Synonyms for pretending
Most common
Definitions
- n. 1
The act of imagining; make-believe.
Forms
- Plural
- pretendings → feignings, pretenses, simulations, pretentiousnesses…
Example sentences
- simulation Death is the exit from a simulation into Reality.
- pretense He made a pretense of knowing my father.
- feigning How do you know that the patient is not feigning illness?
- pretentiousness His pretentiousness is irritating.
Popularity over time
| Word | 1850 → 2019 | Trend |
|---|---|---|
| pretending | rising | |
| simulation | rising | |
| pretense | rising | |
| feigning | rising | |
| pretentiousness | falling |
Use in printed books, per decade from 1850 to 2019.
By length
- 8 letters
- pretense2, pretence, feigning2
- 10 letters
- simulation4
- 15 letters
- pretentiousness
The small number after each word is its number of syllables (pretense2 = 2 syllables).