What is another word for pre-tended?
809 synonyms foundPronunciation:
[ pɹˈiːtˈɛndɪd], [ pɹˈiːtˈɛndɪd], [ p_ɹ_ˈiː_t_ˈɛ_n_d_ɪ_d]Table of Contents
Similar words for pre-tended:- affected (adjective)
- alleged (adjective)
- assumed (adjective)
- bogus (adjective)
- counterfeit (adjective)
- ersatz (adjective)
- fake (adjective)
- false (adjective)
- feigned (adjective)
- la-di-da (adjective)
- make-believe (adjective)
- mock (adjective)
- mythic (adjective)
- mythical (adjective)
- mythical/mythological (adjective)
- nominal (adjective)
- ostensible (adjective)
- pretended (adjective)
- pseudo (adjective)
- quack (adjective)
- quasi (adjective)
- sham (adjective)
- so-called (adjective)
- spurious (adjective)
- unreal (adjective)
- unreliable (adjective)
- vicarious (adjective)
- 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)
- invent (verb)
- kid (verb)
- make believe (verb)
- make up (verb)
- masquerade (verb)
- mime (verb)
- pettifog (verb)
- presume (verb)
- pretend (verb)
- profess (verb)
- purport (verb)
- quibble (verb)
- seem (verb)
- sham (verb)
- suppose (verb)
- surmise (verb)
Synonyms for Pre-tended:
adj.
•affected (adjective)- hollow,
- pretended,
- theatrical,
- overdone,
- schmaltzy,
- ham,
- pedantic,
- gone hollywood,
- stilted,
- playacting,
- shallow,
- campy,
- pompous,
- precious,
- ostentatious,
- pretentious,
- fraud,
- contrived,
- superficial,
- hammy,
- high falutin',
- apish,
- stiff,
- studied,
- awkward,
- conceited,
- Imitated,
- unnatural,
- faked,
- melodramatic,
- self-conscious,
- insincere,
- chichi,
- Counterfeited.
- crock,
- soft shell,
- brummagem,
- pirate,
- misleading,
- snide,
- bent,
- hollywood,
- suppositious,
- wrong,
- plant,
- queer,
- fishy,
- deceptive,
- not kosher,
- delusive,
- framed,
- copied,
- not genuine,
- delusory,
- two-faced,
- won't fly.
- adulterated,
- alloyed,
- seeming,
- bum,
- meretricious,
- disguised,
- colored,
- shady,
- unreal.
- fantasized,
- dream,
- Acted,
- fictional,
- fantasy.
- fanciful,
- whimsical,
- allegorical,
- visionary,
- Created,
- nonexistent,
- supposititious,
- legendary,
- fictive,
- fabulous,
- mythic,
- untrue,
- folkloric,
- traditional,
- fabled,
- chimerical,
- storied.
- given,
- as advertised,
- simple,
- puppet,
- honorary,
- alleged,
- suggested,
- apparent,
- self-styled,
- in name only,
- Mentioned,
- named,
- in effect only,
- formal,
- titular.
- likely,
- demonstrative,
- notable,
- illusory,
- illusive,
- manifest,
- specious,
- plausible,
- Exhibited,
- Colorable,
- outward,
- Semblant.
- counterfeit,
- Bluffing,
- purported,
- mock,
- fake,
- factitious,
- feigned,
- assumed,
- masked,
- lying,
- Shammed,
- ostensible,
- make-believe,
- Falsified,
- simulated,
- pseudo,
- put-on,
- charlatan,
- false,
- phony,
- fictitious,
- Imposturous,
- artificial,
- cheating,
- quack,
- professed,
- bogus,
- pretend,
- dissimulated,
- Impostrous,
- covered,
- sham,
- so-called,
- avowed,
- affected,
- supposed,
- concealed,
- spurious.
- nominal,
- semi-,
- partly,
- apparently,
- would-be,
- seemingly,
- supposedly,
- pseudo-,
- near,
- virtual.
- immaterial,
- hallucinatory,
- aerial,
- impalpable,
- insubstantial,
- figmental,
- phantasmagoric,
- intangible,
- theoretical,
- ideal,
- dreamlike,
- romantic,
- reachy,
- unbelievable,
- nebulous,
- Storybook,
- mythical,
- notional,
- unsubstantial.
