Definition:
- (v. t.) To lay a claim to; to allege a title to; to claim.
- (v. t.) To hold before, or put forward, as a cloak or disguise for something else; to exhibit as a veil for something hidden.
- (v. t.) To hold out, or represent, falsely; to put forward, or offer, as true or real (something untrue or unreal); to show hypocritically, or for the purpose of deceiving; to simulate; to feign; as, to pretend friendship.
- (v. t.) To intend; to design; to plot; to attempt.
- (v. t.) To hold before one; to extend.
- (v. i.) To put in, or make, a claim, truly or falsely; to allege a title; to lay claim to, or strive after, something; -- usually with to.
- (v. i.) To hold out the appearance of being, possessing, or performing; to profess; to make believe; to feign; to sham; as, to pretend to be asleep.
Compare pretend with other words:
pretend vs. protend
mimic vs. pretend
pretend vs. simulate
prebend vs. pretend
prehend vs. pretend
depend vs. pretend
play vs. pretend
pretend vs. remorse
emulate vs. pretend
acting vs. pretend
act vs. pretend
pretend vs. wiseling
pretend vs. sham
pretend vs. purport
invent vs. pretend
panache vs. pretend
malinger vs. pretend
demonstrate vs. pretend
content vs. pretend
avoid vs. pretend
bluff vs. pretend
imagine vs. pretend
pretend vs. woo
phoney vs. pretend
paraleipsis vs. pretend
pretend vs. salver
hustler vs. pretend
irreducible vs. pretend
disguise vs. pretend
ostensible vs. pretend
connive vs. pretend
frenemy vs. pretend
pretend vs. pretension
pretend vs. pretense
appear vs. pretend
affect vs. pretend
falsely vs. pretend
allege vs. pretend
claim vs. pretend
dissemble vs. pretend
pretend vs. pretentious
posture vs. pretend
pretend vs. pretender
expect vs. pretend
pout vs. pretend
intend vs. pretend
fraud vs. pretend
fake vs. pretend
pretend vs. real
house vs. pretend
pretend vs. sting
king vs. pretend