pretending

Meanings

Plural: pretendings

Noun

• the act of giving a false appearance
  • "his conformity was only pretending"
• The act of imagining; make-believe.

Verb

• 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
• present participle and gerund of pretend

Synonyms

act, affect, dissemble, feign, feigning, guess, hazard, make, make believe, pretence, pretend, pretense, profess, sham, simulation, venture