What is another word for feigning?
264 synonyms foundPronunciation:
[ f_ˈeɪ_n_ɪ_ŋ], [ fˈe͡ɪnɪŋ], [ fˈeɪnɪŋ]Table of Contents
Similar words for feigning:- Pecksniffian (adjective)
- hypocritical (adjective)
- pharisaic (adjective)
- act (noun)
- acting (noun)
- falsehood (noun)
- feigning (noun)
- pretense (noun)
- act (verb)
- feign (verb)
- imitating (verb)
- other synonyms
- adj.
- n.
Definition for Feigning:
Synonyms for Feigning:
adj.
•Pecksniffian (adjective) •hypocritical (adjective)- captious,
- double-dealing,
- false,
- faithless,
- smooth-tongued,
- unnatural,
- deceptive,
- affected,
- smooth,
- sanctimonious,
- double,
- pious,
- hollow,
- Deluding,
- oily,
- fishy,
- self-righteous,
- lying,
- specious,
- unreliable,
- unctuous,
- glib,
- two-faced,
- left-handed,
- bland,
- caviling,
- artificial,
- insincere,
- spurious,
- fraudulent,
- duplicitous,
- Canting.
n.
•act (noun)- stall,
- fake,
- feigning,
- simulation,
- put-on,
- sweet talk,
- performance,
- shuck and jive,
- posture,
- phony,
- pose,
- stunt,
- chaser,
- sham,
- phonies,
- affectation,
- show,
- front,
- shows,
- attitude,
- dissimilation,
- chasers,
- soft soap,
- false front,
- stance.
- enactment,
- hamming,
- depiction,
- impersonation,
- mime,
- posturings,
- imitation,
- Imitating,
- Enacting,
- pantomimes,
- Simulating,
- dramatics,
- play acting,
- theatre,
- improvisation,
- portraying,
- playing,
- pantomime,
- playings,
- stagecraft,
- seemings,
- characterization,
- Dramatizing,
- rendition,
- Theatricals,
- assuming,
- stooging,
- histrionics,
- characterizations,
- posing,
- showing off,
- mimicry,
- portrayal,
- putting,
- seeming,
- posturing.
- error,
- hogwash,
- canard,
- half truth,
- distortion,
- erroneousness,
- mendacity,
- untruthfulness,
- half truths,
- falsity,
- fable,
- cover-up,
- tall tale,
- story,
- Untruism,
- cover up,
- perjury,
- whopper,
- fakery,
- fraud,
- misstatement,
- fallaciousness,
- falseness,
- fiction,
- untruth,
- prevarication,
- figment,
- line,
- yarn,
- equivocation,
- fibbery,
- fallacy,
- tale,
- fib,
- coverup,
- fabrication,
- mis-statement.
- claim,
- appearance,
- gag,
- evasion,
- pretentiousness,
- insincerity,
- make-believe,
- ostentation,
- display,
- pretext,
- artifice,
- shuffling,
- ruse,
- veil,
- charade,
- faking,
- facade,
- semblance,
- subterfuge,
- veneer,
- routine,
- cloak,
- masquerade,
- mask,
- wile,
- invention,
- trickery,
- guise,
- excuse.
v.
•act (verb)- emote,
- enact,
- characterize,
- go over,
- impersonate,
- put it over,
- go on,
- bring down the house,
- ham it up,
- play act,
- do a turn,
- dramatize,
- say one's piece,
- stooge,
- ham,
- personate,
- parody,
- mug,
- lay an egg,
- star,
- tread the boards,
- burlesque,
- take part,
- rehearse,
- make debut,
- be on,
- play part,
- feign,
- play gig,
- personify,
- play role,
- mimic,
- perform,
- pretend,
- represent,
- portray.
Other synonyms:
•adj. •n.
Antonyms for Feigning:
Feigning Sentence Examples:
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Feigning sickness, be obtained a physician who treated him for a fever, and ordered him to be bled.
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It was evident from the teacher's manner that he was half inclined to think the boy was endeavoring to impose upon him by feigning ignorance; and he dismissed him to his seat for the time being, thinking, no doubt, that he had met with a case out of the common order of school experience.
