pretending

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noun

The act of imagining; make-believe.

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pretendpretensepretencesimulationfeigning
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Meanings

nounpretending (usually uncountable, plural pretendings)

plural pretendings

  1. uncountableusuallyThe act of imagining; make-believe.

    Synonyms: pretend

verb
  1. gerundparticiplepresentpresent participle and gerund of pretend

Synonyms & antonyms

nounThe act of imagining; make-believe.

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pretend

More synonyms by meaning

nounthe act of giving a false appearance

Similar
pretensepretencesimulationfeigning
Broader
deceptiondeceitdissembling
Also see
feigningpretencepretensepretentiousnesssimulation

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Translations

Finnish teeskentely
  • teeskentelyact of imagining
Russian притворство
  • притворство (pritvorstvo)act of imagining
Spanish artistaje
  • artistajeact of imagining
Cite this entry
APA

pretending. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/pretending

MLA

“pretending.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/pretending. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “pretending,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/pretending.

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