Synonyms: simulation, pretence, pretending, pretense, feigning
Definition: the act of giving a false appearance
Usage: his conformity was only pretending
Similar words: dissembling, dissimulation, deceit, deception
Definition: the act of deceiving
Synonyms: guise, pretence, pretense, pretext
Definition: an artful or simulated semblance
Usage: under the guise of friendship he betrayed them
Similar words: gloss, semblance, color, colour
Definition: an outward or token appearance or form that is deliberately misleading
Usage: he hoped his claims would have a semblance of authenticity; he tried to give his falsehood the gloss of moral sanction; the situation soon took on a different color
Synonyms: pretence, pretense, pretension
Definition: a false or unsupportable quality
Similar words: artificiality
Definition: the quality of being produced by people and not occurring naturally
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: feigning, dissembling, pretence, pretense
Definition: pretending with intention to deceive
Similar words: deceit, deception, misrepresentation
Definition: a misleading falsehood