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