pretended (Meaning)
pretended (s)
adopted in order to deceive
Synonyms & Antonyms of pretended
Synonyms:
Antonyms:
Synonyms:
- empty
- phony
- spurious
- feigned
- plastic
- pseudo
- cute
- hollow
- phoney
- put-on
- contrived
- calculated
- factitious
- theatrical
- mechanical
- bogus
- sham
- artificial
- theatric
Antonyms:
Synonyms:
- unrealistic
- conventional
- deliberate
- impersonal
- insincere
- pat
- fabricated
- rigid
- labored
- unreal
- cultivated
- mincing
- melodramatic
- wooden
- mealy
- stiff
- formal
- facile
- automatic
- concocted
- unauthentic
- mealymouthed
- conscious
- stylized
- canned
- studied
- double-dealing
- overacted
- hokey
- premeditated
- two-faced
- histrionic
- unctuous
- manufactured
- hypocritical
Antonyms:
FAQs About the word pretended
adopted in order to deceive
exaggerated, assumed, fake, strained,mock, false, affected, simulated, unnatural, forced
real, realistic, artless, realistic, true, natural, bona fide,genuine, authentic, honest
The child pretended to be asleep to avoid bedtime.
She pretended to be injured to gain sympathy from others.
The magician pretended to levitate in front of the amazed audience.
He pretended to be a doctor to fool his unsuspecting patients.
