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