- furtive,
- implausible,
- unconvincing,
- disreputable,
- inconstant,
- capricious,
- underhanded,
- shifty,
- vacillating,
- tricky,
- mistaken,
- unstable,
- unfaithful,
- uncertain,
- untrustworthy,
- unsure,
- erroneous,
- weak,
- makeshift,
- wavering,
- inaccurate,
- underhand,
- irresponsible,
- fallible,
- fickle,
- unsound,
- undependable,
- treacherous,
- fly-by-night.
v.
•act (verb)- go over,
- be on,
- personify,
- do a turn,
- make debut,
- characterize,
- stooge,
- star,
- say one's piece,
- tread the boards,
- mug,
- play act,
- personate,
- rehearse,
- enact,
- ham it up,
- dramatize,
- play part,
- parody,
- perform,
- take part,
- bring down the house,
- strut,
- play role,
- go on,
- mime,
- put it over,
- emote,
- play gig,
- burlesque,
- lay an egg.
- bunco,
- humbug,
- Illude,
- betray,
- snow,
- shuck,
- double-cross,
- take in,
- defraud,
- juggle,
- psych out,
- lie,
- trick,
- con.
- collect,
- hold out for,
- exact,
- declare,
- adduce,
- challenge,
- believe,
- defend,
- insist,
- justify,
- pop the question,
- postulate,
- requisition,
- ask,
- solicit,
- hold,
- stake out,
- need,
- advance,
- vindicate,
- take,
- call for,
- uphold,
- hit up,
- knock,
- have dibs on something,
- require,
- assert,
- pick up,
- lay claim to,
- HIT,
- pronounce.
- fancy,
- hypothesize,
- judge,
- conclude,
- deem,
- presume,
- guess,
- think,
- hazard a guess,
- gather,
- guesstimate,
- feel,
- conceive,
- glean,
- expect,
- infer,
- figure,
- theorize,
- take a shot,
- surmise,
- estimate,
- take a stab,
- take for granted.
- make like,
- do like,
- DO,
- phony up,
- act like,
- mimeo,
- make money,
- mint,
- STAT,
- coin,
- clone,
- carbon,
- knock off,
- circulate bad money,
- fabricate,
- forge,
- xerox,
- ape,
- go like,
- copy,
- ditto.
- cloak,
- age,
- falsify,
- redo,
- screen,
- antique,
- gloss over,
- garble,
- cover up,
- wear cheaters,
- conceal,
- secrete,
- dress up,
- front,
- camouflage,
- obfuscate,
- beard,
- touch up,
- cover,
- doctor up,
- muffle,
- obscure,
- hide,
- varnish,
- change,
- color,
- veil,
- belie,
- shroud,
- alter,
- put on a false front.
- avoid,
- fly,
- parry,
- shirk,
- bypass,
- shift,
- dodge,
- eschew,
- cavil,
- cop out,
- duck,
- pussyfoot,
- balk,
- confuse,
- beat around bush,
- shy,
- baffle,
- circumvent,
- fence,
- keep distance,
- waffle,
- put off,
- pass up,
- shun,
- weasel,
- hedge,
- tergiversate,
- slip out,
- lead on a merry chase,
- escape,
- sneak away,
- steer clear of,
- equivocate,
- double,
- prevaricate,
- beg the question,
- decline,
- shuffle,
- elude,
- get around,
- sidestep,
- flee,
- give the runaround,
- fend off,
- lay low.
- fox,
- bamboozle,
- hoax,
- diddle,
- outfox,
- play a trick on,
- spoof,
- Juke,
- play-act,
- suck in,
- scam,
- trifle,
- gull,
- put one over on,
- chicane,
- lead on,
- kid,
- flimflam.
- hazard,
- chance,
- take a stab at,
- survey,
- dare say,
- predicate,
- happen upon,
- speculate,
- lump it,
- divine,
- suggest,
- select,
- take a shot at,
- deduce,
- solve,
- reckon,
- go out on a limb,
- pick,
- think likely,
- conjecture,
- opine,
- venture,
- predict,
- fathom,
- reason,
- size up,
- jump to a conclusion,
- work out,
- penetrate,
- calculate.
- follow,
- match,
- do likewise,
- duplicate,
- pattern after,
- caricature,
- follow in footsteps,
- reflect,
- parallel,
- reduplicate,
- model after,
- look like,
- repeat,
- replicate,
- resemble,
- follow suit,
- borrow,
- mirror,
- emulate,
- travesty,
- send up,
- echo,
- take off,
- play a part,
- be like.
