Synonyms of dissembles

dissembles

verb

present tense third-person singular of dissemble

1

as in pretends

to present a false appearance of

he dissembled happiness at the news that his old girlfriend was getting married—to someone else

Synonyms & Similar Words

• pretends
• assumes
• simulates
• feigns
• acts
• affects
• professes
• passes (for)
• conceals
• shams
• bluffs
• counterfeits
• poses
• puts on
• makes believe
• fakes
• forges
• plays
• imitates
• masquerades
• camouflages
• impersonates
• disguises
• masks
• dissimulates
• lets on
• playacts
• malingers
• feints

2

as in dissimulates

to take on a false or deceptive appearance

children learn to dissemble at a surprisingly early age

Synonyms & Similar Words

• pretends
• dissimulates
• poses
• makes a show
• acts
• plays
• makes believe
• lets on
• conceals
• masquerades
• feigns
• puts on an act
• makes a pretense
• makes out
• puts up a front
• simulates
• professes
• camouflages
• impersonates
• affects
• assumes
• disguises
• masks
• fakes
• shams
• playacts
• counterfeits
• puts on
• bluffs
• feints

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of dissembles

With his multi-instrumentalist bandmates, PJ Moore and co-songwriter Robert Bell, Buchanan zooms into these exchanges to prolong them or dissembles them into jagged pieces that leave the bigger picture to us. — Sam Sodomsky, Pitchfork, 1 Feb. 2026