| act |
to pretend to be; behave as. [1/14 definitions] |
| assume |
to put on outwardly; pretend; affect. [1/4 definitions] |
| counterfeit |
to feign or pretend. [1/7 definitions] |
| dissemble |
to pretend or make a false show of; feign. [1/3 definitions] |
| fake |
to pretend or simulate. [2/8 definitions] |
| feign |
to misrepresent or pretend to. [2/3 definitions] |
| feint |
to make a feint of; pretend. [1/5 definitions] |
| fool |
to pretend, as to some unintended purpose or objective. [1/11 definitions] |
| impersonate |
to act or assume the character of; pretend to be (another real or fictitious person or type of person). |
| make believe |
to pretend or imagine. |
| make out |
to pretend something that is not true (fol. by a clause beginning with "that"). [1/6 definitions] |
| malinger |
to pretend illness or injury, esp. in order to be excused from duty or work. |
| playact |
to act out fantasies; pretend; make believe. [1/3 definitions] |
| play along |
to cooperate or pretend as if one is cooperating or agreeing. |
| play possum |
(informal) to pretend to be asleep or dead; keep very still. |
| pose1 |
to pretend to be, or represent oneself as, what one is not. [1/7 definitions] |
| rock2 |
to move back and forth while sitting in a rocking chair or on some other thing designed for backward and forward movement, such as a child's pretend horse. [1/9 definitions] |
| sham |
to pretend to feel or be something. [1/7 definitions] |
| simulate |
to put on an appearance of; pretend. [1/2 definitions] |
| wink at |
to close one's eyes to; pretend not to see. |