MAKE-BELIEVE Synonyms
There are 9 hypernyms of the word make-believe. (close relations)
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| Word | Save | More Find | Usage | Type | ||
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| pretend | verbv | |||||
noun • the enactment of a pretense adjective satellite • imagined as in a play verb • make believe with the intent to deceive • behave unnaturally or affectedly • put forward a claim and assert right or possession of • put forward, of a guess, in spite of possible refutation • represent fictitiously, as in a play, or pretend to be or act like • state insincerely | ||||||
| delusion | nounn | |||||
noun • (psychology) an erroneous belief that is held in the face of evidence to the contrary • a mistaken or unfounded opinion or idea • the act of deluding; deception by creating illusory ideas | ||||||
| fabrication | nounn | |||||
noun • a deliberately false or improbable account • writing in a fictional form • the act of making something (a product) from raw materials • the act of constructing something (as a piece of machinery) • the deliberate act of deviating from the truth | ||||||
| fantasy | noun, adjectiven, adj | |||||
noun • imagination unrestricted by reality • fiction with a large amount of imagination in it • something many people believe that is false verb • indulge in fantasies | ||||||
| feigning | verb, nounv, n | |||||
noun • pretending with intention to deceive • the act of giving a false appearance | ||||||
| fiction | noun, adjectiven, adj | |||||
noun • a literary work based on the imagination and not necessarily on fact • a deliberately false or improbable account | ||||||
| illusion | nounn | |||||
noun • an erroneous mental representation • something many people believe that is false • the act of deluding; deception by creating illusory ideas • an illusory feat; considered magical by naive observers | ||||||
| imagination | nounn | |||||
noun • the formation of a mental image of something that is not perceived as real and is not present to the senses • the ability to form mental images of things or events • the ability to deal resourcefully with unusual problems | ||||||
| invention | nounn | |||||
noun • the creation of something in the mind • a creation (a new device or process) resulting from study and experimentation • the act of inventing | ||||||
| sham | nounn | |||||
noun • something that is a counterfeit; not what it seems to be • a person who makes deceitful pretenses adjective satellite • adopted in order to deceive verb • make a pretence of • make believe with the intent to deceive | ||||||
| simulation | nounn | |||||
noun • the act of imitating the behavior of some situation or some process by means of something suitably analogous (especially for the purpose of study or personnel training) • (computer science) the technique of representing the real world by a computer program • representation of something (sometimes on a smaller scale) • the act of giving a false appearance | ||||||
| pretence | nounn | |||||
noun • a false or unsupportable quality • an artful or simulated semblance • pretending with intention to deceive • imaginative intellectual play • the act of giving a false appearance | ||||||
| pretense | nounn | |||||
noun • the act of giving a false appearance • pretending with intention to deceive • imaginative intellectual play • a false or unsupportable quality • an artful or simulated semblance | ||||||
