Definition of pretending
noun:
verb:
- make believe with the intent to deceive; "He feigned that he was ill", "He shammed a headache". Synonyms: affect, dissemble, feign, pretend, sham.
- behave unnaturally or affectedly; "She's just acting". Synonyms: act, dissemble, pretend.
- put forward a claim and assert right or possession of; "pretend the title of King". Synonyms: pretend.
- 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". Synonyms: guess, hazard, pretend, venture.
- represent fictitiously, as in a play, or pretend to be or act like; "She makes like an actress". Synonyms: make, make believe, 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". Synonyms: pretend, profess.
Related words
affectation, affectedness, anticipate, appearance, assume, bull, bullshit, call, fake, feign, forebode, foretell, mannerism, masquerade, mouth, pose, predict, pretend, prognosticate, promise, sham, show, simulate, surmise, suspect.
Rhymes with
ascending, attending, bending, blending, condescending, defending, descending, ending, expending, impending, lending, mending, offending, pending, rending, sending, spending, tending, unbending, unending.
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