What is another word for pre tending?
602 synonyms foundPronunciation:
[ pɹˈiː tˈɛndɪŋ], [ pɹˈiː tˈɛndɪŋ], [ p_ɹ_ˈiː t_ˈɛ_n_d_ɪ_ŋ]Table of Contents
Similar words for pre tending:- hypothetical (adjective)
- acting (noun)
- ostentation (noun)
- pretending (noun)
- act (verb)
- assume (verb)
- bluff (verb)
- claim (verb)
- conjecture (verb)
- counterfeit (verb)
- disguise (verb)
- dissimulate (verb)
- evade (verb)
- fabricate (verb)
- fool (verb)
- guess (verb)
- imitate (verb)
- pettifog (verb)
- presume (verb)
- pretend (verb)
- profess (verb)
- purport (verb)
- quibble (verb)
- seem (verb)
- sham (verb)
- suppose (verb)
- surmise (verb)
Synonyms for Pre tending:
adj.
•hypothetical (adjective)- suppositional,
- imaginary,
- disputable,
- theoretic,
- Presupposed,
- vague,
- questionable,
- Conjecturable,
- imagined,
- unconfirmed,
- theoretical,
- equivocal,
- debatable,
- academic,
- suppositious,
- assumptive,
- Postulated,
- Concocted,
- provisory,
- contestable,
- contingent,
- problematic,
- conjectural,
- putative,
- indefinite,
- presumptive,
- suspect,
- speculative,
- stochastic,
- refutable,
- conditional,
- indeterminate,
- doubtful,
- uncertain,
- casual,
- supposed.
n.
•acting (noun)- mimicry,
- imitation,
- showing off,
- posing,
- Enacting,
- Simulating,
- seeming,
- playing,
- posturing,
- histrionics,
- dramatics,
- Imitating,
- Dramatizing,
- characterization,
- enactment,
- putting,
- hamming,
- stagecraft,
- depiction,
- rendition,
- play acting,
- mime,
- portraying,
- theatre,
- pretending,
- impersonation,
- stooging,
- portrayal,
- assuming,
- performance,
- pantomime,
- improvisation,
- feigning,
- Theatricals.
- magnificence,
- bragging,
- flamboyance,
- showoff,
- Vaunting,
- array,
- shine,
- pageant,
- brag,
- braggadocio,
- vaunt,
- vainglory,
- pomp,
- boast,
- window-dressing,
- parade,
- boasting,
- bravado,
- swagger,
- swaggering,
- pomposity,
- splurge,
- flourish,
- Flaunting,
- put-on,
- showiness,
- swank,
- pretension,
- pageantry,
- pompousness,
- spectacle,
- garishness,
- flash,
- show,
- demonstration,
- Parading,
- false front,
- pretentiousness,
- exhibition,
- grandstand play,
- affectation,
- display,
- splendor,
- fuss.
v.
•act (verb)- personate,
- make debut,
- lay an egg,
- star,
- rehearse,
- stooge,
- go over,
- play role,
- be on,
- play gig,
- do a turn,
- say one's piece,
- bring down the house,
- dramatize,
- go on,
- strut,
- take part,
- play part,
- characterize,
- personify,
- enact,
- burlesque,
- ham,
- ham it up,
- parody,
- mug,
- perform,
- pretend,
- put it over,
- tread the boards,
- play act,
- emote.
- lie,
- shuck,
- double-cross,
- juggle,
- con,
- betray,
- Illude,
- take in,
- snow,
- psych out,
- defraud,
- trick,
- bunco,
- humbug.
- insist,
- uphold,
- lay claim to,
- pop the question,
- need,
- postulate,
- collect,
- hold out for,
- adduce,
- pick up,
- take,
- stake out,
- solicit,
- assert,
- challenge,
- pronounce,
- require,
- HIT,
- ask,
- justify,
- call for,
- advance,
- declare,
- requisition,
- exact,
- defend,
- hold,
- knock,
- hit up,
- have dibs on something,
- vindicate,
- believe.
- gather,
- take a stab,
- surmise,
- estimate,
- guess,
- figure,
- infer,
- conclude,
- conceive,
- glean,
- take a shot,
- judge,
- guesstimate,
- theorize,
- deem,
- expect,
- fancy,
- think,
- hazard a guess,
- hypothesize,
- presume,
- take for granted,
- feel.
- do like,
- carbon,
- fabricate,
- coin,
- DO,
- copy,
- mint,
- knock off,
- STAT,
- clone,
- forge,
- phony,
- phony up,
- xerox,
- act like,
- circulate bad money,
- make money,
- go like,
- make like,
- mimeo,
- ape,
- ditto.
- doctor up,
- color,
- gloss over,
- beard,
- shroud,
- screen,
- camouflage,
- conceal,
- varnish,
- age,
- front,
- antique,
- belie,
- hide,
- secrete,
- alter,
- dress up,
- muffle,
- cover up,
- change,
- wear cheaters,
- cloak,
- touch up,
- falsify,
- obfuscate,
- obscure,
- put on a false front,
- cover,
- garble,
- redo,
- veil.
