Pretend

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