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Synonyms for pre tending
noun feigning

cheating
covering
pretense

concealment
simulation
acting

counterfeiting
shamming
bluffing

dissembling
masking
dissimulation

Synonyms
verb fake, falsify

fool
feign
purport
assume
impersonate
bluff
profess
put on
claim
cheat
fish
whitewash

dupe
beguile
allege
counterfeit
fudge
sham
masquerade
sucker
jazz
malinger
dissemble
simulate

affect
hoodwink
delude
cozen
stonewall
mislead
deceive
act
dissimulate
let on
make out
pass off

jive
be deceitful
be hypocritical
claim falsely
fake out
lay claim
pass oneself off as
put up a front
shuck and jive

Antonyms

deny
reveal

tell truth
be honest

Synonyms
verb play the part of

imitate
suppose
impersonate
purport
portray
represent

play
masquerade
pose
imagine
reproduce
mimic

act
make believe
make up
put on an act
playact
assume the role

make as if
make out like
put on a front
put on airs

Antonyms

differ
oppose
reverse

stop
tell truth
be original

be honest

Synonyms
noun entertaining, performing

seeming
enactment
depiction
imitation
portrayal
impersonation
dramatics
assuming
rendition

mimicry
theatre
improvisation
pretending
performance
imitating
pretense
histrionics
mime

portraying
characterization
posing
enacting
simulating
stooging
stagecraft
pantomime
dramatizing

putting
posturing
theatricals
feigning
hamming
playing
play acting
showing off

Synonyms
adj guessed, assumed

problematic
speculative
vague
imaginary
theoretical
debatable
academic
suspect
contingent
pretending

casual
conditional
conjectural
disputable
doubtful
equivocal
imagined
indefinite
indeterminate
presumptive

putative
questionable
supposed
uncertain
assumptive
provisory
suppositional
suppositious
theoretic
concocted

conjecturable
contestable
postulated
presupposed
refutable
stochastic
unconfirmed

Antonyms

factual
real
confirmed
proved

reliable
truthful
certain
sure

definite
calculated
measured
proven

Synonyms
noun exhibitionism, flashiness

parade
show
pompousness
pretension
spectacle
affectation
array
demonstration
splurge
swank
boasting
flash

exhibition
vainglory
swagger
braggadocio
pomp
fuss
bravado
pretending
pomposity
magnificence
flourish
shine

pageant
boast
pageantry
pretentiousness
brag
splendor
put-on
display
vaunt
false front
flaunting
showoff

flamboyance
bragging
garishness
showiness
grandstand play
parading
showing off
swaggering
vaunting
window-dressing

Antonyms

concealment
ordinariness
simplicity
modesty

quiet
hiding
truth
dullness

plainness
reservation

Synonyms
adj ostensibly employed, but wasting time

pretending
apathetic

careless
indifferent

uninterested
slacking

shirking
evading

Antonyms

energetic

active

toiling

Synonyms
verb entertain by playing a role

perform
portray
play
enact
represent
feign
rehearse
ham
personify
characterize

dramatize
pretend
stooge
mug
strut
emote
burlesque
mimic
mime
simulate

impersonate
star
parody
go on
go over
ham it up
tread the boards
personate
be on
bring down the house

do a turn
lay an egg
make debut
play act
play gig
play part
play role
put it over
take part
say one’s piece

Antonyms

prevent
abstain
cease
discontinue

hesitate
refrain
fail
stop

direct
give up
halt
idle

Synonyms
verb pretend

affect
adopt
fake
feign

simulate
imitate
pretend
mimic

impersonate
bluff
act
counterfeit

put on

Antonyms

doubt
differ
oppose
reverse

tell truth
not do
leave
let alone

be original
be honest
not believe
not take

Synonyms
verb deceive

pretend
delude
fool
lie
humbug
shuck
sham

feign
snow
trick
beguile
mislead
simulate
fake

affect
juggle
counterfeit
betray
defraud
con
double-cross

put on
take in
jive
bunco
fake out
illude
psych out

Antonyms

protect
come clean

support
reveal

tell truth
be honest

Synonyms
verb demand, maintain property or right

hold
challenge
defend
insist
call for
assert
collect
need
take

ask
believe
allege
declare
knock
hit
uphold
vindicate
advance

require
pretend
pronounce
adduce
requisition
solicit
postulate
profess
exact

justify
pick up
pop the question
have dibs on something
hit up
hold out for
lay claim to
stake out

