pretend

Meanings

• the enactment of a pretense
  • "it was just pretend"
• make believe with the intent to deceive
• behave unnaturally or affectedly
• put forward a claim and assert right or possession of
  • "pretend the title of King"
• put forward, of a guess, in spite of possible refutation
  • "I cannot pretend to say that you are wrong"
• represent fictitiously, as in a play, or pretend to be or act like
• state insincerely
  • "She pretended not to have known the suicide bomber"
  • "She pretends to be an expert on wine"
• imagined as in a play
  • "dangling their legs in the water to catch pretend fish"

Synonyms

act, affect, dissemble, feign, guess, hazard, make, make believe, make-believe, profess, sham, venture