Synonyms of pretended

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adjective

1

as in mock

lacking in natural or spontaneous quality

he shows a pretended affection for his girlfriend's cat

Synonyms & Similar Words

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

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

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

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

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2

as in fake

not being or expressing what one appears to be or express

hoped that his pretended interest in classical music would impress the boss

Synonyms & Similar Words

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

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

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

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

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pretended

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verb

past tense of pretend

1

as in posed

to take on a false or deceptive appearance

I pretended that I didn't care that my ex had a new man in her life

Synonyms & Similar Words

• posed
• acted
• assumed
• dissimulated
• played
• faked
• made believe
• dissembled
• masqueraded
• feigned
• simulated
• professed
• concealed
• let on
• disguised
• made a pretense
• shammed
• impersonated
• made a show
• made out
• camouflaged
• put on an act
• masked
• affected
• put up a front
• playacted
• counterfeited
• bluffed
• feinted
• put on

2

as in assumed

to present a false appearance of

as if I would ever pretend illness just to take off a day from work

Synonyms & Similar Words

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