Antonyms

disbelieve
forsake
desert
deny
reject

repudiate
conceal
hide
disclaim
abandon

quit
stop
answer
give
question

Synonyms
verb speculate

gather
figure
conclude
feel
fancy
deem
expect
surmise

guess
glean
hypothesize
suspect
infer
presume
imagine
judge

estimate
believe
theorize
assume
conceive
pretend
suppose
think

guesstimate
hazard a guess
take a shot
take a stab
take for granted

Antonyms

misunderstand
disbelieve
measure

prove
calculate
know

not believe

Synonyms
verb make deceitful imitation

fabricate
feign
simulate
imitate
dupe
impersonate
fake
carbon
mint
defraud

ape
copy
cheat
forge
sham
do
clone
phony
Xerox
bluff

affect
coin
delude
ditto
assume
pretend
mimic
knock off
put on
mimeo

act like
circulate bad money
do like
go like
make like
make money
phony up
stat

Antonyms

differ
oppose

reverse
tell truth

be original
be honest

Synonyms
verb mask; misrepresent

dress up
conceal
cloak
camouflage
belie
deceive
hide
obscure
alter
antique
feign
color
whitewash

fake
redo
counterfeit
varnish
fudge
falsify
sham
beard
masquerade
muffle
screen
shroud
dissemble

simulate
front
affect
veil
change
assume
age
pretend
cover
obfuscate
dissimulate
garble
secrete

make up
put on an act
touch up
gloss over
cover up
doctor up
make like
put on a false front
put on a front
put up a front
wear cheaters

Antonyms

disclose
divulge
uncover
unmask
expose

lay bare
let out
open
reveal
show

tell
represent
tell truth
be honest

Synonyms
verb conceal, disguise

feign
hide
pretend
mask

cloak
camouflage
dissemble
deceive

fake
beard
dress up
make-believe

present a false face
present a false front

Antonyms

uncover
unmask

reveal
show

be honest

Synonyms
verb get away from

dodge
hide
deceive
conceal
flee
avoid
sidestep
fend off
elude
bypass
escape
circumvent
pussyfoot
shuffle

fence
confuse
waffle
duck
prevaricate
decline
equivocate
shy
shirk
fudge
cavil
balk
lie
tergiversate

parry
baffle
shun
hedge
shuck
fly
shift
pretend
double
trick
eschew
cop out
put off
weasel

get around
beat around bush
beg the question
give the runaround
keep distance
lay low
lead on a merry chase
pass up
slip out
sneak away
steer clear of

Antonyms

confront
disclose
divulge
uncover
organize
release
enlighten
explain
aid
remain

encounter
face
meet
expose
lay bare
let out
open
reveal
show
tell

stay
order
clear up
tell truth
accept
help
take on
be honest

Synonyms
verb falsify, make up a story

concoct
contrive
invent
fake
misrepresent

fudge
counterfeit
lie
feign
form

devise
pretend
fib
forge
coin

prevaricate
trump up
jive
make like

Antonyms

demolish
destroy
ruin

wreck
tell truth
break

be honest

Synonyms
verb trick, mislead

cheat
pretend
dupe
deceive
hoodwink
delude
trifle
flimflam

scam
diddle
gull
snow
hoax
outfox
bluff
spoof

con
bamboozle
kid
make believe
put on
take in
play-act
chicane

fox
juke
jive
fake out
lead on
play a trick on
put one over on
suck in

Antonyms

be honest

Synonyms
verb try to figure out; imagine

speculate
divine
calculate
predict
suggest
pretend
fathom
think
suppose
presume
solve
believe

infer
surmise
predicate
fancy
deduce
deem
select
hypothesize
suspect
postulate
opine
conjecture

reckon
hazard
chance
judge
penetrate
estimate
theorize
reason
survey
venture
pick
work out

guesstimate
dare say
go out on a limb
happen upon
jump to a conclusion
lump it
size up
take a shot at
take a stab at
think likely

