Act as if


Synonyms for act as if
verb make a show of

bluff
counterfeit
dream
enact
fake

fantasize
feign
fool
imagine
play

pretend
simulate
play-act
act as though
let on like

make as if
play the part
playact

Antonyms for act as if

live reality

Synonyms
verb declare, assert

feign
pretend
stump
affirm
confess
acknowledge
proclaim
admit
avow
claim
predicate

certify
purport
depose
avouch
confirm
own
state
spiel
croon
vouch
maintain

asseverate
dissemble
fake
aver
announce
sing
allege
spout
come out
make out
blow hot air

constate
cross heart
get off chest
get on soapbox
open up
own up
say so
soapbox
swear on bible
swear up and down
talk big

Antonyms

deny
conceal
disavow
disown
hide

repudiate
refuse
renounce
dispute
contradict

invalidate
reject
question
be quiet

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