What is another word for feign?
Pronunciation:
[ fˈe͡ɪn], [ fˈeɪn], [ f_ˈeɪ_n]
Related words: fake death, staged death, fake death games, how to feign death, how to fake death, how to stage death, feign death prank, how to play dead
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Similar words for feign:
- false pretense (noun)
- act (verb)
- affect (verb)
- bluff (verb)
- counterfeit (verb)
- disguise (verb)
- dissemble (verb)
- dissimulate (verb)
- fabricate (verb)
- forge (verb)
- imitate (verb)
- invent (verb)
- make believe (verb)
- misrepresent (verb)
- mock (verb)
- play-act (verb)
- pose (verb)
- profess (verb)
- put on an act (verb)
- sham (verb)
- simulate (verb)
Synonyms for Feign:
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- keep up ,
- play along ,
- play out .
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- true .
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- honest .
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• act- Re-present ,
- am on ,
- are on ,
- being on ,
- bring down house ,
- bringing down house ,
- bringing down the house ,
- brings down house ,
- brings down the house ,
- brought down house ,
- brought down the house ,
- did a turn ,
- did turn ,
- didst a turn ,
- didst turn ,
- do turn ,
- does a turn ,
- does turn ,
- doest a turn ,
- doest turn ,
- doeth a turn ,
- doeth turn ,
- doing a turn ,
- doing turn ,
- dost a turn ,
- dost turn ,
- doth a turn ,
- doth turn ,
- is on ,
- laid an egg ,
- laid egg ,
- lay egg ,
- laying an egg ,
- laying egg ,
- lays an egg ,
- lays egg ,
- made debut ,
- makes debut ,
- making debut ,
- played gig ,
- played part ,
- played role ,
- playing gig ,
- playing part ,
- playing role ,
- plays gig ,
- plays part ,
- plays role ,
- puts it over ,
- puts over ,
- putting it over ,
- putting over ,
- re hearse ,
- re hearses ,
- re present ,
- re presented ,
- re presenting ,
- re presents ,
- re-hearse ,
- re-hearses ,
- re-presented ,
- re-presenting ,
- re-presents ,
- said one piece ,
- said one's piece ,
- said ones piece ,
- said piece ,
- say one piece ,
- say ones piece ,
- say piece ,
- saying one piece ,
- saying one's piece ,
- saying ones piece ,
- saying piece ,
- says one piece ,
- says one's piece ,
- says ones piece ,
- says piece ,
- takes part ,
- tread boards ,
- trod the boards ,
- was on ,
- wast on ,
- were on ,
- wert on .
- aspired to ,
- aspires to ,
- did a bit ,
- did bit ,
- didst a bit ,
- didst bit ,
- do bit ,
- does a bit ,
- does bit ,
- doest a bit ,
- doest bit ,
- doeth a bit ,
- doeth bit ,
- doing a bit ,
- doing bit ,
- dost a bit ,
- dost bit ,
- doth a bit ,
- doth bit ,
- laid it on thick ,
- laid it thick ,
- laid thick ,
- lay it thick ,
- lay thick ,
- laying it thick ,
- laying on thick ,
- laying thick ,
- lays it on thick ,
- lays it thick ,
- lays on thick ,
- lays thick ,
- made out like ,
- makes out like ,
- making out like ,
- put a front ,
- put front ,
- put up front ,
- puts a front ,
- puts front ,
- puts up a front ,
- puts up front ,
- putting a front ,
- putting front ,
- putting up a front ,
- putting up front .
- Illuded ,
- Illuding ,
- be guile ,
- be guiles ,
- be tray ,
- be trays ,
- be-guile ,
- be-guiles ,
- be-tray ,
- be-trays ,
- buncoed ,
- buncoing ,
- buncos ,
- de fraud ,
- de frauds ,
- de lude ,
- de ludes ,
- de-fraud ,
- de-frauds ,
- de-lude ,
- de-ludes ,
- fakes out ,
- faking out ,
- illudes ,
- mis lead ,
- mis leading ,
- mis leads ,
- mis-lead ,
- mis-leading ,
- mis-leads ,
- psyching out ,
- psychs out .
