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Synonyms & Antonyms of make-believe
(Entry 1 of 3)
- zoomed around the house in a make-believe car
Synonyms for make-believe
- chimerical
- (also chimeric),
- fabulous,
- fanciful,
- fantasied,
- fantastic
- (also fantastical),
- fictional,
- fictitious,
- ideal,
- imaginal,
- imaginary,
- imagined,
- invented,
- made-up,
- mythical
- (or mythic),
- notional,
- phantasmal,
- phantasmic,
- phantom,
- pretend,
- unreal,
- visionary
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make-believe
nounSynonyms of make-believe (Entry 2 of 3)
Synonyms & Near Synonyms for make-believe
- affectation,
- demonstration,
- display,
- fiction,
- image,
- imitation,
- imposture,
- likeness,
- pose,
- pretense
- (or pretence),
- representation,
- simulation
make believe
phraseSynonyms of make believe (Entry 3 of 3)
- He made believe he was sick to get out of going to school.
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“Make-believe.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/make-believe. Accessed 24 May. 2022.
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