Synonyms of lets on

lets on

verb

present tense third-person singular of let on

as in pretends

to take on a false or deceptive appearance

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

Synonyms & Similar Words

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

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of lets on

What the number can actually tell you about your health is more complicated than the marketing lets on. — Hanna Wickes, Kansas City Star, 14 Sep. 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

But behind that adorable moment is a rescue story that’s far more dramatic — and far more unlikely — than the viral version lets on. — Samantha Agate, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 22 Apr. 2026

In his LinkedIn post, Zandi said the VCI is near 5%, indicating further headwinds than the March jobs report lets on. — Jake Angelo, Fortune, 7 Apr. 2026

But the actual clinical evidence is more limited and more conditional than most wellness content lets on. — Allison Palmer, Miami Herald, 6 Apr. 2026

Even the ideology of the group’s patron saint was more complicated than the ACC lets on. — Gaby Del Valle, Harpers Magazine, 24 Mar. 2026

But as this first trailer lets on, Beetz’s character isn’t one to go down without a fight. — Kate Erbland, IndieWire, 5 Jan. 2026

In flashbacks, the question of who is at fault in Cooper’s death is much more ambiguous than Aggie lets on in her state of eclipsing grief. — Doreen St. Félix, New Yorker, 6 Dec. 2025