Thesaurus / pre-tending
FEEDBACK- as inloafing
- as inhypothetical
- as inostentation
- as inpretending
- as inacting
- as ininvent
- as inkid
- as inmake believe
- as inmake up
- as inmasquerade
- as inassume
- as inpresume
- as inpretend
- as inpretend
- as inprofess
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- as inquibble
- as inseem
- as insham
- as insuppose
- as insuppose
- as insurmise
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- as input on an act
- as inmime
- as inact
- as inclaim
- as inpettifog
- as inplay-act
- as inposit
- as inconjecture
- as incounterfeit
- as indisguise
- as indissimulate
- as inevade
- as infabricate
- as infool
- as inguess
- as inimitate
synonyms for pre-tending
synonyms for pre-tending
- debatable
- imaginary
- problematic
- speculative
- theoretical
- vague
- academic
- contingent
- pretending
- suspect
- assumptive
- casual
- concocted
- conditional
- conjecturable
- conjectural
- contestable
- disputable
- doubtful
- equivocal
- imagined
- indefinite
- indeterminate
- postulated
- presumptive
- presupposed
- provisory
- putative
- questionable
- refutable
- stochastic
- supposed
- suppositional
- suppositious
- theoretic
- uncertain
- unconfirmed
- affectation
- array
- boast
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- pretending
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- acting
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- concealment
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- assuming
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- criticize
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- pretend
- prevaricate
- shift
- spar
- squabble
- waffle
- wrangle
- argue over
- blow hot and cold
- catch at straws
- have at it
- hem and haw
- hypercriticize
- make a big thing about
- nit-pick
- paralogize
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- put up an argument
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- bring down the house
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- act like
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- do like
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- beg the question
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- do like
- do likewise
- follow in footsteps
- follow suit
- look like
- model after
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- play a part
- put on
- send up
- take off
On this page you'll find 1434 synonyms, antonyms, and words related to pre-tending, such as: evading, pretending, shirking, slacking, apathetic, and careless.
- conceal
- deny
- disavow
- disown
- dispute
- hide
- refuse
- renounce
- repudiate
- be quiet
- contradict
- invalidate
- question
- reject
- abandon
- answer
- deny
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- conceal
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- tell the truth
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- lay bare
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- open
- reveal
- show
- stay
- tell
- uncover
- accept
- aid
- clear up
- enlighten
- explain
- help
- order
- organize
- release
- remain
- tell the truth
- take on
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