DICTOMETER

PRETEND

1. Synonyms:
   • Make-believe
   • Pretend
   Definitions:
   • the enactment of a pretense
   Examples:
   • It was just pretend
   
   

1. Synonyms:
   • Feign
   • Sham
   • Pretend
   • Affect
   • Dissemble
   Definitions:
   • make believe with the intent to deceive
   Examples:
   • He feigned that he was ill
   • He shammed a headache
   
   
2. Synonyms:
   • Dissemble
   • Pretend
   • Act
   Definitions:
   • behave unnaturally or affectedly
   Examples:
   • She's just acting
   
   
3. Synonyms:
   • Pretend
   Definitions:
   • put forward a claim and assert right or possession of
   Examples:
   • Pretend the title of King
   
   
4. Synonyms:
   • Guess
   • Venture
   • Pretend
   • Hazard
   Definitions:
   • put forward, of a guess, in spite of possible refutation
   Examples:
   • I am guessing that the price of real estate will rise again
   • I cannot pretend to say that you are wrong
   
   
5. Synonyms:
   • Make
   • Pretend
   • Make believe
   Definitions:
   • represent fictitiously, as in a play, or pretend to be or act like
   Examples:
   • She makes like an actress
   
   
6. Synonyms:
   • Profess
   • Pretend
   Definitions:
   • state insincerely
   Examples:
   • He professed innocence but later admitted his guilt
   • She pretended not to have known the suicide bomber
   • She pretends to be an expert on wine
   
   

1. Synonyms:
   • Make-believe
   • Pretend
   Definitions:
   • imagined as in a play
   Examples:
   • The make-believe world of theater
   • Play money
   • Dangling their legs in the water to catch pretend fish
   Antonyms:
   • Real
   • Existent