What is another word for feigning?
358 synonyms foundPronunciation:
[ f_ˈeɪ_n_ɪ_ŋ], [ fˈe͡ɪnɪŋ], [ fˈeɪnɪŋ]Table of Contents
Similar words for feigning:- Pecksniffian (adjective)
- hypocritical (adjective)
- act (noun)
- acting (noun)
- falsehood (noun)
- feigning (noun)
- pretense (noun)
- act (verb)
- feign (verb)
- imitating (verb)
- other synonyms
- joking
- other relevant words
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)- dissimilation,
- front,
- sweet talk,
- phonies,
- bit*,
- stunt,
- performance,
- chaser,
- pose,
- sham,
- fake,
- put-on,
- phony,
- soft soap,
- show,
- feigning,
- shows,
- affectation,
- chasers,
- shuck and jive,
- stance,
- simulation,
- posture,
- false front,
- stall,
- attitude.
- 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.
v.
•act (verb)- emote,
- personify,
- be on,
- say one's piece,
- burlesque,
- dramatize,
- pretend,
- do a turn,
- lay an egg,
- mimic,
- enact,
- strut*,
- ham it up,
- stooge,
- play gig,
- play part,
- represent,
- make debut,
- go on,
- personate,
- rehearse,
- go over,
- impersonate,
- parody,
- bring down the house,
- star,
- perform,
- portray,
- play act,
- characterize,
- put it over,
- ham,
- take part,
- mug,
- play role,
- feign,
- tread the boards.
Other synonyms:
•joking •Other relevant words:- colouring,
- express,
- facade,
- deceive,
- simulacrum,
- bury,
- deceitful,
- pretension,
- bluff,
- mold,
- color,
- feint,
- seizing,
- appearance,
- model,
- Deceiving,
- form,
- masquerade,
- speciousness,
- underhand,
- Pecksniffian,
- exemplify,
- guise,
- pretext,
- delusion,
- Dissemblance,
- make-believe,
- Arrogating,
- hypocrisy,
- cheating,
- Masquerading,
- falsify,
- humbug,
- window dressing,
- faking,
- fashion,
- Presuming,
- Personating,
- Feigner,
- Fabricating,
- untrustworthy,
- moving,
- modeling,
- touching,
- imposture,
- illustrate,
- acquiring,
- devising,
- hide,
- Minting,
- unpretending,
- Disguising,
- Impressing,
- gilt,
- representing,
- face,
- manipulate,
- Involving,
- illusion,
- semblance,
- hoax,
- forging,
- betray,
- artifice,
- mendacious,
- Imagining,
- masking,
- dishonest,
- conceal,
- varnish,
- Manufacturing,
- embody,
- disguise,
- Bluffing,
- delude,
- Shamming,
- regarding,
- pretend to be,
- Adopting,
- prevaricate,
- example,
- copy,
- coloring,
- handle,
- Inventing,
- image,
- accepting,
- bulling,
- false pretense,
- Impacting,
- depict,
- false pretension,
- Contriving,
- obsoleting,
- professing,
- falsifying,
- mannerism,
- Donning,
- reenacting,
- perfidious,
- Shaming,
- pattern,
- Swindling,
- ostentation,
- not genuine,
- bullshitting,
- gloss,
- modelling,
- dress,
- computer simulation,
- false show,
- representation,
- belie,
- cheat,
- playacting,
- Usurping,
- treacherous,
- affecting,
- dissimulating,
- feinting,
- lip service,
- Cloaking.
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.
