Pretend Meaning

There are 8 meaning(s) for word Pretend

Meaning 1 : behave unnaturally or affectedly

    Synonyms : act,  dissemble
Meaning 2 : the enactment of a pretense

    Example : it was just pretend

    Synonyms : make-believe
Meaning 3 : represent fictitiously, as in a play, or pretend to be or act like

    Synonyms : make,  make believe
Meaning 4 : state insincerely

    Example : She pretended not to have known the suicide bomber,She pretends to be an expert on wine

    Synonyms : profess
Meaning 5 : imagined as in a play

    Example : dangling their legs in the water to catch pretend fish

    Synonyms : make-believe
Meaning 6 : make believe with the intent to deceive

    Synonyms : affect,  dissemble,  feign,  sham
Meaning 7 : put forward, of a guess, in spite of possible refutation

    Example : I cannot pretend to say that you are wrong

    Synonyms : guess,  hazard,  venture
Meaning 8 : put forward a claim and assert right or possession of

    Example : pretend the title of King