pretend
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(verb) behave unnaturally or affectedly; "She's just acting" |
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Synonyms: act, dissemble |
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Related Words: assume, feign, sham, simulate |
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(verb) make believe; "He feigned that he was ill"; "He shammed a headache" |
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Synonyms: affect, dissemble, feign, sham |
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Related Words: belie, bull, bullshit, fake, misrepresent, mouth, play possum, take a dive, waffle |
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(satellite adjective) imagined as in a play; "the make-believe world of theater"; "play money"; "dangling their legs in the water to catch pretend fish" |
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Synonyms: make-believe, play |
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