Antonyms

ignore
abstain
misunderstand
disbelieve

refuse
reject
prove
measure

neglect
question
wonder

Synonyms
verb pretend to be; do an impression of

resemble
emulate
pretend
duplicate
echo
reproduce
assume
mimic
replicate
simulate
mirror
impersonate
mock

ape
feign
follow
counterfeit
caricature
travesty
forge
falsify
match
sham
repeat
clone
Xerox

reflect
burlesque
mime
affect
spoof
copy
parallel
ditto
borrow
parody
carbon
put on
take off

act like
personate
reduplicate
follow suit
be like
do like
do likewise
follow in footsteps
look like
model after
pattern after
play a part
send up

Antonyms

disregard
differ
tell truth

clash
oppose
reverse

be original

Synonyms
verb fabricate

forge
concoct
lie
feign
equivocate
pretend

misstate
prevaricate
fib
simulate
fake
vamp

misrepresent
falsify
conjure up
make believe
make up
create out of thin air

tell a white lie
tell untruth
think up
trump up

Antonyms

tell truth

steal

be honest

Synonyms
verb fool, ridicule

joke
bother
tease
pretend
delude
flimflam
rag

razz
jest
jape
hoax
josh
banter
cozen

gull
jolly
dupe
trick
beguile
bamboozle
roast

fun
spoof
hoodwink
rib
mock
make fun of
make sport of

Antonyms

be serious

Synonyms
verb make a show of

bluff
counterfeit
dream
enact
fake

fantasize
feign
fool
imagine
play

pretend
simulate
play-act
act as if
act as though

let on like
make as if
play the part
playact

Antonyms

live reality

Synonyms
verb create

ad-lib
blend
coin
combine
compose
compound
concoct
construct
contrive
cook up
devise

dream up
fabricate
fashion
fix
formulate
frame
fuse
hatch
improvise
invent
join

knock off
make
meld
merge
mingle
mix
originate
prepare
pretend
put together
ready

whip up
wing it
write
fictionalize
fabulize
fake it
improv
play by ear
storify
trump up

Antonyms

tell truth

disagree

be real

Synonyms
verb disguise

pose
pretend
mask
revel

impersonate
dissemble
dissimulate
frolic

attitudinize
posture
pass off
pass as

pass for

Antonyms

unmask

reveal

be honest

Synonyms
verb make assumption; believe

count on
guess
assume
pretend
suppose
infer
surmise

conjecture
trust
depend
consider
figure
conclude
gather

rely
premise
posit
postulate
speculate
presuppose
think

predicate
bank on
jump the gun
take it
be afraid
take for granted

Antonyms

disbelieve
doubt
measure
distrust

ignore
disregard
abstain
calculate

forget
neglect

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
act as if
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

Synonyms
verb assert, mean

imply
pretend
profess
claim
signify

allege
express
betoken
denote
indicate

maintain
convey
suggest
import
proclaim

intend
declare
pose as
point to

Antonyms

deny
disclaim

conceal
hide

Synonyms
verb disagree over minor issues

squabble
bicker
carp
waffle
spar
wrangle
cavil
criticize
pettifog

fence
shift
avoid
evade
hassle
equivocate
flip-flop
pretend
prevaricate

dispute
blow hot and cold
hem and haw
split hairs
argufy
chicane
altercate
argue over
catch at straws

have at it
hypercriticize
make a big thing about
nit-pick
paralogize
put up an argument
set to
talk back