- acted like ,
- acting like ,
- acts like ,
- carboned ,
- carboning ,
- circulated bad money ,
- circulates bad money ,
- circulating bad money ,
- did like ,
- didst like ,
- dittoing ,
- does like ,
- doest like ,
- doeth like ,
- doing like ,
- dost like ,
- doth like ,
- goes like ,
- going like ,
- made like ,
- made money ,
- makes like ,
- making like ,
- mimeoed ,
- mimeoing ,
- mimeos ,
- phonied ,
- phonied up ,
- phonies up ,
- phonying ,
- phonying up ,
- statted ,
- statting ,
- went like .
- be lied ,
- be lying ,
- be-lied ,
- be-lying ,
- co loring ,
- co-loring ,
- dis guise ,
- dis guised ,
- dis guises ,
- dis guising ,
- dis-guise ,
- dis-guised ,
- dis-guises ,
- dis-guising ,
- doctored up ,
- doctoring up ,
- doctors up ,
- glosses over ,
- glossing over ,
- put a false front ,
- put false front ,
- put on front ,
- puts a false front ,
- puts false front ,
- puts on a false front ,
- puts on a front ,
- puts on false front ,
- puts on front ,
- putting a false front ,
- putting false front ,
- putting on a false front ,
- putting on a front ,
- putting on false front ,
- putting on front ,
- re did ,
- re does ,
- re doing ,
- re done ,
- re-did ,
- re-does ,
- re-doing ,
- re-done ,
- wearing cheaters ,
- wears cheaters ,
- wore cheaters .
- double talked ,
- double talking ,
- double-talked ,
- double-talking ,
- doublespeaked ,
- doublespeaking ,
- doublespeaks ,
- doubletalk ,
- doubletalked ,
- doubletalking ,
- four flushed ,
- four flushes ,
- four flushing ,
- four-flushed ,
- four-flushes ,
- fourflush ,
- fourflushed ,
- fourflushes ,
- fourflushing ,
- put a smoke screen ,
- put smoke screen ,
- puts a smoke screen ,
- puts smoke screen ,
- puts up a smoke screen ,
- puts up smoke screen ,
- putting a smoke screen ,
- putting smoke screen ,
- putting up a smoke screen ,
- putting up smoke screen ,
- shuck jive ,
- shucked and jive ,
- shucked jive ,
- shucking and jive ,
- shucking jive ,
- shucks and jive ,
- shucks jive .
- dis simulate ,
- dis simulated ,
- dis simulates ,
- dis simulating ,
- dis-simulate ,
- dis-simulated ,
- dis-simulates ,
- dis-simulating ,
- make believed ,
- make believing ,
- make-believed ,
- make-believing ,
- makebelieve ,
- makebelieved ,
- makebelieving ,
- present false face ,
- present false front ,
- presented a false face ,
- presented a false front ,
- presented false face ,
- presented false front ,
- presenting a false face ,
- presenting a false front ,
- presenting false face ,
- presenting false front ,
- presents a false face ,
- presents a false front ,
- presents false face ,
- presents false front .
- de vise ,
- de vised ,
- de vising ,
- de-vise ,
- de-vised ,
- de-vising ,
- mis represent ,
- mis represented ,
- mis representing ,
- mis represents ,
- mis-represent ,
- mis-represented ,
- mis-representing ,
- mis-represents ,
- trumping up ,
- trumps up .
- de sign ,
- de signed ,
- de signing ,
- de signs ,
- de-sign ,
- de-signed ,
- de-signing ,
- de-signs ,
- pro duce ,
- pro duces ,
- pro-duces ,
- re produced ,
- re produces ,
- re producing ,
- re-produce ,
- re-produced ,
- re-produces ,
- re-producing .
- ape ,
- copy ,
- ditto ,
- duplicate ,
- echo ,
- emulate ,
- flatter ,
- impersonate ,
- mime ,
- mimic ,
- mirror ,
- parallel ,
- parody ,
- parrot ,
- portray ,
- reflect ,
- repeat ,
- replicate ,
- resemble .
