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Main Entry:
feign [feyn]
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: pretend
Synonyms: act, affect, assume, bluff*, counterfeit, devise, dissemble, dissimulate, do a bit, fabricate, fake, forge, four-flush, give appearance of, imagine, imitate, invent, make show of, phony up, play, play possum, put on, put on act, put up a front, sham*, simulate, stonewall
Antonyms: be true
Main Entry: affect
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: pretend, imitate
Synonyms: act, adopt, aspire to, assume, bluff, contrive, counterfeit, do a bit, fake, feign, lay it on thick, make out like, playact, put on, put up a front, sham*, simulate, take on
Notes: as a noun, affect means 'a feeling or emotion,' whereas effect means 'the result or consequence of some action or process'; as a verb, to affect means 'to exert an influence upon,' and implies the action of a stimulus that can produce a response or reaction, whereas to effect means 'to bring about as a result'
effect is a noun referring to a thing, but if you mean an action, that is affect; if you want the verb meaning 'achieve, bring about,' that is effect
Main Entry: assume
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: pretend
Synonyms: act, adopt, affect, bluff, counterfeit, fake, feign, imitate, impersonate, mimic, pretend, put on, simulate
Notes: assume means 'suppose to be the case, without proof; take for granted'; presume means 'suppose that something is the case on the basis of probability; take for granted that something exists or is the case'
Main Entry: bluff
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: deceive
Synonyms: affect, beguile, betray, bunco, con, counterfeit, defraud, delude, double-cross, fake out, fake*, feign, fool, humbug, illude, jive, juggle, lie, mislead, pretend, psych out, put on*, sham*, shuck, simulate, snow*, take in*, trick
Antonyms: come clean, reveal, tell truth
Main Entry: counterfeit
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: make deceitful imitation
Synonyms: Xerox, act like, affect, ape, assume, bluff, carbon, cheat, circulate bad money, clone, coin, copy, defraud, delude, ditto, do, do like, dupe, fabricate, fake, feign, forge, go like, imitate, impersonate, knock off, make like, make money, mimeo, mimic, mint, phony up, phony*, pretend, put on*, sham, simulate, stat
Antonyms: be honest
Main Entry: disguise
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: mask; misrepresent
Synonyms: affect, age, alter, antique, assume, beard, belie, camouflage, change, cloak, color, conceal, counterfeit, cover, cover up, deceive, dissemble, dissimulate, doctor up, dress up, fake, falsify, feign, front, fudge, garble, gloss over, hide, make like, make up, masquerade, muffle, obfuscate, obscure, pretend, put on a false front, put on a front, put on an act, put up a front, redo, screen, secrete, sham, shroud, simulate, touch up, varnish, veil, wear cheaters, whitewash
Antonyms: expose, open, represent, reveal, uncover, unmask
Main Entry: dissemble
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: disguise, pretend
Synonyms: affect, camouflage, cloak, conceal, counterfeit, cover, cover up, dissimulate, double-talk, doublespeak, dress up, fake, falsify, feign, four-flush, hide, let on, make like, mask, pass, play possum, pussyfoot, put on a false front, put on a front, put on an act, put up a front, put up a smoke screen, sham*, shroud, shuck and jive, signify, simulate, stonewall, whitewash
Notes: dissemble means to conceal, to give a false appearance; disassemble means to take apart
Antonyms: admit, allow
Main Entry: dissimulate
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: conceal, disguise
Synonyms: beard, camouflage, cloak, deceive, dissemble, dress up, fake, feign, hide, make-believe, mask, present a false face, present a false front, pretend
Antonyms: be honest
Main Entry: fabricate
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: falsify, make up a story
Synonyms: coin, concoct, contrive, counterfeit, devise, fake, feign, fib, forge, form, fudge, invent, jive, lie, make like, misrepresent, pretend, prevaricate, trump up
Antonyms: tell truth
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