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.
  •alleged (adjective)
  • dubious,
  • stated,
  • declared,
  • Averred,
  • suspect,
  • questionable,
  • described,
  • suspicious.
  •assumed (adjective)
  • imitation,
  • made-up.
  •bogus (adjective)
  • not what it is cracked up to be,
  • dummy,
  • fraudulent,
  • forged,
  • ersatz.
  •counterfeit (adjective)
  • 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.
  •ersatz (adjective)
  • substitute,
  • synthetic,
  • manufactured.
  •fake (adjective)
  • invented,
  • Concocted,
  • fabricated,
  • reproduction.
  •false (adjective)
  • adulterated,
  • alloyed,
  • seeming,
  • bum,
  • meretricious,
  • disguised,
  • colored,
  • shady,
  • unreal.
  •feigned (adjective)
  • imaginary,
  • imagined.
  •la-di-da (adjective)
  • mannered.
  •make-believe (adjective)
  • fantasized,
  • dream,
  • Acted,
  • fictional,
  • fantasy.
  •mock (adjective)
  • quasi,
  • hokey,
  • imitative.
  •mythic (adjective)
  • mythologic.
  •mythical (adjective)
  • mythological,
  • fairy-tale.
  •mythical/mythological (adjective)
  • fanciful,
  • whimsical,
  • allegorical,
  • visionary,
  • Created,
  • nonexistent,
  • supposititious,
  • legendary,
  • fictive,
  • fabulous,
  • mythic,
  • untrue,
  • folkloric,
  • traditional,
  • fabled,
  • chimerical,
  • storied.
  •nominal (adjective)
  • given,
  • as advertised,
  • simple,
  • puppet,
  • honorary,
  • alleged,
  • suggested,
  • apparent,
  • self-styled,
  • in name only,
  • Mentioned,
  • named,
  • in effect only,
  • formal,
  • titular.
  •ostensible (adjective)
  • likely,
  • demonstrative,
  • notable,
  • illusory,
  • illusive,
  • manifest,
  • specious,
  • plausible,
  • Exhibited,
  • Colorable,
  • outward,
  • Semblant.
  •pretended (adjective)
  • 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.
  •pseudo (adjective)
  • not real,
  • not legit.
  •quack (adjective)
  • dissembling,
  • unprincipled,
  • dishonest.
  •quasi (adjective)
  • nominal,
  • semi-,
  • partly,
  • apparently,
  • would-be,
  • seemingly,
  • supposedly,
  • pseudo-,
  • near,
  • virtual.
  •sham (adjective)
  • plaster.
  •so-called (adjective)
  • commonly named,
  • self-named,
  • itular,
  • allegedly,
  • soi-disant,
  • wrongly named.
  •spurious (adjective)
  • unauthentic,
  • ungenuine,
  • bastard,
  • apocryphal,
  • deceitful,
  • illegitimate.
  •unreal (adjective)
  • immaterial,
  • hallucinatory,
  • aerial,
  • impalpable,
  • insubstantial,
  • figmental,
  • phantasmagoric,
  • intangible,
  • theoretical,
  • ideal,
  • dreamlike,
  • romantic,
  • reachy,
  • unbelievable,
  • nebulous,
  • Storybook,
  • mythical,
  • notional,
  • unsubstantial.
  •unreliable (adjective)
  • 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.
  •vicarious (adjective)
  • indirect,
  • commissioned,
  • surrogate,
  • eventual,
  • empathetic,
  • secondary,
  • Deputed,
  • Delegated,
  • Substituted,
  • by proxy,
  • sympathetic,
  • Substitutional.