- jape,
- make fun of,
- razz,
- josh,
- jest,
- banter,
- rib,
- bother,
- rag,
- joke,
- tease,
- jolly,
- make sport of,
- fun,
- roast.
- fix,
- merge,
- Fabulize,
- hatch,
- mix,
- fashion,
- improvise,
- play by ear,
- ready,
- join,
- prepare,
- compose,
- make,
- meld,
- fuse,
- mingle,
- dream up,
- cook up,
- write,
- fictionalize,
- fake it,
- blend,
- put together,
- whip up,
- combine,
- construct,
- IMPROV,
- Storify,
- ad-lib,
- frame,
- originate,
- formulate,
- compound,
- wing it.
- posit,
- consider,
- presuppose,
- depend,
- count on,
- premise,
- bank on,
- trust,
- take it,
- jump the gun,
- rely,
- be afraid.
- feign,
- make out,
- jive,
- whitewash,
- allege,
- sucker,
- stonewall,
- be hypocritical,
- put on a front,
- shuck and jive,
- make believe,
- deceive,
- imagine,
- fool,
- purport,
- delude,
- act,
- put on airs,
- make out like,
- beguile,
- suppose,
- play,
- malinger,
- cheat,
- profess,
- make up,
- mislead,
- cozen,
- put up a front,
- impersonate,
- pass off,
- affect,
- masquerade,
- playact,
- bluff,
- pass oneself off as,
- fudge,
- make as if,
- put on an act,
- dissimulate,
- be deceitful,
- dupe,
- put on,
- claim,
- mimic,
- hoodwink,
- imitate,
- claim falsely,
- assume the role,
- portray,
- let on,
- represent,
- reproduce,
- assume,
- dissemble,
- pose,
- simulate,
- jazz,
- lay claim,
- fish,
- fake out.
- certify,
- state,
- soapbox,
- affirm,
- avow,
- aver,
- proclaim,
- open up,
- announce,
- get on soapbox,
- cross heart,
- blow hot air,
- maintain,
- vouch,
- swear up and down,
- own,
- asseverate,
- come out,
- confirm,
- Constate,
- admit,
- avouch,
- talk big,
- acknowledge,
- swear on bible,
- stump,
- depose,
- own up,
- say so,
- sing,
- spiel,
- get off chest,
- croon,
- spout,
- confess.
- bicker,
- carp,
- dispute,
- hassle,
- hem and haw,
- argufy,
- Paralogize,
- argue over,
- spar,
- criticize,
- squabble,
- pettifog,
- put up an argument,
- blow hot and cold,
- talk back,
- altercate,
- wrangle,
- have at it,
- flip-flop,
- set to,
- hypercriticize,
- make a big thing about,
- nit-pick,
- evade,
- split hairs,
- catch at straws.
- look,
- show every sign of,
- insinuate,
- make a show of,
- have the qualities of,
- give the idea of,
- hint,
- give the feeling of,
- have the appearance of,
- have the earmarks of,
- sound like,
- have the features of,
- convey the impression,
- show,
- look to be,
- sound,
- create the impression,
- intimate,
- look as if,
- be suggestive of,
- have the aspects of,
- strike one as being.
Antonyms for Pre-tended:
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adj.
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affected
unhurt, natural, unmoved, ok, untroubled, unperturbed, unimpaired, unchanged, calm, unswayed, uninjured.
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assumed
unexpected, unassumed.
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make-believe
unimagined.
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mythical/mythological
historical.
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nominal
important, significant.
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ostensible
obscure, vague, improbable, unlikely.
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unreliable
dependable, trustworthy, faithful, clear, steady, forthright, responsible, strong, constant, stable.
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affected
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v.
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bluff
support, come clean, protect.
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claim
quit, conceal, disclaim, forsake, give, reject, question, answer, repudiate, abandon, desert, hide, disbelieve.
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conjecture
prove, calculate, misunderstand, measure, know.
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evade
confront, clear up, accept, release, take on, order, meet, organize, face, stay, remain, enlighten, aid, encounter, explain, 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
disagree, be real.
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pettifog
give in.
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profess
contradict, dispute, disown, disavow, invalidate, renounce, be quiet.
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suppose
disallow, misconceive.
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bluff