Nearby Words
| Main Entry: | |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | trick; pull a hoax |
| Synonyms: | act, affect, ape, assume, bluff, copy, counterfeit, create, do a number, fake, fake it, feign, imitate, invent, lie, make like, mislead, mock, play possum, pretend, put on, put up a front, shuck and jive, simulate, sucker |
| Antonyms: | tell truth |
| Main Entry: | put on an act |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | act a part |
| Synonyms: | bluff, fake, feign, invent, let on like, make up, play possum, play the part, pose, pretend, simulate |
| Main Entry: | false pretense |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | offense of false representation |
| Synonyms: | false colors, false pretension, feign, hollow pretense, pretension, pretext |
| Main Entry: | play-act |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | act |
| Synonyms: | be on, bring down the house, burlesque, characterize, do, do a turn, dramatize, emote, enact, feign, go on, go over, ham it up, ham, impersonate, lay an egg, make debut, mime, mimic, mug, parody, perform, personate, personify, play, play act, play gig, play part, play role, portray, pretend, put it over, rehearse, represent, say one's piece, simulate, star, stooge, strut*, take part, tread the boards |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | play-act |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | pretend |
| Synonyms: | act, assume the role, counterfeit, dissemble, fake*, feign, imagine, imitate, impersonate, make as if, make believe, make out like, make up, masquerade, mimic, play, playact, portray, pose, purport, put on, put on a front, put on airs, put on an act, represent, reproduce, sham*, simulate, suppose |
* = informal/non-formal usage
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition
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