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pretend
verb as in fake, falsify
Strong matches
act, affect, allege, beguile, cheat, claim, counterfeit, cozen, deceive, delude, dissemble, dissimulate, dupe, fish, fudge, hoodwink, jazz, jive, malinger, masquerade, mislead, sham, simulate, stonewall, sucker, whitewash
Weak matches
be deceitful, be hypocritical, claim falsely, fake out, lay claim, let on, make out, pass off, pass oneself off as, put up a front
verb as in play the part of
Strongest matches
Weak matches
assume the role, make as if, make believe, make out like, make up, put on a front, put on airs, put on an act
Example Sentences
Judge Williams said Villafane charmed his partner and pretended to be caring and generous.
"I know that maintaining these thresholds is a decision that will affect working people, I said that last year and I won't pretend otherwise now," she told MPs.
You can even pretend to switch the gears in models with the steering wheel-mounted shift paddles.
I’m thankful for nights on the couch with my roommates watching “Dancing With the Stars,” when we all pretend to be expert judges and forget about whatever exam or project is waiting for us.
Every day, I meet families caught between demographic forces they never created, and policies that pretend none of this is happening.
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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
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