- create out thin air ,
- created out of thin air ,
- created out thin air ,
- creates out of thin air ,
- creates out thin air ,
- creating out of thin air ,
- creating out thin air ,
- in vent ,
- in vented ,
- in venting ,
- in vents ,
- in-vent ,
- in-vented ,
- in-venting ,
- in-vents ,
- mis state ,
- mis stated ,
- mis states ,
- mis stating ,
- mis-state ,
- mis-stated ,
- mis-states ,
- mis-stating ,
- telling a white lie ,
- telling untruth ,
- telling white lie ,
- tells a white lie ,
- tells untruth ,
- tells white lie ,
- thinking up ,
- thinks up ,
- told a white lie ,
- told untruth ,
- told white lie .
- acted as if ,
- acted as though ,
- acting as if ,
- acting as though ,
- acts as if ,
- acts as though ,
- let like ,
- lets like ,
- lets on like ,
- letted like ,
- letted on like ,
- letting like ,
- letting on like ,
- made as if ,
- makes as if ,
- making as if ,
- playing the part ,
- plays the part .
- grand stand ,
- grand standing ,
- grand stands ,
- grand-standing ,
- grand-stands ,
- peacocked ,
- put airs ,
- puts airs ,
- puts on airs ,
- putting airs ,
- strike attitude ,
- strikes an attitude ,
- strikes attitude ,
- striking an attitude ,
- striking attitude ,
- strook an attitude ,
- strook attitude ,
- struck an attitude ,
- struck attitude ,
- takes as ,
- takes off as ,
- taking as ,
- taking off as ,
- took as ,
- took off as .
- blew hot air ,
- blowing hot air ,
- blows hot air ,
- constated ,
- constates ,
- constating ,
- crossed heart ,
- crosses heart ,
- crossing heart ,
- de pose ,
- de posed ,
- de posing ,
- de-pose ,
- de-posed ,
- de-posing ,
- gat chest ,
- gat off chest ,
- gat on soapbox ,
- gat soapbox ,
- get chest ,
- get soapbox ,
- gets chest ,
- gets off chest ,
- gets on soapbox ,
- gets soapbox ,
- getting chest ,
- getting off chest ,
- getting on soapbox ,
- getting soapbox ,
- got chest ,
- got off chest ,
- got on soapbox ,
- got soapbox ,
- gotten chest ,
- gotten off chest ,
- gotten on soapbox ,
- gotten soapbox ,
- opens up ,
- pro claim ,
- pro claimed ,
- pro claiming ,
- pro claims ,
- pro fess ,
- pro fesses ,
- pro-claiming ,
- pro-claims ,
- pro-fess ,
- pro-fesses ,
- said so ,
- saying so ,
- says so ,
- soapboxed ,
- soapboxing ,
- sware and down ,
- sware bible ,
- sware down ,
- sware on bible ,
- sware up and down ,
- sware up down ,
- swear and down ,
- swear bible ,
- swear down ,
- swear up down ,
- swearing and down ,
- swearing bible ,
- swearing down ,
- swearing on bible ,
- swearing up and down ,
- swearing up down ,
- swears and down ,
- swears bible ,
- swears down ,
- swears on bible ,
- swears up and down ,
- swears up down ,
- swore and down ,
- swore bible ,
- swore down ,
- swore on bible ,
- swore up and down ,
- swore up down ,
- talked big ,
- talking big ,
- talks big .
- did a number ,
- did number ,
- didst a number ,
- didst number ,
- do number ,
- does a number ,
- does number ,
- doest a number ,
- doest number ,
- doeth a number ,
- doeth number ,
- doing a number ,
- doing number ,
- dost a number ,
- dost number ,
- doth a number ,
- doth number ,
- faked it ,
- fakes it ,
- faking it .
