English

Detailed Synonyms for pretend in English

pretend:

to pretend verbe (pretends, pretended, pretending)

  1. to pretend
    to pretend; to feign; to sham; to do as if
    • pretend verbe (pretends, pretended, pretending)
    • feign verbe (feigns, feigned, feigning)
    • sham verbe (shams, shammed, shamming)
    • do as if verbe (does as if, did as if, doing as if)
  2. to pretend
    to play; to pretend; to play-act; to perform; to dramatize; to act; to dramatise
    • play verbe (plays, played, playing)
    • pretend verbe (pretends, pretended, pretending)
    • play-act verbe (play-acts, play-acted, play-acting)
    • perform verbe (performs, performed, performing)
    • dramatize verbe, américain (dramatizes, dramatized, dramatizing)
    • act verbe (acts, acted, acting)
    • dramatise verbe, britannique
  3. to pretend
    to simulate; to feign; to pretend; to do as if
    • simulate verbe (simulates, simulated, simulating)
    • feign verbe (feigns, feigned, feigning)
    • pretend verbe (pretends, pretended, pretending)
    • do as if verbe (does as if, did as if, doing as if)
  4. to pretend
    to pretend; to stage; to sham; to do as if; to feign
    • pretend verbe (pretends, pretended, pretending)
    • stage verbe (stages, staged, staging)
    • sham verbe (shams, shammed, shamming)
    • do as if verbe (does as if, did as if, doing as if)
    • feign verbe (feigns, feigned, feigning)
  5. to pretend
    to pretend; to do as if
    • pretend verbe (pretends, pretended, pretending)
    • do as if verbe (does as if, did as if, doing as if)
  6. to pretend
    to pretend; think a lot of oneself
  7. to pretend
    – state insincerely 1
    to pretend; to profess
    – state insincerely 1
    • pretend verbe (pretends, pretended, pretending)
      • She pretended not to have known the suicide bomber1
      • She pretends to be an expert on wine1
    • profess verbe (professes, professed, professing)
      • He professed innocence but later admitted his guilt1
  8. to pretend
    – make believe with the intent to deceive 1
    to affect; to pretend; to sham; to feign; to dissemble
    – make believe with the intent to deceive 1
    • affect verbe (affects, affected, affecting)
    • pretend verbe (pretends, pretended, pretending)
    • sham verbe (shams, shammed, shamming)
      • He shammed a headache1
    • feign verbe (feigns, feigned, feigning)
      • He feigned that he was ill1
    • dissemble verbe (dissembles, dissembled, dissembling)
  9. to pretend
    – represent fictitiously, as in a play, or pretend to be or act like 1
    to make; to pretend; make believe
    – represent fictitiously, as in a play, or pretend to be or act like 1
    • make verbe (makes, made, making)
      • She makes like an actress1
    • pretend verbe (pretends, pretended, pretending)
    • make believe verbe
  10. to pretend
    – put forward, of a guess, in spite of possible refutation 1
    to venture; to guess; to pretend; to hazard
    – put forward, of a guess, in spite of possible refutation 1
    • venture verbe (ventures, ventured, venturing)
    • guess verbe (guesses, guessed, guessing)
      • I am guessing that the price of real estate will rise again1
    • pretend verbe (pretends, pretended, pretending)
      • I cannot pretend to say that you are wrong1
    • hazard verbe (hazards, hazarded, hazarding)
  11. to pretend
    – behave unnaturally or affectedly 1
    to act; to pretend; to dissemble
    – behave unnaturally or affectedly 1
    • act verbe (acts, acted, acting)
      • She's just acting1
    • pretend verbe (pretends, pretended, pretending)
    • dissemble verbe (dissembles, dissembled, dissembling)
  12. to pretend
    – put forward a claim and assert right or possession of 1
    to pretend
    – put forward a claim and assert right or possession of 1
    • pretend verbe (pretends, pretended, pretending)
      • pretend the title of King1

Conjugations for pretend:

present
  1. pretend
  2. pretend
  3. pretends
  4. pretend
  5. pretend
  6. pretend
simple past
  1. pretended
  2. pretended
  3. pretended
  4. pretended
  5. pretended
  6. pretended
present perfect
  1. have pretended
  2. have pretended
  3. has pretended
  4. have pretended
  5. have pretended
  6. have pretended
past continuous
  1. was pretending
  2. were pretending
  3. was pretending
  4. were pretending
  5. were pretending
  6. were pretending
future
  1. shall pretend
  2. will pretend
  3. will pretend
  4. shall pretend
  5. will pretend
  6. will pretend
continuous present
  1. am pretending
  2. are pretending
  3. is pretending
  4. are pretending
  5. are pretending
  6. are pretending
subjunctive
  1. be pretended
  2. be pretended
  3. be pretended
  4. be pretended
  5. be pretended
  6. be pretended
diverse
  1. pretend!
  2. let's pretend!
  3. pretended
  4. pretending
1. I, 2. you, 3. he/she/it, 4. we, 5. you, 6. they

pretend adj

  1. pretend
    – imagined as in a play 1
    pretend; make-believe
    – imagined as in a play 1
    • pretend adj
      • dangling their legs in the water to catch pretend fish1
    • make-believe adj
      • the make-believe world of theater1

pretend [the ~] nom

  1. the pretend
    – the enactment of a pretense 1
    the pretend; the make-believe
    – the enactment of a pretense 1

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Related Definitions for "pretend":

  1. imagined as in a play1
    • dangling their legs in the water to catch pretend fish1
  2. the enactment of a pretense1
    • it was just pretend1
  3. state insincerely1
    • She pretended not to have known the suicide bomber1
    • She pretends to be an expert on wine1
  4. make believe with the intent to deceive1
  5. represent fictitiously, as in a play, or pretend to be or act like1
  6. put forward, of a guess, in spite of possible refutation1
    • I cannot pretend to say that you are wrong1
  7. behave unnaturally or affectedly1
  8. put forward a claim and assert right or possession of1
    • pretend the title of King1