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pretend

Synonyms

Adjective

1. make-believe

Noun

1. unreal, make-believe

Verb

1. pretense, pretence, pretending, simulation, feigning, feign

2. sham, affect, dissemble, misrepresent, belie, dissemble

3. act, claim

4. lay claim, arrogate, guess

5. venture, hazard, speculate, make

6. make believe, act, play, represent, profess

7. claim

Usage
It was fun to pretend, but let’s face the facts: Talarico is going to lose | Opinion - Houston Chronicle
10 reasons parents shouldn’t pretend to be perfect - AOL.com
I Won’t Pretend These Missiles Are Stars: Life in Iran During the 12-Day War - The Comics Journal
Kids Police Badge Pretend Play Toy - NYPD Style Badge With Chain By Dress Up America - santoandre.biz
Why People Pretend They Didn’t See Your Message At Work - Forbes
For Most of Its History, the Supreme Court Didn’t Pretend to Be Apolitical - Talking Points Memo
I want matinee concerts, matinee dinners, and matinee everything. At 46, I'm done pretending I want to stay up late. - Business Insider
‘Dolly All the Time’ Review: Pretend You Love Me - WSJ
A Queer Writer’s Survival Guide to the Literary Agent Hypocrisy Circus: PRETEND vs. ACTUAL - McSweeney’s Internet Tendency
Meta Contractors Posed as Teens to Prompt Rival Chatbots About Suicide, Sex, and Drugs - WIRED
A South Korean app lets people pretend to order food - WUSA9
Prince William Wanted Harry To 'Pretend' They Didn't Know Each Other at School After Diana's Death - CafeMom.com
Kentucky Church Goes Viral Over Skit That Forced Kids to Watch Firing Squad. But Drag Queen Story Time Is Bad? - them.us
Evidence for representation of pretend objects by Kanzi, a language-trained bonobo - Science | AAAS
Pretend Play May Help Kids’ Mental Health - Today's Parent
Man arrested after pretending to be Calhoun County sheriff’s deputy - WBRC
Scammers target Treasure Valley homeowners, pretend to be city officials - Yahoo
‘Nihilistic Violent Extremism’ Isn’t a Thing, and I’m Tired of Pretending It Is - Lawfare
Pretend play is a magical part of childhood. New research suggests it can also help mental health - The Conversation
CHILDREN'S MUSEUM Pretend Play Indoor Playground For Kids Hurricanes (wsKMmBFcm0) - Fathom Journal
Can apes play pretend? Scientists use an imaginary tea party to find out - PBS
‘Play Pretend’: Live and Local with Cogan! - Chapelboro.com
Pretend you’re dead. Queer author Julián Delgado Lopera will carry you - Los Angeles Times
Work is not family: Neither can pretend to be the other - Inquirer.net
A Film That Reveals What We ‘Pretend Not to Know’ - Center for New York City Affairs
Matt Dawson accuses Ben Spencer of cosplaying an England player rather than just being himself - Planet Rugby
Bonobos are capable of pretend play, just like human children - CNN
“Extend and pretend” is not real, Fed economist says - The Real Deal
‘I feel like I’m living a lie’: My husband and I pretend we’re strapped for cash in front of friends. Is that bad? - MarketWatch
Why I Can’t Pretend Teacher Learning Doesn’t Matter Anymore - EdSurge
Could apes 'play pretend' like toddlers? A study tracks imaginary juice and grapes - Phys.org
A bonobo’s imaginary tea party suggests apes can play pretend - Science News
Why some of the best athletes in the world pretend to be someone else - The New York Times
Pretend You’re Dead and I Carry You by undefined - Publishers Weekly
This bonobo had a pretend tea party — showing make believe isn’t just for humans - Nature
Playing ‘Pretend City’ Has Real Benefits - Energized by Edison
Does video show children watching mock execution at church? - Snopes
‘Extend and Pretend’ Era Ends as Real Estate Lenders Take Losses - Bloomberg
Porsche's E-Shift System Is a Convincing Pretend Gearbox - Road & Track
Apes Can Pretend, an Ability Once Thought Unique to Humans, New Study Suggests - WSJ
A bonobo’s pretend tea party is rewriting what we know about imagination - ScienceDaily
A bonobo tea party: Study shows humans aren't the only species that can pretend - NBC News
We’re all watching each other pretend: How students curate their lives across LinkedIn, Instagram, and TikTok and what the edit reveals as much as the post - The Boar
Don’t pretend to like football - The Spectator
Space Force goes to (pretend) orbital war following record-fast Rocket Lab launch - The Register
Our Perfectly Pretend Plane Romance - by Katharine Coldiron - Narratively
Playing Pretend Provides Unexpected Benefits For Growing Kids - U.S. News & World Report
Pretend You Love Me (TV Series 2026) ⭐ 8.1 | Short, Drama, Romance - IMDb
Opinion | We Can’t Pretend to Know the Future of the Democratic Party - The New York Times
To teach social-emotional skills, does a robot need to pretend to be human? - University of Chicago News
