Synonyms of feigned

feigned 1 of 2

adjective

1

as in mock

lacking in natural or spontaneous quality

the feigned applause that polite people give after a bad concert

Synonyms & Similar Words

• mock
• strained
• pretended
• fake
• false
• exaggerated
• unnatural
• assumed
• simulated
• pseudo
• affected
• contrived
• forced
• mechanical
• artificial
• factitious
• spurious
• phony
• sham
• bogus
• plastic
• theatrical
• put-on
• calculated
• theatric
• hollow
• deliberate
• phoney
• cute
• concocted
• pat
• unreal
• manufactured
• fabricated
• empty
• automatic
• insincere
• labored
• canned
• formal
• facile
• stiff
• cultivated
• hokey
• unctuous
• conscious
• hypocritical
• studied
• unrealistic
• simpering
• premeditated
• melodramatic
• mealymouthed
• conventional
• histrionic
• unauthentic
• overdone
• overacted
• mealy
• wooden
• rigid
• stylized
• cutesy
• mincing
• two-faced
• impersonal
• double-dealing
• artful
• genteel
• overrefined
• inflexible
• left-handed
• goody-goody

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• genuine
• spontaneous
• real
• unfeigned
• unaffected
• natural
• artless
• true
• sincere
• authentic
• realistic
• bona fide
• unforced
• right
• uncontrived
• honest
• easy
• smooth
• unconscious
• instinctive
• ingenuous
• impromptu
• effortless
• unpretending
• unstudied
• extemporaneous
• impulsive
• unrehearsed
• unprompted

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• genuine
• spontaneous
• real
• unfeigned
• unaffected
• natural
• artless
• true
• sincere
• authentic
• realistic
• bona fide
• unforced
• right
• uncontrived
• honest
• easy
• smooth
• unconscious
• instinctive
• ingenuous
• impromptu
• effortless
• unpretending
• unstudied
• extemporaneous
• impulsive
• unrehearsed
• unprompted

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2

as in pretended

not being or expressing what one appears to be or express

the feigned looks of innocence I got when I asked who had broken the lamp

Synonyms & Similar Words

• pretended
• fake
• double
• lip
• strained
• assumed
• insincere
• superficial
• hollow
• counterfeit
• artificial
• backhanded
• phony
• mealymouthed
• meaningless
• unctuous
• pious
• mechanical
• false
• hypocritical
• contrived
• affected
• forced
• unnatural
• jive
• mealy
• phoney
• simulated
• double-faced
• two-faced
• phony-baloney
• double-dealing
• phoney-baloney
• empty
• Pecksniffian
• Janus-faced
• sham
• dishonest
• put-on
• claptrap
• deceitful
• facile
• glib
• left-handed
• bogus
• untruthful
• jocular
• sanctimonious
• facetious
• devious
• canting
• pharisaical
• campy
• tongue-in-cheek
• simon-pure
• self-righteous

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• genuine
• sincere
• unfeigned
• artless
• heartfelt
• honest
• candid
• direct
• plain
• frank
• forthright
• open
• straightforward
• undesigning
• heart-to-heart

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• genuine
• sincere
• unfeigned
• artless
• heartfelt
• honest
• candid
• direct
• plain
• frank
• forthright
• open
• straightforward
• undesigning
• heart-to-heart

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feigned

2 of 2

verb

past tense of feign

as in simulated

to present a false appearance of

I would never feign illness just to get out of a test

Synonyms & Similar Words

• pretended
• simulated
• assumed
• shammed
• professed
• acted
• faked
• affected
• dissembled
• counterfeited
• made believe
• bluffed
• dissimulated
• concealed
• masqueraded
• disguised
• posed
• forged
• put on
• imitated
• camouflaged
• passed (for)
• impersonated
• masked
• feinted
• let on
• playacted
• played
• malingered