• 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.
  •assume (verb)
  • adopt.
  •bluff (verb)
  • bunco,
  • humbug,
  • Illude,
  • betray,
  • snow,
  • shuck,
  • double-cross,
  • take in,
  • defraud,
  • juggle,
  • psych out,
  • lie,
  • trick,
  • con.
  •claim (verb)
  • 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.
  •conjecture (verb)
  • 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.
  •counterfeit (verb)
  • 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.
  •disguise (verb)
  • 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.
  •dissimulate (verb)
  • present a false face,
  • present a false front,
  • mask.
  •evade (verb)
  • 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.
  •fabricate (verb)
  • devise,
  • form,
  • concoct,
  • trump up,
  • invent,
  • fib,
  • contrive,
  • misrepresent.
  •fool (verb)
  • 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.
  •guess (verb)
  • 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.
  •imitate (verb)
  • 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.
  •invent (verb)
  • misstate,
  • create out of thin air,
  • vamp,
  • think up,
  • tell a white lie,
  • tell untruth,
  • conjure up.
  •kid (verb)
  • jape,
  • make fun of,
  • razz,
  • josh,
  • jest,
  • banter,
  • rib,
  • bother,
  • rag,
  • joke,
  • tease,
  • jolly,
  • make sport of,
  • fun,
  • roast.
  •make believe (verb)
  • play the part,
  • fantasize,
  • let on like,
  • act as though,
  • act as if.
  •make up (verb)
  • 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.
  •masquerade (verb)
  • revel,
  • pass as,
  • pass for,
  • attitudinize,
  • frolic,
  • posture.
  •mime (verb)
  • pantomime.
  •pettifog (verb)
  • nitpick,
  • pick to pieces,
  • niggle.
  •presume (verb)
  • posit,
  • consider,
  • presuppose,
  • depend,
  • count on,
  • premise,
  • bank on,
  • trust,
  • take it,
  • jump the gun,
  • rely,
  • be afraid.
  •pretend (verb)
  • 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.
  •profess (verb)
  • 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.
  •purport (verb)
  • express,
  • convey,
  • indicate,
  • pose as,
  • point to,
  • intend,
  • imply,
  • denote,
  • betoken,
  • signify,
  • import.
  •quibble (verb)
  • 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.
  •seem (verb)
  • 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.
  •sham (verb)
  • play possum,
  • do a number,
  • create.
  •suppose (verb)
  • have sneaking suspicion,
  • grant,
  • understand,
  • view,
  • swear by,
  • take as gospel truth,
  • have a hunch,
  • brainstorm,
  • take stock in,
  • accept,
  • regard,
  • dare-say,
  • spark.
  •surmise (verb)
  • risk assuming,
  • venture a guess.

Antonyms for Pre-tended:

• adj.

  • affected
    unhurt, natural, unmoved, ok, untroubled, unperturbed, unimpaired, unchanged, calm, unswayed, uninjured.
  • alleged
    definite, sure, certain.
  • assumed
    unexpected, unassumed.
  • bogus
    honest, valid, truthful, actual, authentic, factual.
  • false
    frank, substantiated, just, accurate, right, known, precise, straight, correct, reliable.
  • make-believe
    unimagined.
  • mythical/mythological
    historical.
  • nominal
    important, significant.
  • ostensible
    obscure, vague, improbable, unlikely.
  • pretended
    bare, exposed, revealed, genuine, real, original, open, sincere, true.
  • quasi
    total, whole, entire.
  • unreliable
    dependable, trustworthy, faithful, clear, steady, forthright, responsible, strong, constant, stable.

• v.

  • act
    discontinue, cease, halt, refrain, prevent, hesitate, fail, direct, abstain, idle, give up.
  • assume
    not believe, not take, not do, doubt, leave, let alone.
  • bluff
    support, come clean, protect.
  • claim
    quit, conceal, disclaim, forsake, give, reject, question, answer, repudiate, abandon, desert, hide, disbelieve.
  • conjecture
    prove, calculate, misunderstand, measure, know.
  • disguise
    expose, lay bare, let out, disclose, uncover, represent, show, unmask, divulge, tell.
  • evade
    confront, clear up, accept, release, take on, order, meet, organize, face, stay, remain, enlighten, aid, encounter, explain, help.
  • fabricate
    wreck, break, ruin, destroy, demolish.
  • guess
    neglect, wonder, ignore, refuse.
  • imitate
    clash, disregard.
  • invent
    steal.
  • kid
    be serious.
  • make believe
    live reality.
  • make up
    disagree, be real.
  • pettifog
    give in.
  • presume
    distrust, forget.
  • pretend
    deny, differ, be honest, oppose, stop, reverse, reveal, be original, tell truth.
  • profess
    contradict, dispute, disown, disavow, invalidate, renounce, be quiet.
  • quibble
    approve, concur, agree.
  • suppose
    disallow, misconceive.