Synonyms of let on

let on

verb

as in to pretend

to take on a false or deceptive appearance

she's not half as innocent as she likes to let on

Synonyms & Similar Words

• pretend
• make believe
• make a show
• make out
• put on an act
• make a pretense
• put up a front
• pose
• dissemble
• put on
• act
• dissimulate
• play
• simulate
• affect
• masquerade
• assume
• feign
• conceal
• fake
• impersonate
• profess
• disguise
• sham
• camouflage
• mask
• counterfeit
• playact
• bluff
• feint

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of let on

As the drama with Salt Lake City climaxes, the rest of the Girls Trip women start to wonder if there’s more to the story than Lisa let on. — Ile-Ife Okantah, Vulture, 7 Sep. 2026

The first report suggested that problems with the department’s gang officers were far more widespread than the department has publicly let on. — Hailey Wang, Los Angeles Times, 1 Sep. 2026

Here the impact of acetaldehyde becomes messier than the supplement ads let on. — Shayla Love, New Yorker, 26 Aug. 2026

Perhaps an excited friend lets on about a surprise party, or a co-worker dishes up some unseemly office gossip. — Tom Nichols, The Atlantic, 20 Aug. 2026