- did a take off ,
- did a take-off ,
- did a takeoff ,
- did take off ,
- did take-off ,
- did takeoff ,
- didst a take off ,
- didst a take-off ,
- didst a takeoff ,
- didst take off ,
- didst take-off ,
- didst takeoff ,
- do a take off ,
- do take off ,
- do take-off ,
- do takeoff ,
- does a take off ,
- does a take-off ,
- does a takeoff ,
- does take off ,
- does take-off ,
- does takeoff ,
- doest a take off ,
- doest a take-off ,
- doest a takeoff ,
- doest take off ,
- doest take-off ,
- doest takeoff ,
- doeth a take off ,
- doeth a take-off ,
- doeth a takeoff ,
- doeth take off ,
- doeth take-off ,
- doeth takeoff ,
- doing a take off ,
- doing a take-off ,
- doing a takeoff ,
- doing take off ,
- doing take-off ,
- doing takeoff ,
- dost a take off ,
- dost a take-off ,
- dost a takeoff ,
- dost take off ,
- dost take-off ,
- dost takeoff ,
- doth a take off ,
- doth a take-off ,
- doth a takeoff ,
- doth take off ,
- doth take-off ,
- doth takeoff .
Other synonyms:
- play-act .
Other relevant words:
- Constate ,
- Cribbed ,
- Cribbing ,
- Fronting ,
- Grand-stand ,
- Humbugged ,
- Humbugging ,
- Illude ,
- Lampooned ,
- Mocked ,
- Pirated ,
- Pirating ,
- STAT ,
- STATS ,
- Secreted ,
- Shrouded ,
- Snowed ,
- Snowing ,
- act ,
- act as if ,
- act as though ,
- act like ,
- affect ,
- antiqued ,
- antiquing ,
- aspire to ,
- aspiring to ,
- assume the role ,
- assumed role ,
- blow hot air ,
- bunco ,
- circulate bad money ,
- counterfeit ,
- cover up ,
- covered up ,
- covering up ,
- covers up ,
- create out of thin air ,
- cross heart ,
- disguise ,
- dissemble ,
- dissimulate ,
- dittoed ,
- do a bit ,
- do a number ,
- do a take-off ,
- do a takeoff ,
- do like ,
- doctor up ,
- double cross ,
- doublecross ,
- fabricate ,
- fake ,
- fake it ,
- fake out ,
- faked out ,
- fantasizing ,
- fibbing ,
- fool ,
- fools ,
- forge ,
- get off chest ,
- get on soapbox ,
- gloss over ,
- glossed over ,
- go like ,
- hoke ,
- hokes ,
- imitate ,
- invent ,
- jive ,
- jived ,
- jives ,
- jiving ,
- laid on thick ,
- lampoon ,
- lay it on thick ,
- lay on thick ,
- laying it on thick ,
- let on like ,
- lied ,
- make as if ,
- make believe ,
- make like ,
- make money ,
- make out like ,
- makes money ,
- making money ,
- masquerade ,
- mimeo ,
- misstate ,
- mock ,
- mocking ,
- obfuscate ,
- open up ,
- opened up ,
- opening up ,
- own up ,
- owned up ,
- owning up ,
- owns up ,
- peacock ,
- peacocking ,
- peacocks ,
- phonies ,
- phony up ,
- pirate ,
- play act ,
- play the part ,
- playact ,
- played the part ,
- pose ,
- posed ,
- present a false face ,
- present a false front ,
- pretend ,
- profess ,
- psych out ,
- psyched out ,
- put on a false front ,
- put on a front ,
- put on act ,
- put on airs ,
- put on an act ,
- put on false front ,
- put up a front ,
- putting on airs ,
- say so ,
- sham ,
- shrouding ,
- simulate ,
- simulated ,
- soapbox ,
- soapboxes ,
- spieled ,
- spieling ,
- spoofed ,
- spoofing ,
- strike an attitude ,
- swear on bible ,
- swear up and down ,
- take as ,
- take off as ,
- talk big ,
- tell a white lie ,
- tell untruth ,
- tell white lie ,
- think up ,
- transcribed ,
- trump up ,
- varnish ,
- wear cheaters ,
- whitewashed .
