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Pretended

🔄 Synonyms of "Pretended"

8 synonyms found via WordNet and Google Books.

WordDefinition
shamnounIntended to deceive; false.
counterfeitnounFalse, especially of money; intended to deceive or carry appearance of being genuine.
fictitiousInvented; contrived.
fictivenounHaving the characteristics of fiction: fictional.
assumedSupposed or presumed.
falseverbUntrue, not factual, factually incorrect.
imitativeImitating; copying; not original.
put onverb(transitive) To don (clothing, equipment, or the like).

💡 Words with a Similar Meaning to "Pretended"

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WordDefinition
assumedverbSupposed or presumed.
shamverbA fake; an imitation that purports to be genuine.
counterfeitverbA non-genuine article; a fake.
fictitiousInvented; contrived.
fictivenounHaving the characteristics of fiction: fictional.
imitativeImitating; copying; not original.
falseverbUntrue, not factual, factually incorrect.
put onverb(transitive) To don (clothing, equipment, or the like).
allegedAsserted but not proved.
supposed(idiomatic) Only used in supposed to
purportedSaid or claimed by some individuals to be real or true or to have happened, although this may not be the case.
presumptiveBased on presumption or conjecture; inferred, likely, presumed.
thoughtnoun(countable) A representation created in the mind without the use of one's faculties of vision, sound, smell, touch, or taste; an instance of thinking.
so-calledSo named; commonly called.
saidnounMentioned earlier; aforesaid.
actedverb(intransitive) To do something.
arguedverb(intransitive) To debate, disagree, or discuss opposing or differing viewpoints; to controvert; to wrangle.
claimed"Claimed" is the eleventh episode of the fourth season of the post-apocalyptic horror television series The Walking Dead, which aired on AMC on February 23, 2014.
contendedverb(intransitive) To be in opposition; to contest; to dispute; to vie; to quarrel; to fight.
fakedverb(transitive) To make a counterfeit, to counterfeit, to forge, to falsify.

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