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What is another word for
put on an act
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To make a false show or pretense of
To make a false show or pretense of
To perform or posture in an exaggerated manner, seeking attention and approval
To make jokes, especially for purposes of teasing someone
To give or deliver false, fake, or misleading information
To act out a character, typically as a performance
To behave in a manner intended to impress
(
masquerade as
)
To pretend to be someone one is not
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Verb
▲
To make a false show or pretense of
feign
pretend
fake
sham
pose
simulate
bluff
ham
invent
play-act
put it on
make up
let on like
play possum
play the part
play to the gallery
put on a pretense
act
make believe
playact
masquerade
posture
put on airs
counterfeit
dissemble
affect
profess
imitate
play
reproduce
impersonate
fake it
put on
make out like
assume
lie
portray
put on a front
mimic
assume the role
purport
pass for
play the part of
go through the motions
front
ham it up
make as if
dissimulate
pass off as
kid
hoax
pass off
put up a front
strike a pose
strike an attitude
grandstand
cop an attitude
assume an attitude
take off as
disguise yourself
showboat
behave affectedly
peacock
show off
attitudinize
play at
pass oneself off as
represent
ape
copy
do
fabricate
mirror
misrepresent
parrot
disguise
concoct
prevaricate
equivocate
phony
US
pirate
resemble
do a take-off
create
exaggerate
give the appearance of
act like
take off
knock off
deceive
conjure up
do like
phoney
UK
feature
act out
mock up
suggest
cheat
go through the motions of
more ❯
“She decided to
put on an act
and pretended to enjoy the play, despite being bored out of her mind.”
Verb
▲
To make a false show or pretense of
pretend
dissemble
dissimulate
make out
let on
feign
sham
fake
simulate
bluff
disguise
affect
act
masquerade
put up a front
put on a front
put on a false front
counterfeit
assume
pose
posture
profess
mask
hide
conceal
veil
cloak
put on
pass for
camouflage
dress up
deceive
lie
obscure
falsify
front
suppress
whitewash
play-act
cover up
put up a smoke screen
hide one's feelings
make-believe
make believe
be dishonest
mislead
doublespeak
cover
pass off as
stonewall
pussyfoot
shroud
shuck and jive
four-flush
make like
double-talk
play possum
adopt
playact
strike
pull
take on
screen
sugarcoat
be dishonest about
sweep under the carpet
minimise
UK
downplay
veneer
soft-pedal
de-emphasize
airbrush
secrete
minimize
US
keep dark
varnish
keep quiet about
hush up
sweep under the rug
keep a lid on
misrepresent
draw a veil over
extenuate
keep secret
make a pretense
present a false face
present a false front
beard
make a show
go through the motions
make a pretence of
give the appearance of
make a show of
go through the motions of
impersonate
kid
purport
pass off
fake it
claim falsely
fake out
pass oneself off as
be deceitful
make as if
be hypocritical
put it on
more ❯
“She really knows how to
put on an act
when it comes to appearing innocent, even though we all know she's guilty.”