- fence,
- fend off,
- lay low,
- baffle,
- escape,
- keep distance,
- hedge,
- confuse,
- elude,
- double,
- cop out,
- waffle,
- shift,
- beat around bush,
- parry,
- cavil,
- sneak away,
- shirk,
- equivocate,
- tergiversate,
- shun,
- bypass,
- weasel,
- pussyfoot,
- give the runaround,
- duck,
- prevaricate,
- sidestep,
- circumvent,
- avoid,
- beg the question,
- decline,
- fly,
- steer clear of,
- balk,
- flee,
- slip out,
- shy,
- dodge,
- get around,
- eschew,
- lead on a merry chase,
- pass up,
- put off,
- shuffle.
- hoax,
- lead on,
- trifle,
- outfox,
- suck in,
- gull,
- Juke,
- chicane,
- flimflam,
- fox,
- bamboozle,
- spoof,
- put one over on,
- play-act,
- scam,
- kid,
- play a trick on,
- diddle.
- conjecture,
- hazard,
- divine,
- suggest,
- happen upon,
- pick,
- predict,
- go out on a limb,
- venture,
- dare say,
- take a shot at,
- work out,
- opine,
- speculate,
- predicate,
- calculate,
- select,
- penetrate,
- reason,
- lump it,
- take a stab at,
- reckon,
- deduce,
- solve,
- survey,
- fathom,
- think likely,
- jump to a conclusion,
- chance,
- size up.
- mirror,
- repeat,
- follow suit,
- follow,
- borrow,
- mock,
- travesty,
- take off,
- reduplicate,
- replicate,
- echo,
- pattern after,
- resemble,
- parallel,
- be like,
- emulate,
- look like,
- follow in footsteps,
- send up,
- reflect,
- duplicate,
- model after,
- match,
- play a part,
- do likewise,
- caricature.
- posit,
- depend,
- consider,
- presuppose,
- count on,
- jump the gun,
- trust,
- take it,
- be afraid,
- premise,
- rely,
- bank on.
- beguile,
- pass off,
- lay claim,
- dissemble,
- counterfeit,
- stonewall,
- fake out,
- fudge,
- portray,
- fool,
- imitate,
- act,
- assume,
- bluff,
- fish,
- affect,
- reproduce,
- claim,
- cheat,
- profess,
- make out like,
- put on,
- shuck and jive,
- hoodwink,
- mislead,
- delude,
- suppose,
- imagine,
- put on airs,
- masquerade,
- dissimulate,
- dupe,
- put on a front,
- make up,
- make out,
- impersonate,
- represent,
- make believe,
- jive,
- sham,
- put on an act,
- purport,
- be hypocritical,
- whitewash,
- assume the role,
- play,
- simulate,
- jazz,
- deceive,
- sucker,
- malinger,
- put up a front,
- claim falsely,
- allege,
- make as if,
- feign,
- mimic,
- playact,
- let on,
- pass oneself off as,
- be deceitful,
- pose,
- cozen.
- depose,
- own up,
- come out,
- acknowledge,
- sing,
- vouch,
- spout,
- avow,
- maintain,
- affirm,
- asseverate,
- swear up and down,
- aver,
- proclaim,
- spiel,
- certify,
- blow hot air,
- say so,
- soapbox,
- Constate,
- own,
- confess,
- get on soapbox,
- stump,
- talk big,
- croon,
- avouch,
- cross heart,
- open up,
- get off chest,
- announce,
- confirm,
- state,
- admit,
- swear on bible.
- hem and haw,
- Paralogize,
- evade,
- dispute,
- altercate,
- pettifog,
- blow hot and cold,
- argue over,
- squabble,
- hypercriticize,
- carp,
- set to,
- talk back,
- spar,
- have at it,
- criticize,
- flip-flop,
- nit-pick,
- catch at straws,
- wrangle,
- bicker,
- put up an argument,
- hassle,
- split hairs,
- make a big thing about,
- argufy.
- create the impression,
- give the feeling of,
- be suggestive of,
- look to be,
- insinuate,
- have the appearance of,
- have the qualities of,
- hint,
- look,
- convey the impression,
- have the features of,
- intimate,
- show every sign of,
- make a show of,
- strike one as being,
- sound,
- have the aspects of,
- give the idea of,
- sound like,
- look as if,
- have the earmarks of.
Antonyms for Pre tending:
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adj.
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n.
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ostentation
modesty, hiding, simplicity, truth, quiet, plainness, reservation, dullness, ordinariness, concealment.
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ostentation
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v.
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bluff
come clean, support, protect.
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claim
disbelieve, answer, conceal, desert, hide, abandon, question, give, disclaim, repudiate, reject, quit, forsake.
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conjecture
calculate, misunderstand, prove, know, measure.
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disguise
open, let out, show, divulge, represent, tell, expose, uncover, unmask, lay bare, disclose.
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evade
explain, remain, encounter, clear up, take on, organize, aid, order, accept, enlighten, meet, stay, face, confront, release, help.
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invent
steal.
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kid
be serious.
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make believe
live reality.
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make up
be real, disagree.
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pettifog
give in.
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profess
disown, disavow, renounce, be quiet, dispute, contradict, invalidate.
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suppose
misconceive, disallow.
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bluff