Antonyms

concur
agree

face
meet

tell truth
approve

Synonyms
verb appear; give the impression

sound
suggest
imply
look
show
hint
assume

pretend
intimate
resemble
insinuate
be suggestive of
convey the impression
create the impression

give the feeling of
give the idea of
have the appearance of
have the aspects of
have the earmarks of
have the features of
have the qualities of

look as if
look like
look to be
make a show of
show every sign of
sound like
strike one as being

Antonyms

be real

Synonyms
verb trick; pull a hoax

lie
feign
bluff
assume
sucker
create
pretend

invent
act
mislead
imitate
simulate
fake
ape

affect
copy
mock
counterfeit
play possum
put on
do a number

fake it
make like
put up a front
shuck and jive

Antonyms

tell truth

be honest

be original

Synonyms
verb assume, guess

pretend
deem
understand
expect
presume
think
figure
predicate
accept

divine
estimate
surmise
calculate
grant
hypothesize
suspect
take
opine

infer
conjecture
imagine
judge
spark
speculate
theorize
dream
brainstorm

admit
posit
presuppose
cook up
guesstimate
dare-say
go out on a limb
hazard a guess
take for granted

Antonyms

disbelieve
deny
refuse
reject
dispute

disallow
abstain
misconceive
misunderstand
prove

measure
know
stop

Synonyms
verb believe

assume
pretend
deem
understand
expect
think
conjecture
regard

consider
conclude
reckon
conceive
hypothesize
fancy
gather
feel

suspect
take
imagine
judge
postulate
dream
view
swear by

be afraid
have a hunch
have sneaking suspicion
take as gospel truth
take stock in

Antonyms

disbelieve
disregard
ignore

reject
misunderstand
measure

neglect
know
calculate

Synonyms
verb come to a conclusion

pretend
theorize
hypothesize
deduce
presume
speculate
opine

infer
conjecture
consider
conclude
assume
regard
guess

fancy
suppose
imagine
suspect
think
guesstimate
hazard a guess

risk assuming
take a shot
take a stab
venture a guess

Antonyms

abstain
ignore
disregard
disbelieve

measure
forget
neglect
leave

calculate
know
question
wonder

Synonyms
verb act a part

bluff
fake
feign

invent
make up
play possum

pose
pretend
simulate

let on like
play the part

Synonyms
verb mimic

imitate

pretend

impersonate

pantomime

Antonyms

differ
oppose

reverse
be original

Synonyms
verb quibble

niggle
bicker
wrangle
hassle
prevaricate
fence
avoid
flip-flop
spar
dispute

cavil
squabble
nitpick
carp
waffle
criticize
shift
pretend
evade
equivocate

blow hot and cold
hem and haw
split hairs
chicane
argufy
altercate
argue over
catch at straws
have at it
hypercriticize

make a big thing about
nit-pick
paralogize
pick to pieces
put up an argument
set to
talk back

Antonyms

give in
concur

agree
tell truth

face
meet

Synonyms
verb act

burlesque
characterize
do
dramatize
emote
enact
feign
go on
go over
ham
ham it up

impersonate
mime
mimic
mug
parody
perform
personify
play
portray
pretend
rehearse

represent
simulate
star
stooge
strut
tread the boards
be on
bring down the house
do a turn
lay an egg
make debut

personate
play act
play gig
play part
play role
put it over
take part
say one’s piece

Synonyms
verb suppose

postulate
hypothesize
presuppose
gather
presume
conclude
feel
fancy

deem
expect
consider
suspect
take
conjecture
reckon
regard

understand
premise
imagine
judge
assume
conceive
pretend
dream

think
view
swear by
be afraid
have a hunch
have sneaking suspicion
take as gospel truth
take stock in

Antonyms

misunderstand
disbelieve
abstain
ignore

reject
disregard
forget
neglect

leave
know
be honest
not believe