Pretend Time (2010) - IMDb
A bonobo’s imaginary tea party hints that apes can pretend - Science News Explores
‘Let me pretend this is true, OK?’ - Mackinac Center
Why We Pretend to Love Hiking in Los Angeles - LAmag
First graders step into a “let’s pretend hospital” for hands-on fun at uah - WAFF
I love Jerusalem too much to pretend it holds only one story - The Times of Israel
Inks Lake State Park: A Pretend Camper's Breakfast - Wimberley View
Asking Eric: I’m having trouble pretending like everything is OK - Chicago Tribune
A bonobo named Kanzi could play pretend, challenging ideas about animal imaginations - news - Mongabay
Can Apes Play Pretend? What Scientists Learned From Having Imaginary 'Tea Parties' With Kanzi the Bonobo - Smithsonian Magazine
Want Your Teen Daughter To Talk To You? Try Playing Pretend Again - Scary Mommy
This Novel Will Carry You Deep Into Colombia’s Queer Nightlife - them.us
Calhoun hosts annual ‘Let’s Pretend Hospital’ for area first graders - Spectrum News
Bonobos enjoy pretend tea parties and chimps think rationally: why apes are more like us than we ever thought - The Guardian
UAH School of Nursing holds Let’s Pretend Hospital event - WHNT.com
‘We can no longer pretend:’ Patients suffer at understaffed UCSF ER, providers say - Mission Local
Irvine’s Pretend City grows young artists with Wonder Studio - Orange County Register
Why are Norway fans pretending to row at the 2026 World Cup? The meaning behind the viral celebration - World Soccer Talk
Daily briefing: Bonobo’s tea party is first demonstration of pretend play in a non-human - Nature
Say this for Pete Golding: He doesn't pretend Ole Miss follows NCAA rules - USA Today
The end of pretend – AI and the case for universities of formation - Wonkhe
I turned off Google Photos' Ask Photos because search shouldn't pretend to be a chatbot - Android Police
Playing Pretend - TIME for Kids
Jennifer Garner Launches a YouTube Channel for Her ‘Pretend Cooking Show’ - People.com
Kanzi the bonobo could play pretend — a trait thought unique to humans - Live Science
Watch Kanzi the bonobo pretend to have a tea party - Ars Technica
Early pretend play is linked to better mental health years later - PsyPost
Bogus websites, staged protests and pretend atheists: Inside the fake asylum industry - BBC
Bonobo Kanzi Plays Pretend Like a Child, Showing Ape’s Capacity to Imagine - Discover Magazine
Make-believe play nurtures the building blocks of creative thinking. - Psychology Today
To Transform and Play Pretend: A Conversation with Lucía Aleñar Iglesias on Forastera - In Review Online
OESSUF Wooden Toy Coffee Machine - Pretend Play Kitchen Set For Kids 3+ With Buttons & Sounds - thevote.jp
Iran is losing. why pretend otherwise? - minotdailynews.com
Marlboro Co. looking into incident after woman says 2 'pretend' cops pulled her over - WPDE
Tej Bhagra: The things we pretend don't matter - Post Bulletin
Editorial: Don’t pretend Iran deal is a win. Don’t waste it, either - Times Leader
Auchter's Art: Just pretend I'm not here - Michigan Public
US Property Lenders Move on From `Extend and Pretend,′ for a Price - Bloomberg
The Crispy 3-Ingredient Snack Jennifer Garner Makes on Repeat - Allrecipes
Opinion | Dr. Stuart C. Lord: Boulder cannot pretend the voting rights fight is happening elsewhere - The Boulder Reporting Lab
Miss Manners: Maybe I should pretend I forgot about her wedding? - The Mercury News
Playing Pretend Provides Unexpected Benefits For Growing Kids - HealthDay
Prince Harry Says William Asked Him To "Pretend I Didn’t Know Him" When He Arrived At Eton - NDTV
Bro boost: women say their LinkedIn traffic increases if they pretend to be men - The Guardian
'Dopamine sites': Fake online shopping apps let you pretend to buy things - Fast Company
Pretend play in toddlers linked to better mental health later in life - Earth.com
'Pretend You're Dead and I Carry You' Review: Julián Delgado Lopera - 1 Minute Critic
How long can Tokyo pretend not to hear Japan's growing voices against neo-militarism? - Global Times
‘Nobody is pretending to like my work because of my fresh-faced good looks’: the pros of being a debut novelist at 51 - The Guardian
Do Christians Pretend to Know What They Don’t Know? - Stand to Reason
Foreign Language Equivalents
Foreign Language Equivalents of 'pretend'
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Misspellings - Typos
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Words Starting with Letter - 'A'
a a battery a billion
a bit a bit much a capella singing
a cappella singing a couple of a few
a fortiori a good deal a great deal
a horizon a hundred a hundred and one
a hundred thousand a hundred times a kempis
a la carte a la mode a level
a little a lot a million
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