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What is another word for pretends?

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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 make a false show or pretense of

To tell a lie or something that is untrue

To claim or profess to be or to appear to be or do something

To pretend to be someone or something that one is not

To tease, typically in a good-natured way

To assume or consider that something is true or correct

To act out a character, typically as a performance

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To make a false show or pretense of

passes oneself off as

makes as if

puts on a false front

shucks and jives

claims falsely

fakes out

goes through the motions

gives the appearance of

makes a show of

lies

fabricates

goes through the motions of

presents a false front

presents a false face

puts on a false display

gives a false identity to

covers up

puts up a smoke screen

personates

does

does an impression of

assumes the character of

represents oneself as

minimizes^US

minimises^UK

sweeps under the carpet

harbours^UK

harbors^US

puts up a smokescreen

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“I cannot pretend to understand the problem.”

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To play or act out a (usually imaginary) role

passes oneself off as

“It was a huge adventure and we'd play silly games and pretend we were pirates on a quest for gold.”

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To imagine or fantasize about something

imagines

fantasises^UK

fantasizes^US

daydreams

envisions

visualises^UK

visualizes^US

builds castles in Spain

builds castles in the air

indulges in fancy

builds castles in air

lives in a dream world

indulges in wool-gathering

gives free rein to the imagination

sees in your mind's eye

forms a picture of

forms a mental picture of

conjures up an image of

realizes^US

realises^UK

builds up a picture of

forms an impression of

reconstructs

regards

divines

conjures up a picture of

calls to mind

dreams of

conjures up a mental picture of

idealizes^US

idealises^UK

takes as a hypothesis

thinks it conceivable

drafts^US

draughts^UK

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“My little sister always liked to pretend that she was a princess.”

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To purport or make a false claim about something

verbalizes^US

verbalises^UK

makes somebody believe

vocalizes^US

publicizes^US

emphasizes^US

emphasises^UK

vocalises^UK

publicises^UK

shouts from the rooftops

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“There are some who pretend to be rich, yet have nothing.”

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To make a false show or pretense of

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To tell a lie or something that is untrue

departs from the truth

tells a terminological inexactitude

creates fiction

tells a fib

speaks with forked tongue

pulls the wool over someone's eyes

tells a little white lie

creates out of thin air

says something untrue

commits perjury

has on

throws off the scent

puts on the wrong track

sends on a wild goose chase

leads astray

BSes

lacks candor

gives the wrong impression

leads up the garden path

gives someone a bum steer

wrong steers

leads down the garden path

victimises^UK

victimizes^US

gives wrong information to

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To claim or profess to be or to appear to be or do something

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To pretend to be someone or something that one is not

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To tease, typically in a good-natured way

satirizes^US

takes the piss out of

satirises^UK

makes a monkey out of

pulls someone's chain

treats contemptuously

plays a practical joke on

plays a practical joke

leads up the garden path

plays a trick on

laughs out of court

makes a game of

makes a laughing-stock

makes someone a laughing stock

has a joke on somebody

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To assume or consider that something is true or correct

theorises^UK

theorizes^US

has sneaking suspicion

swears by

sets forth

takes stock in

takes as a hypothesis

takes as gospel truth

comes to the conclusion

construes

ventures a guess

has a sneaking suspicion

realizes^US

realises^UK

gauges^UK

gages^US

sees something coming

analyzes^US

has a sneaking feeling

analyses^UK

visualizes^US

visualises^UK

recognizes^US

recognises^UK

takes something as given

thinks probable

passes judgment

just knows

thinks it likely that

puts two and two together

swears

brainstorms

reckons on

reads between the lines

subscribes to the opinion

crosses heart

bets one's bottom dollar

takes something on board

sees handwriting on wall

builds castles in air

latches on to

deducts

extracts

has a sneaking suspicion of

jumps to a conclusion

jumps to conclusions about

judges prematurely

makes a hasty assessment about

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To act out a character, typically as a performance

dramatises^UK

dramatizes^US

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