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pre tend
adjective as in make believe
adjective as in pretended
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adjective as in pseudo
adjective as in sham
adjective as in spurious
adjective as in fictional
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adjective as in fictive
adjective as in disguised
noun as in sham
verb as in invent
verb as in kid
verb as in make believe
verb as in make up
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verb as in masquerade
verb as in assume
verb as in presume
verb as in pretend
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verb as in pretend
verb as in profess
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verb as in purport
verb as in quibble
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verb as in seem
verb as in sham
verb as in suppose
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verb as in suppose
verb as in surmise
verb as in bluff
verb as in put on an act
verb as in mime
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verb as in act
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verb as in claim
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verb as in pettifog
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verb as in play-act
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- be on
- bring down the house
- burlesque
- characterize
- do
- do a turn
- dramatize
- emote
- enact
- feign
- go on
- go over
- ham
- ham it up
- impersonate
- lay an egg
- make debut
- mime
- mimic
- mug
- parody
- perform
- personate
- personify
- play
- play gig
- play part
- play role
- portray
- pretend
- put it over
- rehearse
- represent
- say one's piece
- simulate
- star
- stooge
- strut
- take part
- tread the boards
verb as in posit
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verb as in conjecture
verb as in counterfeit
verb as in disguise
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verb as in dissimulate
verb as in evade
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verb as in fabricate
verb as in fool
verb as in guess
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verb as in imitate
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adjective as in make believe
adjective as in pretended
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adjective as in pseudo
adjective as in sham
adjective as in spurious
adjective as in fictional
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adjective as in fictive
adjective as in disguised
noun as in sham
verb as in invent
verb as in kid
verb as in make believe
verb as in make up
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verb as in masquerade
verb as in assume
verb as in presume
verb as in pretend
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verb as in pretend
verb as in profess
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verb as in purport
verb as in quibble
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verb as in seem
verb as in sham
verb as in suppose
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verb as in suppose
verb as in surmise
verb as in bluff
verb as in put on an act
verb as in mime
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verb as in act
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verb as in claim
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verb as in pettifog
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verb as in play-act
Weak matches
- be on
- bring down the house
- burlesque
- characterize
- do
- do a turn
- dramatize
- emote
- enact
- feign
- go on
- go over
- ham
- ham it up
- impersonate
- lay an egg
- make debut
- mime
- mimic
- mug
- parody
- perform
- personate
- personify
- play
- play gig
- play part
- play role
- portray
- pretend
- put it over
- rehearse
- represent
- say one's piece
- simulate
- star
- stooge
- strut
- take part
- tread the boards
verb as in posit
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verb as in conjecture
verb as in counterfeit
verb as in disguise
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verb as in dissimulate
verb as in evade
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verb as in fabricate
verb as in fool
verb as in guess
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verb as in imitate
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Example Sentences
For my part, I can on-ly think by ma-chin-er-y, so I do not pre-tend to know as much as you do.
Soon they sat down to a table loaded with the very dishes of which they had pre-tend-ed to eat.
He sat down, as if to a table, and pre-tend-ed to be carving a roast.
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On this page you'll find 1512 synonyms, antonyms, and words related to pre-tend, such as: fictional, imaginary, simulated, dream, fantasy, and mock.
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
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