Thesaurus / makebelieve
FEEDBACK- as inmade-up
- as inmake believe
- as inmock
- as inassumed
- as inpretended
- as insham
- as inspurious
- as inunnatural
- as infictional
- as infictive
- as ininvented
- as inpseudonymous
- as infake
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- as inmake believe
- as inpageant
- as inpretense
- as inpretension
- as inshow
- as incharade
- as inignis fatuus
- as indisguise
- as infake
- as infeint
- as inillusion
- as inimposture
- as indissimulate
synonyms for makebelieve
synonyms for makebelieve
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Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
How to use makebelieve in a sentence
Mary Makebelieve used to talk most in the nighttime, but her mother talked most in the morning.
MARY, MARYJAMES STEPHENSOne night when Mrs. Makebelieve came home she was very low-spirited indeed.
MARY, MARYJAMES STEPHENSMrs. Makebelieve liked to lie in bed until the last possible moment.
MARY, MARYJAMES STEPHENSMary ran to her mother moaning like a sick person, but Mrs. Makebelieve did not look at her.
MARY, MARYJAMES STEPHENSIt was only broken by Mrs. Makebelieve, who began to hum a song as she polished the fire grate.
MARY, MARYJAMES STEPHENSAs this story proceeded Mrs. Makebelieve looked once or twice at her daughter.
MARY, MARYJAMES STEPHENSMrs. Makebelieve secreted these, and went home marveling to find that she was yet alive.
MARY, MARYJAMES STEPHENSHowever, I saw that the man pleaded not guilty, and then Mr. Makebelieve opened the case for the Crown.
THE HUMOUROUS STORY OF FARMER BUMPKIN'S LAWSUITRICHARD HARRISMary Makebelieve lived with her mother in a small room at the very top of a big, dingy house in a Dublin back street.
MARY, MARYJAMES STEPHENSMary Makebelieve thought it was very clever of the little ducklings to be able to swim so well.
MARY, MARYJAMES STEPHENS