Troponyms  (hyponyms)  of  verb  pretend 
 
  2  of  3  senses  of  pretend 
 
  Sense  1 
  feign,  sham,  pretend,  affect,  dissemble 
  =>  play  possum 
  =>  take  a  dive 
  =>  bullshit,  bull,  fake 
  =>  mouth 
 
  Sense  2 
  dissemble,  pretend,  act 
  =>  simulate,  assume,  sham,  feign 
 
  Troponyms  (hyponyms)  of  verb  pretend 
 
  2  of  3  senses  of  pretend 
 
  Sense  1 
  feign,  sham,  pretend,  affect,  dissemble 
  =>  play  possum 
  =>  take  a  dive 
  =>  bullshit,  bull,  fake 
  =>  mouth 
  =>  lip-synch,  lip-sync 
 
  Sense  2 
  dissemble,  pretend,  act 
  =>  simulate,  assume,  sham,  feign 
  =>  play 
  =>  feint 
 
  Entailment  of  verb  pretend 
 
 
  Synonyms/Hypernyms  (Ordered  by  Frequency)  of  verb  pretend 
 
  3  senses  of  pretend 
 
  Sense  1 
  feign,  sham,  pretend,  affect,  dissemble 
  =>  misrepresent,  belie 
 
  Sense  2 
  dissemble,  pretend,  act 
 
  Sense  3 
  pretend 
  =>  claim,  lay  claim,  arrogate 
 
  Familiarity  of  verb  pretend 
 
  pretend  used  as  a  verb  is  uncommon  (polysemy  count  =  3) 
 
  Synonyms  (Grouped  by  Similarity  of  Meaning)  of  verb  pretend 
 
  Sense  1 
  feign,  sham,  pretend,  affect,  dissemble 
  =>  misrepresent,  belie 
  -------------- 
 
  Sense  2 
  dissemble,  pretend,  act 
  -------------- 
 
  Sense  3 
  pretend 
  =>  claim,  lay  claim,  arrogate 
  -------------- 
 
  Grep  of  noun  pretend 
  pretender 
  pretending 
 
  Overview  of  verb  pretend 
 
  The  verb  pretend  has  3  senses  (first  2  from  tagged  texts) 
 
  1.  (12)  feign,  sham,  pretend,  affect,  dissemble  --  (make  believe;  "He  feigned  that  he  was  ill";  "He  shammed  a  headache") 
  2.  (10)  dissemble,  pretend,  act  --  (behave  unnaturally  or  affectedly;  "She's  just  acting") 
  3.  pretend  --  (put  forward  a  claim  and  assert  right  or  possession  of  "pretend  the  title  of  King") 
 
  Overview  of  adj  pretend 
 
  The  adj  pretend  has  1  sense  (no  senses  from  tagged  texts) 
 
  1.  make-believe,  play,  pretend  --  (imagined  as  in  a  play;  "the  make-believe  world  of  theater";  "play  money";  "dangling  their  legs  in  the  water  to  catch  pretend  fish") 
 
  Antonyms  of  adj  pretend 
 
  1  sense  of  pretend 
 
  Sense  1 
  make-believe,  play(postnominal),  pretend 
 
  INDIRECT  (VIA  unreal)  ->  real,  existent 
 
  Similarity  of  adj  pretend 
 
  1  sense  of  pretend 
 
  Sense  1 
  make-believe,  play(postnominal),  pretend 
  =>  unreal  (vs.  real) 
 
  Attributes  of  adj  pretend 
 
 
  Familiarity  of  adj  pretend 
 
  pretend  used  as  an  adjective  is  very  rare  (polysemy  count  =  1) 
 
  Grep  of  adj  pretend 
  pretend 
  pretended 
 
  Overview  of  verb  pretend 
 
  The  verb  pretend  has  3  senses  (first  2  from  tagged  texts) 
 
  1.  (12)  feign,  sham,  pretend,  affect,  dissemble  --  (make  believe;  "He  feigned  that  he  was  ill";  "He  shammed  a  headache") 
  2.  (10)  dissemble,  pretend,  act  --  (behave  unnaturally  or  affectedly;  "She's  just  acting") 
  3.  pretend  --  (put  forward  a  claim  and  assert  right  or  possession  of  "pretend  the  title  of  King") 
 
  Overview  of  adj  pretend 
 
  The  adj  pretend  has  1  sense  (no  senses  from  tagged  texts) 
 
  1.  make-believe,  play,  pretend  --  (imagined  as  in  a  play;  "the  make-believe  world  of  theater";  "play  money";  "dangling  their  legs  in  the  water  to  catch  pretend  fish") 

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