PRETENDING: Synonyms and Related Words. What is Another Word for PRETENDING?

Need another word that means the same as “pretending”? Find 4 synonyms and 30 related words for “pretending” in this overview.

The synonyms of “Pretending” are: feigning, pretence, pretense, simulation

Pretending as a Noun

Definitions of "Pretending" as a noun

According to the Oxford Dictionary of English, “pretending” as a noun can have the following definitions:

• The act of giving a false appearance.
• The enactment of a pretense.

Synonyms of "Pretending" as a noun (4 Words)

feigning	The act of giving a false appearance.
pretence	The practice of inventing imaginary situations in play. They have finally abandoned their secrecy and pretence.
pretense	A false or unsupportable quality.
simulation	The production of a computer model of something, especially for the purpose of study. Photographs showing simulation of sex acts.

Usage Examples of "Pretending" as a noun

• His conformity was only pretending.

Associations of "Pretending" (30 Words)

act	Perform an action or work out or perform an action. The first act.
affectation	A deliberate pretense or exaggerated display. An affectation of calm.
assume	Begin to have (a specified quality, appearance, or extent. Oliver assumed an expression of penitence.
behave	Behave in a certain manner. They were expected to behave themselves.
cant	Insincere talk about religion or morals. He had no time for the cant of the priests about sin.
deign	Do something that one considers to be beneath one’s dignity. He had deigned an apology.
dissemble	Hide under a false appearance. An honest sincere person with no need to dissemble.
feign	Invent (a story or excuse). He feigned sleep.
figment	A thing that someone believes to be real but that exists only in their imagination. A figment of the imagination.
hypocrisy	The practice of claiming to have higher standards or more noble beliefs than is the case. She was irritated to be accused of hypocrisy.
impersonate	Assume or act the character of. It s a very serious offence to impersonate a police officer.
inactive	Having no chemical or biological effect. Inactive machinery.
insidious	Proceeding in a gradual, subtle way, but with very harmful effects. Insidious pleasures.
mincing	Affectedly dainty in manner or gait; effeminate (typically used of a man. I don t have to go through the rest of my life with that mincing voice of yours.
moralistic	Overfond of making moral judgements about others’ behaviour; too ready to moralize. Modernized fairy tales are often moralistic and cleaned up.
pretension	The advancing of a claim. His pretensions to the imperial inheritance.
pretext	Something serving to conceal plans; a fictitious reason that is concocted in order to conceal the real reason. The rebels had the perfect pretext for making their move.
prim	Dress primly. A very prim and proper lady.
prudery	Excessive or affected modesty.
prudish	Having or revealing a tendency to be easily shocked by matters relating to sex or nudity; excessively concerned with sexual propriety. The prudish moral climate of the late 19th century.
pseudo	Not genuine but having the appearance of. We are talking about real journalists and not the pseudo kind.
puritan	Having or displaying censorious moral beliefs, especially about self-indulgence and sex. A puritan conscience.
realistically	In a realistic manner. Cubist artists did not try to paint realistically.
refine	Attenuate or reduce in vigor, strength, or intensity by polishing or purifying. Refine a method of analysis.
sham	Pretend to be or to be experiencing. She shams indifference.
shy	Less than; short of. The wealthy have become less shy of displaying their privilege.
simulate	Make a pretence of. Future population changes were simulated by computer.
smatter	Work with in an amateurish manner. She smatters Russian.
timid	Lacking self-confidence. I was too timid to ask for what I wanted.