Word | Noun | Adjective | Verb | Adverb |
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pretend | Yes | Yes | Yes | No |
pretender | Yes | No | No | No |
pretend (noun) | pretender (noun) |
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the enactment of a pretense | a person who makes deceitful pretenses |
a person who professes beliefs and opinions that he or she does not hold in order to conceal his or her real feelings or motives |
pretend (adjective) | pretender (adjective) |
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imagined as in a play |
pretend (verb) | pretender (verb) |
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make believe with the intent to deceive | |
represent fictitiously, as in a play, or pretend to be or act like | |
put forward, of a guess, in spite of possible refutation | |
state insincerely | |
behave unnaturally or affectedly | |
put forward a claim and assert right or possession of |