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Words and phrases that have a meaning related to pretending:   (44 results)

Appears in the definition of:
., ambidextrous, appearance, bluff, deceitful, dissembling, double-dealing, double-faced, double-tongued, duplicitous, duplicity, feigning, hypocrisy, impersonation, imposture, intimate, janus-faced, laugh away, laugh off, malinger, malingering, pretence, pretense, rope-a-dope, show, skulk, skulking, two-faced

More specific:
affectation, appearance, make-believe, mannerism, masquerade, pose, show

More general:
deceit, deception, dissembling, dissimulation

Synonyms:
feigning, pretence, pretense, simulation

Often used in the same context:
pretend



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