pretend

Definition

Examples

He did not pretend to understand the technical details of the plan.

Word Family

Synonyms

• feignmake believe with the intent to deceive
• fakesomething that is a counterfeit; not what it seems to be
• simulatereproduce someone's behavior or looks

Collocations

• Easy pretend to be asleep
  to pretend to be asleep, meaning to make believe with the intent to deceive
• Medium stop pretending everything is fine
  to stop pretending everything is fine, meaning to come to a halt, stop moving
• Hard make no pretend to scientific impartiality
  to create, produce, or cause regarding no pretend to scientific impartiality
• Very Hard drop all pretense and confront reality
  to drop all pretense and confront reality, meaning to let fall to the ground