What is another word for pretending?
260 synonyms found
Pronunciation:
[ pɹɪtˈɛndɪŋ], [ pɹɪtˈɛndɪŋ], [ p_ɹ_ɪ_t_ˈɛ_n_d_ɪ_ŋ]
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Synonyms for Pretending:
adj.
• hypothetical (adjective)- more conjecturable,
- most presupposed,
- hypo thetical,
- most refutable,
- pre supposed,
- more refutable,
- more unconfirmed,
- more postulated,
- in definite,
- most unconfirmed,
- most postulated,
- un-confirmed,
- most concocted,
- most contestable,
- more pretending,
- most stochastic,
- un confirmed,
- more concocted,
- more stochastic,
- hypo-thetical,
- most conjecturable,
- pre-supposed,
- most pretending,
- more presupposed,
- in-definite,
- more contestable,
- in determinate.
n.
• act (noun) • acting (noun)- hamming,
- stooging,
- seemings,
- seeming,
- characterization,
- Theatricals,
- characterizations,
- Enacting,
- portraying,
- posturings,
- Imitating,
- pantomime,
- stagecraft,
- pantomimes,
- playings.
v.
• imitating (verb) • pretending (verb)Other synonyms:
• joking • Other relevant words: • Other relevant words (noun):- fashion,
- contending,
- pattern,
- clearing,
- perfidious,
- advancing,
- feint,
- Mouthing,
- presume,
- copy,
- pretension,
- example,
- scoring,
- Impressing,
- realising,
- bullshitting,
- Cloaking,
- Realizing,
- Alleging,
- Enunciating,
- adopt,
- move,
- Defecating,
- mysterious,
- cooking,
- fabricate,
- fake,
- professing,
- excuse,
- lying,
- pretentiousness,
- assuming,
- representing,
- mould,
- acquire,
- Kidding,
- fixing,
- Opining,
- Imagining,
- Tricking,
- make-believe,
- Producing,
- assumed,
- unpretending,
- bear,
- untruthful,
- Impacting,
- affect,
- malingering,
- pseudo,
- fakery,
- deceive,
- Inferring,
- regarding,
- false pretension,
- Attaining,
- Establishing,
- false pretense,
- sanctimonious,
- computer simulation,
- affectation,
- piddling,
- Constituting,
- reenact,
- Puddling,
- Inventing,
- Earning,
- Maintaining,
- Seducing,
- two-faced,
- roleplaying,
- sham,
- form,
- inducing,
- pretend to be,
- dissimulating,
- hypocrisy,
- pissing,
- Preparing,
- Approximating,
- dress,
- Double dealing,
- peeing,
- model,
- Gaining,
- guessing,
- guise,
- Estimating,
- cheat,
- Confessing,
- playacting,
- underhand,
- pharisaic,
- pretext,
- untrustworthy,
- Venturing,
- figure,
- involve,
- conceding,
- Feigner,
- Broaching,
- Forming,
- dissimulate,
- Creating,
- Shaming,
- Constructing,
- dishonest,
- impersonation,
- image,
- arrogate,
- feigned,
- dissemble,
- playing,
- play,
- crapping,
- moving,
- mannerism,
- treacherous,
- judging,
- deceitful,
- naming,
- Nominating,
- urinating,
- causing,
- hypocritical,
- wear,
- mold,
- aspect,
- feign,
- reaching,
- Gauging,
- misrepresenting,
- bulling,
- Behaving,
- pretend,
- accept,
- readying,
- touching,
- mendacious,
- assume,
- Involving,
- appearance,
- false,
- deceptive,
- simulate,
- Hazarding,
- reckoning,
- FALSE CLAIM.
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Equivalence
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Adjective
pretend.
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Adjective
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Reverse Entailment
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Adjective
make-believe.
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Adjective
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Independent
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Verb, gerund or present participle
acting, appearing, arguing, assembling, asserting, assuming, believing, bringing, communicating, complaining, contending, conveying, facing, forging, getting, insisting, letting, living, loading, looking, moving, passing, play, playing, posing, protesting, pushing, putting, saying, seeking, sending, setting, shifting, spreading, switching, telling, thinking, trusting, trying, wanting, wearing, wishing, Affirming, Aiming, Alleging, Attempting, Bluffing, Claiming, Declaring, Expressing, Masquerading, Migrating, Resembling, Shamming, Transforming, Commenting, Purporting, Stating, Submitting, Suggesting, underlining, demonstrating, faking.
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Verb, gerund or present participle
Hypernym for Pretending:
n.
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act
affectedness, charade, pose, appearance, pretend, mannerism, show, affectation, masquerade, make-believe.
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act
Hyponym for Pretending:
n.
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act
dissimulation, deception, deceit, dissembling.
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act
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