Verb
▲
To perform or posture in an exaggerated manner, seeking attention and approval
play to the gallery
perform
posture
ham it up
play to the crowd
play up
show off
play to the cheap seats
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
have on
muck around
muck someone about
wind up
rib
razz
mock
make fun of
roast
rally
pull one's leg
pull someone's leg
take the mickey
ridicule
ride
deride
taunt
jibe
rag
twit
fool around
fool about
play a prank
pull someone's chain
hoax
needle
pun
retort
sally
shuck
gibe
jeer
poke fun at
satirize
US
satirise
UK
play a trick
play a practical joke
play a joke
tell stories
make a monkey out of
slang
frolic
gambol
remark
spoof
have a joke on somebody
have a laugh
be facetious
tell jokes
set up
rot someone
put someone on
crack wise
have a joke with
make sport of
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
play a joke on
play a practical joke on
get a rise out of
take a rise out of
take the piss out of
heckle
bait
flout at
pillory
scorn
sneer at
put down
pick on
hold up to ridicule
shoot down
sneer
scoff
scout
flout
skewer
pester
pan
chiack
sledge
bother
badger
annoy
goad
harass
dog
put on
make a fool of
treat with contempt
give a hard time
hassle
insult
harry
provoke
torment
irritate
aggravate
contemn
knock
hector
rot
raz
slam
fleer
diss
nudge
disturb
mess with
kid around
poke fun
pooh-pooh
cock a snook at
lead on
poke borak at
call names
heap scorn on
laugh out of court
laugh to scorn
frazzle
raspberry
play
joke with
squib
censure
yank someone's chain
treat contemptuously
show contempt
show contempt for
thumb nose at
play with words
humiliate
cartoon
deflate
expose
unmask
boo
clown
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
hiss
revel
hoot
make a joke
catcall
abuse
interrupt
barrack
crack jokes
jab
dig
comeback
snipe
horse around
disdain
slight
blow raspberries
disparage
dis
make merry
shout down
play the clown
shout disapproval
shout at
dismiss
denigrate
boo at
whistle at
catcall at
make a crack
detract
lout
vilify
dump on
pour scorn on
detract from
do a number on
plague
worry
bedevil
importune
vex
devil
gnaw
beleaguer
sound
snap
flirt with
swipe at
be at
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Verb
▲
To give or deliver false, fake, or misleading information
misinform
deceive
fool
delude
hoodwink
mislead
misguide
beguile
bluff
con
dupe
misdirect
bamboozle
disinform
hoax
misstate
prevaricate
snooker
trick
cozen
sucker
doublespeak
gaff
hornswoggle
lie
misrepresent
snow
buffalo
burn
distort
fabricate
gammon
have
humbug
juggle
pervert
propagandise
UK
propagandize
US
spoof
catch
gull
mousetrap
lead astray
lie to
take in
cover up
double-talk
have on
string along
fake out
lead on
put on
suck in
do a number on
pull one's leg
put on false front
take for a ride
bait and switch
give wrong information to
lead down the garden path
lead up the garden path
put on the wrong track
put up smoke screen
give someone a bum steer
pull the wool over someone's eyes
throw off the scent
send on a wild goose chase
wrong steer
scam
bilk
hose
swindle
illude
cheat
inveigle
shaft
bunk
defraud
fudge
kid
outfox
rook
betray
ensnare
victimize
US
jive
victimise
UK
overreach
caboodle
bait
entangle
enmesh
impose on
outwit
rip off
rope in
double-cross
put one over on
pull a fast one on
pull a swifty on
play trick on
give the wrong impression
lead up garden path
diddle
stiff
flimflam
sting
do
fleece
finagle
mulct
screw
euchre
fiddle
hustle
shortchange
chisel
beat
entrap
skin
bunco
bleed
take advantage of
stick
short
chouse
pluck
ream
take to the cleaners
swizzle
sharp
squeeze
skunk
sell a pup to
thimblerig
shake down
nobble
do in
chicane
seduce
outmaneuver
US
exploit
outmanoeuvre
UK
sandbag
milk
befool
make a fool of
lure
juke
stitch up
sell
circumvent
do the dirty on
embezzle
fox
outsmart
trap
clip
take
fake
baffle
bewilder
gazump
entice
tempt
set up
outdo
outslick
pull a fast one
sell down the river
double-deal
outjockey
defeat
top
cross
outthink
goldbrick
gouge
falsify
wheedle
rob
shuck
outguess
outgeneral
cap
swizz
confuse
goose
worst
jip
get the better of
two-time
screw over
steal a march on
allure
end run
figure out
sell a pup
induce
solicit
jockey
outplay
coax
cajole
backstab
hook
manipulate
pull
decoy
frame
thwart
maneuver
US
manoeuvre
UK
trim
disappoint
steer
equivocate
fail
