pretend
adjective
1. imagined (as in a game or play)
- dangling their legs in the water to catch pretend fish
Similar word(s): unreal
noun
1. the enactment of a pretense
- it was just pretend
Definition categories: act, feigning, pretence, pretending, pretense, simulation
verb
1. make believe with the intent to deceive
Similar word(s): affect, dissemble, feign, sham
Definition categories: communication, belie, misrepresent
2. behave unnaturally or affectedly
Similar word(s): act, dissemble
Definition categories: creation
3. put forward a claim and assert right or possession of
- pretend the title of King
Definition categories: possession, arrogate, claim
4. put forward, of a guess, in spite of possible refutation
- I cannot pretend to say that you are wrong
Similar word(s): guess, hazard, venture
Definition categories: communication, speculate
5. represent fictitiously, as in a play, or pretend to be or act like
Similar word(s): make
Definition categories: communication, act, play, represent
6. state insincerely
- She pretended not to have known the suicide bomber
- She pretends to be an expert on wine
Similar word(s): profess
Definition categories: communication, claim