- pretense, pretence, pretending, simulation, feigning - the act of giving a false appearance; "his conformity was only pretending"
--1 is a kind of deception, deceit, dissembling, dissimulation
--1 has particulars:appearance, show; make-believe, pretend; affectation, mannerism, pose, affectedness; masquerade Derived form: verb pretend1
- feign, sham, pretend, affect, dissemble - make believe with the intent to deceive; "He feigned that he was ill"; "He shammed a headache"
--1 is one way to misrepresent, belie
Sample sentences:Derived forms: noun pretender2, noun pretense2, noun pretense1, noun pretending1
Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s that CLAUSE
Somebody ----s to INFINITIVE
- dissemble, pretend, act - behave unnaturally or affectedly; "She's just acting"
Sample sentences:Derived form: noun pretender2
Somebody ----s
Somebody ----s something
- pretend - put forward a claim and assert right or possession of; "pretend the title of King"
--3 is one way to claim, lay claim, arrogate
Sample sentence:Derived forms: noun Pretender1, noun pretension2, noun pretense4
Somebody ----s something
- guess, venture, pretend, hazard - put forward, of a guess, in spite of possible refutation; "I am guessing that the price of real estate will rise again"; "I cannot pretend to say that you are wrong"
--4 is one way to speculate
Sample sentences:
Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s that CLAUSE
- make, pretend, make believe - represent fictitiously, as in a play, or pretend to be or act like; "She makes like an actress"
--5 is one way to act, play, represent
Sample sentence:Derived form: noun pretend1
Somebody ----s that CLAUSE
- profess, pretend - state insincerely; "He professed innocence but later admitted his guilt"; "She pretended not to have known the suicide bomber"; "She pretends to be an expert on wine"
--6 is one way to claim
Sample sentences:
Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s that CLAUSE