What is another word for pretended?
541 synonyms found
Pronunciation:
[ pɹɪtˈɛndɪd], [ pɹɪtˈɛndɪd], [ p_ɹ_ɪ_t_ˈɛ_n_d_ɪ_d]
Pretended is a word that implies an action or statement that is not true or genuine. However, there are many other words that can be used to describe the same situation. Some synonyms for pretended include feigned, simulated, faked, acted, posed, put on, false, artificial, and bogus. Each of these words conveys a slightly different meaning, but all refer to something that is not genuinely real. Whether someone is pretending to be happy, pretending to know something they don't, or pretending to be someone else entirely, there are multiple ways to express this concept without relying solely on the word pretended.
Synonyms for Pretended:
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adj.
• ostensible • pretended • quasi • so-called • unreal • vicarious • affected- fraud ,
- frauder ,
- fraudest ,
- hamer ,
- hamest ,
- hammier ,
- hammiest ,
- high falutin' ,
- in sincere ,
- in sincerer ,
- in sincerest ,
- in-sincere ,
- in-sincerer ,
- in-sincerest ,
- more affected ,
- more counterfeited ,
- more faked ,
- more playacting ,
- more put on ,
- more put-on ,
- more puton ,
- most counterfeited ,
- most faked ,
- most playacting ,
- most put on ,
- most put-on ,
- most puton ,
- ostentatious ,
- over done ,
- over-done ,
- pre tended ,
- pre-tended ,
- puton ,
- schmaltzy ,
- self conscious ,
- selfconscious ,
- shallower ,
- simulated ,
- un natural ,
- un-natural .
- de scribed ,
- de-scribed ,
- more averred ,
- more described ,
- more purported ,
- most averred ,
- most described ,
- most purported .
- dummier ,
- dummiest ,
- not what is cracked be ,
- not what is cracked to be ,
- not what is cracked up be ,
- not what is cracked up to be ,
- not what it is cracked be ,
- not what it is cracked to be ,
- not what it is cracked up be .
- crockest ,
- mis leading ,
- mis-leading ,
- more hollywood ,
- more pirate ,
- most hollywood ,
- most pirate ,
- pirate ,
- planter ,
- plantest ,
- two faced ,
- twofaced ,
- wont fly .
- fakest ,
- in vented ,
- in-vented ,
- more concocted ,
- more fabricated ,
- more reproduction ,
- most concocted ,
- most fabricated ,
- most reproduction ,
- re production ,
- re-production .
- folkloric ,
- more created ,
- more folkloric ,
- most created ,
- most folkloric ,
- non existent ,
- un truer ,
- un truest ,
- un-truer ,
- un-truest .
- in effect only ,
- more puppet ,
- more self styled ,
- more self-styled ,
- more selfstyled ,
- most puppet ,
- most self styled ,
- most self-styled ,
- most selfstyled ,
- self styled ,
- selfstyled .
- more unauthentic ,
- more ungenuine ,
- most unauthentic ,
- most ungenuine ,
- un authentic ,
- un genuine ,
- un-authentic ,
- un-genuine .
- dis reputable ,
- dis-reputable ,
- fly by night ,
- in accurate ,
- in-constant ,
- mis taken ,
- un convincing ,
- un dependable ,
- un faithful ,
- un reliable ,
- un sound ,
- un sounder ,
- un stable ,
- un stabler ,
- un stablest ,
- un sure ,
- un-convincing ,
- un-dependable ,
- un-faithful ,
- un-reliable ,
- un-sound ,
- un-sounder ,
- un-soundest ,
- un-stable ,
- un-stabler ,
- un-stablest ,
- un-sure ,
- un-trustworthy ,
- under hand ,
- under handed ,
- under-hand ,
- under-handed .
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v.
• imitated • pretended Other synonyms:
- fabled ,
- fabulous ,
- hypothetical ,
- illusory ,
- imaginary ,
- insubstantial ,
- made-up ,
- notional ,
- otherworldly .
- artificial .
