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pretended |
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 -------------- 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 pretended The adj pretended has 1 sense (first 1 from tagged texts) 1. (2) assumed, false, fictitious, fictive, pretended, put on sham -- (adopted in order to deceive; "an assumed name"; "an assumed cheerfulness"; "a fictitious address"; "fictive sympathy"; "a pretended interest"; "a put-on childish voice"; "sham modesty") Antonyms of adj pretended 1 sense of pretended Sense 1 assumed, false, fictitious, fictive, pretended, put on sham INDIRECT (VIA counterfeit) -> genuine, echt Similarity of adj pretended 1 sense of pretended Sense 1 assumed, false, fictitious, fictive, pretended, put on sham => counterfeit (vs. genuine), imitative Attributes of adj pretended Familiarity of adj pretended pretended used as an adjective is very rare (polysemy count = 1) Grep of adj pretended 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 pretended The adj pretended has 1 sense (first 1 from tagged texts) 1. (2) assumed, false, fictitious, fictive, pretended, put on sham -- (adopted in order to deceive; "an assumed name"; "an assumed cheerfulness"; "a fictitious address"; "fictive sympathy"; "a pretended interest"; "a put-on childish voice"; "sham modesty")
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