suspect
phoney
UK
phony
US
beyond one's wildest dreams
beyond the realm of reason
top drawer
difficult to believe
too much
past belief
for the birds
open to doubt
won't hold water
scarcely credible
full of holes
won't wash
more ❯
Noun
▲
A deception or pretense, originally an absurdly obvious one but now in general use
charade
pretence
UK
act
fake
farce
masquerade
pantomime
parody
facade
front
show
airs
disguise
façade
guise
mockery
playacting
pose
pretense
US
put-on
semblance
sham
travesty
deception
imitation
make-believe
mimicry
pageant
pretension
pretentiousness
simulacrum
simulation
trick
false display
feigning
posturing
mask
veneer
veil
posture
posing
dissimulation
cloak
hoax
false front
appearance
cover
display
subterfuge
artifice
faking
play-acting
fakery
falsification
acting
affectation
smokescreen
counterfeit
con
fabrication
ostentation
insincerity
bluff
hokum
stall
shamming
illusion
deceit
schtick
false pretense
ruse
dumb act
false show
false appearance
outward appearance
screen
humbug
air
trickery
imposture
face
cover-up
red herring
misrepresentation
affectedness
invention
routine
artificiality
shuffling
stunt
garb
evasion
image
snivel
impression
camouflage
double-dealing
dissemblance
snobbery
pretensions
inflation
grandiosity
superciliousness
ploy
phoney
UK
exaggeration
side
likeness
phony
US
covering
a put-on
snootiness
uppishness
impersonation
a put-up job
pretext
attitudinizing
feint
dress
self-deception
fig leaf
airs and graces
going Hollywood
smoke screen
showing off
assumed manners
putting on an act
unnatural imitation
putting on airs
bluffing
pretending
hoaxing
mummery
personation
color
US
colour
UK
revel
costume
masking
attitude
performance
false colours
stance
putting on a front
assuming a front
chaser
hamming
dissimilation
sweet talk
soft soap
arrogance
shuck and jive
stratagem
play
wile
expedient
gambit
manoeuvre
UK
hoodwinking
device
maneuver
US
machination
contrivance
cheat
bait
shift
dodge
snare
blind
distraction
mock attack
duck
put-up job
falsehood
showing
suggestion
claim
effect
fraud
profession
forgery
reproduction
copy
mock-up
dummy
lookalike
dupe
pinchbeck
knock-off
pirate
rip-off
pseudo
four-flusher
scam
sleight
junque
gold brick
flimflam
spoof
replica
imposition
swindle
window dressing
exterior
look
gloss
shroud
concealment
smoke and mirrors
curtain
disguisement
wraps
false colors
public image
mien
suppression
aspect
beard
whitewash
layer
window-dressing
mantle
coloring
US
hood
hiding
colouring
UK
shield
scheme
hypocrisy
form
expression
role
bearing
blanket
false face
coverture
penumbra
pall
cope
dissembling
carriage
figure
secretion
disguising
hushing up
keeping hidden
covering up
name
keeping secret
seeming
surface
excuse
robe
manner
envelope
shade
visage
countenance
demeanour
UK
lie
misstatement
outward display
character
presentation
shell
outside
mannerism
manifestation
demeanor
US
closeting
attractive appearance
stand
shape
mode
move
mere façade
personality
identity
part
smoke-screen
a scene
an act
portrayal
outward show
phoniness
self
fakeness
frontage
approximation
outward
personage
person
resemblance
external appearance
outward form
persona
public face
assumed role
similitude
alikeness
mood
similarity
affinity
aura
feel
feeling
fantasy
caching
stashing
burial
veil of secrecy
-gate
hush-up
placing under wraps
seal of secrecy
duplicity
imagination
daydreaming
dream
unreality
dishonesty
misprision
guile
dreaming
romancing
fancy
hide-out
obscuration
occultation
obliteration
lying
delusion
hiding place
cunning
dupery
piousness
deceptiveness
crookery
cant
foxiness
wiliness
craftiness
cozenage
concealing
counterfeiting
cunningness
craft
crookedness
cheating
guilefulness
deceitfulness
shrouding
veiling
codology
kidology
story
role-playing
fairy tale
game
vizard
visor
domino
stocking mask
more ❯
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
make-believe
motorcade
pomp
tableau vivant
presentation
performance
exhibit
gala
festival
expo
demonstration
showing
event
trade fair
showcase
demo
bazaar
march