Other relevant words:
- Acted ,
- Approximated ,
- Behaved ,
- Bulled ,
- Caused ,
- Colorable ,
- Constructed ,
- Contended ,
- Created ,
- Defecated ,
- Dissembled ,
- Double dealing ,
- Enunciated ,
- FALSE CLAIM ,
- Gained ,
- Gauged ,
- Guessed ,
- Hazarded ,
- Inferred ,
- Judged ,
- Kidded ,
- Mouthed ,
- Opined ,
- Pecksniffian ,
- Plated ,
- Propositional ,
- Puddled ,
- Reached ,
- Reckoned ,
- Regarded ,
- Scored ,
- Seemed ,
- Titivated ,
- Tricked ,
- Ventured ,
- acted as ,
- admit ,
- adulterated ,
- affect ,
- affirm ,
- allege ,
- alleged ,
- alligator ,
- apocryphal ,
- apologetic ,
- apparent ,
- arrogate ,
- ascribe ,
- assert ,
- asserted ,
- assume ,
- assumed ,
- assumptive ,
- attained ,
- avow ,
- avowed ,
- backhanded ,
- bastard ,
- belie ,
- bodily ,
- bogus ,
- broached ,
- brummagem ,
- caiman ,
- carnal ,
- carried out ,
- catchpenny ,
- cayman ,
- claimed falsely ,
- cleared ,
- cloaked ,
- colored ,
- conceded ,
- confess ,
- confessed ,
- constituted ,
- contraband ,
- contradict ,
- contrived ,
- cooked ,
- crapped ,
- crocodile ,
- crocodilian ,
- deceitful ,
- deceive ,
- declare ,
- delusive ,
- dishonest ,
- dissemble ,
- dissimulate ,
- dissimulating ,
- distorted ,
- double ,
- double-faced ,
- earned ,
- embellished ,
- embroidered ,
- ersatz ,
- established ,
- estimated ,
- evident ,
- exterior ,
- external ,
- extrinsic ,
- fabricate ,
- fabricated ,
- factitious ,
- fake ,
- false ,
- falsify ,
- fancied ,
- faux ,
- feign ,
- fictional ,
- fictitious ,
- fictive ,
- fixed ,
- fleshly ,
- forced ,
- formal ,
- formed ,
- fraudulent ,
- garbled ,
- gator ,
- glossy ,
- goody-goody ,
- high-sounding ,
- hollow ,
- hypocritical ,
- illegitimate ,
- imagined ,
- imitation ,
- imitative ,
- impacted ,
- impressed ,
- in name only ,
- inauthentic ,
- induced ,
- invented ,
- involved ,
- janus-faced ,
- jive ,
- junky ,
- kind of ,
- la-di-da ,
- left-handed ,
- lip ,
- made out ,
- maintained ,
- make-believe ,
- man-made ,
- manifest ,
- material ,
- mealy ,
- mealy-mouthed ,
- mealymouthed ,
- mechanical ,
- meretricious ,
- misnamed ,
- misrepresent ,
- misrepresented ,
- mistaken ,
- moved ,
- mundane ,
- mythic ,
- mythologic ,
- mythological ,
- named ,
- nominated ,
- non-spiritual ,
- observable ,
- obvious ,
- off-key ,
- oily ,
- ostensibly ,
- ostensive ,
- outer ,
- outlying ,
- outside ,
- outward ,
- paste ,
- perverted ,
- pharisaic ,
- phoney ,
- phony-baloney ,
- physical ,
- pietistic ,
- pinchbeck ,
- pious ,
- pissed ,
- plastic ,
- playacted ,
- played ,
- played the part of ,
- prepared ,
- pretend ,
- pretentious ,
- pretexted ,
- produced ,
- profess ,
- professed ,
- proposed ,
- pseudo ,
- pseudonymous ,
- puppet ,
- purport ,
- purported ,
- put on ,
- quack ,
- quasi ,
- quasi- ,
- queer ,
- readied ,
- realised ,
- realized ,
- representational ,
- represented ,
- reputed ,
- sanctimonious ,
- scamped ,
- secular ,
- seduced ,
- self-righteous ,
- self-styled ,
- shallow ,
- sham ,
- shamed ,
- shoddy ,
- simulate ,
- simulative ,
- skin-deep ,
- slick ,
- smarmy ,
- snide ,
- so to speak ,
- so-called ,
- soi-disant ,
- sophisticated ,
- sort of ,
- sour ,
- spurious ,
- strained ,
- superficial ,
- supposed ,
- suppositious ,
- supposititious ,
- surface ,
- surreptitious ,
- suspect ,
- temporal ,
- terrestrial ,
- tin ,
- tinsel ,
- titular ,
- touched ,
- tricky ,
- twisted ,
- two-faced ,
- unauthentic ,
- unctuous ,
- unfaithful ,
- ungenuine ,
- unnatural ,
- unreal ,
- unsound ,
- untrue ,
- urinated ,
- usurp ,
- vicarious ,
- visible ,
- warped ,
- weed ,
- worldly ,
- would-be .
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How to use "Pretended" in context?
When most of us think of pretending, we think of making something up. But what if pretending is a natural and essential part of our lives? Pretending allows us to make new experiences, to explore our imaginations, to build new relationships, and to find out what we're really capable of.
Pretending can be as simple as pretending to be someone you're not, or pretending to be in a different situation. It can also be more complicated, like pretending to be someone you know well in order to learn something new.
In fact, pretending is so important that it's been given its own word: deception.
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Verb, past tense
alleged, anticipated, asserted, attested, expected, hooked, intended, loaded, maintained, packed, played, purported, realized, said, shot, sought, sounded, starred, suggested, thought, wanted, Argued, Claimed, Fitted, Flipped, Went, Got, Installed, Rode, Tampered, Told, Contended, Submitted, Summed, DO, 'vebeen, saidcome.
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