catch out
jerk around
gaslight
out-think
run a game on
play for a sucker
pull fast one
perjure
sell out
forswear
four-flush
be unfaithful to
be cleverer than
run rings round
make rings round
double deal
be disloyal to
do out of
stab in the back
let down
stretch the truth
play someone false
break faith with
commit perjury
do someone in the eye
throw dust in someone's eyes
be economical with the truth
bear false witness
sell a bill of goods to
deke
sham
blag
finesse
play
corrupt
use
lull
stump
psych out
pilfer
throw
play away
cross up
take for a fool
play games with
take to cleaners
play joke on
beat out of
take for ride
overcharge
fix
extort
play a trick on
steal
best
sway
contrive
butty
string on
pull wool over
play-act
dally
trifle
make a sucker of
toy
play for a fool
poke borack
wanton
hand a line
wangle
impress
hocus-pocus
bleed dry
pull someone's leg
wile
do number on
sucker into
flam
rush
bias
slip something over on
sweet-talk
do someone dirty
lirt
crib
blench
rogue
belirt
be sold a pup
sell a bill of goods
toll
fascinate
persuade
toy with
trifle with
dally with
play with
snare
short-change
make use of
lie under oath
swear falsely
ensorcell
tout
play fast and loose with
give the runaround
send on a wild-goose chase
go back on
stretch the rules
play dirty
bend the rules
pull something funny
stack the cards
hit below the belt
take out
fast talk
split
give bum steer
break the rules
be disloyal
be dishonest
step out
give the shaft
misrepresent the truth
come on
distort the truth
betray one's true intentions
play games
stage-manage
pull strings
pull wires
beclown
twist around your little finger
draw
invite
bribe
troll
catfish
make a monkey of
make a monkey out of
make somebody look an idiot
outperform
come on to
sweep off feet
fib
go one better than
dissimulate
exaggerate
pretend
dissemble
misspeak
palter
bull
overdraw
misinstruct
tell an untruth
tell a falsehood
tell stories
be untruthful
tell a lie
concoct a story
depart from the truth
not speak the truth
make up a story
break promise
forswear oneself
say something untrue
not tell the truth
fake it
perjure oneself
tell untruths
be forsworn
BS
invent a story
lie through one's teeth
make believe
lack candor
put up a front
tell a white lie
tell a terminological inexactitude
more ❯
Verb
▲
To act out a character, typically as a performance
characterise
UK
characterize
US
act
play
perform
impersonate
do
imitate
interpret
personate
portray
enact
mime
mimic
personify
burlesque
dramatise
UK
dramatize
US
parody
play a part
act out
play act
pose as
appear
strut
emote
stooge
rehearse
star
represent
ham
take part
mug
put it over
be an actor
go over
tread the boards
be an actress
bring down the house
ham it up
do a turn
masquerade as
play gig
play part
go on
be on
make debut
be one of the cast
play the part of
play role
pretend
play-act
play to the gallery
simulate
depict
star as
come on stage
take part in
take the part of
come onstage
take the role of
more ❯
Verb
▲
To behave in a manner intended to impress
strut
show off
showboat
attitudinize
pose
swagger
swank
flourish
hotdog
parade
behave affectedly
put on airs
strike an attitude
cop an attitude
play to audience
strike a pose
give oneself airs
swagger around
advertize oneself
draw attention to oneself
make a spectacle of
hot dog
grandstand
posture
play to the crowd
play to the gallery
impress
attract attention
prance
hot-dog
be ostentatious
flaunt it
peacock
skylark
flounce
flaunt
make a splash
act up
make one's presence felt
make your presence felt
play to the cheap seats
get noticed
turn heads
self-glorify
ham up
display
swash
swashbuckle
lord
brandish
bigfoot
behave confidently
behave arrogantly
make a show
do something for effect
try to attract attention
lord it
look big
parade one's wares
walk heavy
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
mimic
act
ape
parody
mock
caricature
represent
copy
satirize
US
burlesque
spoof
travesty
enact
ditto
lampoon
mirror
monkey
embody
double as
make fun of
satirise
UK
dress as
take off
send up
feign
affect
mime
assume
give the appearance of
emulate
ridicule
copycat
parrot
sham
perform
pantomime
make believe
do like
go like
do an impersonation of
guy
hoke
play at
make out
go through the motions of
assume the role of
more ❯
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