Meanings
verb
- participlepastsimple past and past participle of pretend
adjectivepretended (not comparable)
- not comparablefeigned; counterfeit
The room above the bank had been leased to a pretended tradesman.
1916, Melville Davisson Post, “The Man Hunters”, in The Saturday Evening Post
Synonyms & antonyms
adjectiveadopted in order to deceive
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Rhymes & wordplay
Rhymes with pretended
recommendedintendedextendedendedamendedsuspendedblendedsplendiddefendedexpendedunintendedapprehendedcomprehendeddistendedleast said, soonest mended
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APA
pretended. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/pretended
MLA
“pretended.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/pretended. Accessed November 3, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “pretended,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/pretended.
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