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