Synonyms for make-believe

Synonyms for (noun) make-believe

Synonyms: make-believe, pretend

Definition: the enactment of a pretense

Usage: it was just pretend

Similar words: simulation, pretence, pretending, pretense, feigning

Definition: the act of giving a false appearance

Usage: his conformity was only pretending


Synonyms: make-believe, pretence, pretense

Definition: imaginative intellectual play

Similar words: mental imagery, imagery, imagination, imaging

Definition: the ability to form mental images of things or events

Usage: he could still hear her in his imagination


Synonyms for (adj) make-believe

Synonyms: make-believe, pretend

Definition: imagined as in a play

Usage: the make-believe world of theater; play money; dangling their legs in the water to catch pretend fish

Similar words: unreal

Definition: lacking in reality or substance or genuineness; not corresponding to acknowledged facts or criteria

Usage: ghosts and other unreal entities; unreal propaganda serving as news


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