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(adj) make-believe
imagined as in a play
the make-believe world of theater; play money; dangling their legs in the water to catch pretend fish
(noun) make-believe
the enactment of a pretense
it was just pretend
(verb) profess
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
(verb) sham, dissemble, feign, affect
make believe with the intent to deceive
He feigned that he was ill; He shammed a headache
(verb) make, make believe
represent fictitiously, as in a play, or pretend to be or act like
She makes like an actress
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
behave unnaturally or affectedly
She's just acting