- Burlesqued ,
- Burlesquing ,
- Enacting ,
- Personated ,
- Personating ,
- Strutted ,
- Strutting ,
- be on ,
- bring down the house ,
- do a turn ,
- enact ,
- feigning ,
- go on ,
- goes on ,
- ham up ,
- hammed ,
- hamming ,
- lay an egg ,
- make debut ,
- perform ,
- performs ,
- personate ,
- personates ,
- play gig ,
- play part ,
- play role ,
- portraying ,
- put it over ,
- put over ,
- say one's piece ,
- starred ,
- starring ,
- stooged ,
- stooging ,
- take part ,
- taking part ,
- took part ,
- tread the boards .
- doublespeak ,
- four flush ,
- four-flush ,
- four-flushing ,
- pussyfoot ,
- put up a smoke screen ,
- put up smoke screen ,
- shuck and jive ,
- signify .
- Caricatured ,
- Caricaturing ,
- Emulated ,
- Imitating ,
- Replicated ,
- be like ,
- do likewise ,
- follow in footsteps ,
- look like ,
- looked like ,
- looking like ,
- looks like ,
- model after ,
- modelled after ,
- pattern after ,
- play a part ,
- playing a part ,
- reduplicate ,
- reduplicated ,
- reduplicates ,
- reduplicating ,
- send up ,
- sends up ,
- sent up .
- Bulled ,
- Histrionize ,
- accept ,
- acquire ,
- act a part ,
- adopt ,
- adornment ,
- adroit ,
- affectation ,
- allege ,
- apparatus ,
- apparel ,
- arrogate ,
- artful ,
- ascent ,
- assume ,
- attire ,
- banter ,
- be deceitful ,
- be underhand ,
- bear ,
- bear on ,
- bear upon ,
- belie ,
- betray ,
- bluster ,
- bullshit ,
- camouflage ,
- carry ,
- cheat ,
- claim ,
- climbing ,
- cloak ,
- clothes ,
- clothing ,
- conceal ,
- concoct ,
- contrive ,
- cook ,
- cook up ,
- coquet ,
- crafty ,
- cultivate ,
- cunning ,
- curious ,
- deceit ,
- deceitful ,
- deceive ,
- deceptive ,
- deep ,
- designing ,
- devious ,
- devise ,
- dexterous ,
- dishonest ,
- disingenuous ,
- display ,
- dodgy ,
- don ,
- dough ,
- dramatise ,
- dramatize ,
- duff ,
- elusive ,
- equipment ,
- excite ,
- false ,
- false pretense ,
- falsehood ,
- falsify ,
- feigned ,
- fictitious ,
- foxy ,
- fraudulent ,
- furtive ,
- game ,
- gammon ,
- get into ,
- give appearance of ,
- guileful ,
- guise ,
- imagine ,
- impact ,
- impress ,
- ingenious ,
- insidious ,
- involve ,
- jest ,
- jewelry ,
- joke ,
- kid ,
- knavish ,
- let ,
- let on ,
- lie ,
- make ,
- make a show of ,
- make out ,
- make show of ,
- make up ,
- make-believe ,
- malinger ,
- manufacture ,
- material ,
- misrepresent ,
- model ,
- mount ,
- mounting ,
- move ,
- odd ,
- ostentation ,
- overact ,
- peculiar ,
- play ,
- play at ,
- play false ,
- play games ,
- play possum ,
- posture ,
- presume ,
- presupposition ,
- pretence ,
- pretend to be ,
- pretense ,
- pretension ,
- pretentiousness ,
- pretext ,
- pudding ,
- put ,
- put on ,
- rare ,
- reenact ,
- regard ,
- represent ,
- rump ,
- scamp ,
- seize ,
- shrewd ,
- sly ,
- stealthy ,
- stonewall ,
- store up ,
- strange ,
- strike ,
- sudden ,
- take ,
- take for granted ,
- take on ,
- take over ,
- tease ,
- tie up ,
- touch on ,
- twit ,
- uncanny ,
- unexpected ,
- unpretending ,
- usurp ,
- venture ,
- wear ,
- wily .
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How to use "Feign" in context?
"feign" is a verb which means "to simulate or pretend." It can also refer to the act of fabricating evidence or stories in order to deceive someone. When used as a noun, "feign" can mean "a skillful imitation or imitation of the features, behavior, or speech of a person.
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