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pretend


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IMAGINARY


It doesn't make sound, Mummy, it's a pretend guitar!

Synonyms and examples


imaginary
Our daughter had an imaginary friend when she was six.
made-up
The comedian started with some obviously made-up stories about hanging out with the Queen.
make-believe
disapproving
Some politicians seem to live in a make-believe world where everything revolves around their interests.
non-existent
These accounts are used to sell fake or non-existent goods.
fantastic
Her books were filled with magicians and fantastic creatures.
fantastical
The illustrator was known for his fantastical creations.
fictional
Some people end up believing that the fictional characters they see on TV are real.
fictitious
He gave the police a fictitious address.

Antonym and example


real
The doctor assured his patient that her condition was real and not all in her head.

Compare


storybook
Theirs was a storybook romance.
fairy-tale
approving
The couple held their fairy-tale wedding in Cancún with family and friends.
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See words related to pretend


imagine
think of
picture
in your mind's eye
conceive
visualize
see
conceptualize
formal
envisage
formal
imagination
creativity
vision
inventiveness
ingenuity
originality
approving
imaginative
approving
creative
inventive
approving
innovative
visionary
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If you imagine something, you form or you have a mental picture or idea of it. Your imagination is your ability to invent or think of things. Someone who is imaginative is good at inventing or thinking of things. Something that only exists in thought and not in real life is called imaginary.

TO ACT AS IF SOMETHING IS TRUE WHEN IT IS NOT


She pretended not to know about the surprise.

Synonyms and examples


make believe
He's just going to make believe that things are fine in spite of the divorce.
play at something
UK
The children are playing at cops and robbers.
role-play
During class, we role-played being a customer and a salesperson to learn words related to shopping.
fake
She's only faking being ill.
feign
The police questioned him about the break-in, but he feigned ignorance.
affect
formal
His friends only affected interest in his problems.
purport
formal
The legislation purports to protect employees, but trade unions have claimed the law would to the opposite.
dissimulate
formal
The government appears to be dissimulating regarding their intentions behind drone strikes.
dissemble
formal
The prince demanded to know if she loved him, but she shyly dissembled.
keep up appearances
They've just lost their house, but they're still keeping up apperances for their relatives.
pose as someone
She was posing as a member of the aristrocracy in order to steal money from the rich.
impersonate
The suspect was charged with impersonating a police officer.
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Learn more
If you pretend, you act as if something is true when it is not.

pretend | American Thesaurus


pretend


verb
These are words and phrases related to pretend. Click on any word or phrase to go to its thesaurus page. Or, go to the definition of pretend.
Let's pretend we're grownups!.

Synonyms


make believe
take a part
fill a role
imagine
fancy
suppose
mimic
impersonate
masquerade
playact
She pretended a headache so she wouldn't have to go.

Synonyms


feign
fake
affect
put on
assume
simulate
imitate
make a show of
counterfeit
sham
dissimulate
dissemble
put on a false front
I pretended to know what they were talking about.

Synonyms


affect
claim
purport
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