ceremony
fanfare
pageantry
tattoo
production
airing
retrospective
sight
marketplace
county fair
view
special
arrangement
diorama
fete
mart
ratha yatra
program
US
panoply
programme
UK
gilly
kermis
hippodrome
three-ring
revel
convention
picture
march-past
observance
trade event
occasion
centennial
fireworks
human representation
burlesque
caricature
musical
parody
variety
divertissement
big top
flight of fancy
acrobatics
pyrotechnics
biennale
mounting
offering
public display
world fair
viewing
staging
trade show
illustration
revelation
slide show
televising
broadcast
playing
rendition
screening
portrayal
organizing
US
organising
UK
more ❯
Noun
▲
The faculty or activity of imagining impossible or improbable things
fantasy
imagination
creativity
fancy
invention
originality
contrivance
ideation
imaginativeness
inventiveness
speculation
vision
daydreaming
reverie
chimaera
UK
chimera
US
fabrication
thought
unreality
visualisation
UK
visualization
US
make-believe
creative thought
flight of fancy
imaginative faculty
conception
daydream
dream
imaginative power
pipe dream
castle in the air
creation of the brain
mental image
mind's eye
castle in Spain
phantasy
ingenuity
cleverness
creativeness
innovativeness
ingeniousness
resourcefulness
innovation
inspiration
artistry
genius
enterprise
brilliance
creative power
initiative
creative gift
creative talent
imagery
design
creative spirit
fancifulness
wit
fertility
expressiveness
individuality
productivity
fecundity
visualizations
US
images
visualisations
UK
creative skill
creative faculty
mental images
more ❯
Noun
▲
The action of pretending or imagining that things are a certain way
pretence
UK
pretense
US
fantasy
delusion
dream
illusion
unreality
fancy
fiction
imagination
daydreaming
nonsense
dreaming
romancing
fairy tale
make-believe
self-deception
castles in the air
misconception
fallacy
misapprehension
phantasm
hallucination
chimera
US
misbelief
deception
daydream
error
myth
image
rainbow
bubble
misimpression
confusion
invention
trip
seeming
mockery
head trip
false impression
ignis fatuus
pipe dream
fool's paradise
chimaera
UK
mirage
apparition
semblance
paramnesia
idolism
ghost
virtual reality
optical illusion
figment of imagination
ignus fatuus
hocus-pocus
deja vu
phantasma
will-o'-the-wisp
falsehood
falsity
conceit
artifice
figment
phantasy
untruth
fantasm
misjudgement
nonentity
misjudgment
castles in Spain
sense
feeling
vision
mistaken impression
idea
sensation
false belief
castle in the air
figment of the imagination
reverie
pie in the sky
mistake
misinterpretation
notion
misconstruction
fabrication
wraith
castle in Spain
nightmare
phantom
aberration
flight of fancy
mistaken belief
misunderstanding
miscalculation
wishful thinking
impression
false hope
thought
misreading
visualization
US
mental picture
vagary
phantasmagoria
air castle
wish
imagining
visualisation
UK
false notion
mix-up
castle in the sky
conception
spectre
UK
wrong idea
unrealizable dream
heresy
specter
US
trance
musing
speculation
phantasmagory
aspiration
mental image
empty wish
eggs in moonshine
misconstrual
conceptualization
US
creation
desire
whim
wool-gathering
whimsy
hope
airy hope
lie
story
golden dream
unreal hope
conceptualisation
UK
superstition
unrealistic hope
fanciful notion
misconstruing
self-delusion
conceiving
smoke and mirrors
incomprehension
flight of imagination
misknowledge
mind trip
fond hope
images
incubus
unorthodoxy
production
old wivesʼ tale
fable
empty promise
Xanadu
jam tomorrow
concoction
wrong belief
delirium
improvisation
oversight
lapse
snare
mistaken idea
end of the rainbow
ambition
plan
aim
vanity
monstrosity
monster
bogy
pink elephants
fantastic notion
false interpretation
fault
picture
perception
unreasonable expectation
foolish expectation
irrational expectation
unrealistic expectation
cognition
fata morgana
confounding
misreckoning
wrong end of the stick
apprehension
transient phenomenon
short-lived phenomenon
credulity
magic
sorcery
mental vision
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