pretended

Meanings

• make believe with the intent to deceive
• behave unnaturally or affectedly
• put forward a claim and assert right or possession of
• put forward, of a guess, in spite of possible refutation
• represent fictitiously, as in a play, or pretend to be or act like
• state insincerely
  • "She pretended not to have known the suicide bomber"
• adopted in order to deceive
  • "a pretended interest"

Synonyms

act, affect, assumed, dissemble, false, feign, fictitious, fictive, guess, hazard, make, make believe, pretend, profess, put on, sham, venture