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makebelieve
adjective as in made-up
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adjective as in make believe
adjective as in mock
adjective as in assumed
adjective as in pretended
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adjective as in sham
adjective as in spurious
adjective as in unnatural
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adjective as in fictional
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adjective as in fictive
adjective as in invented
adjective as in pseudonymous
adjective as in fake
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adjective as in false
adjective as in fictitious
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noun as in make believe
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noun as in pageant
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noun as in pretense
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- act
- acting
- affectation
- appearance
- artifice
- claim
- deceit
- deception
- display
- dissimulation
- double-dealing
- evasion
- excuse
- fabrication
- facade
- fakery
- falsification
- feigning
- gag
- guise
- insincerity
- invention
- make believe
- mask
- masquerade
- misrepresentation
- misstatement
- ostentation
- posing
- posturing
- pretentiousness
- routine
- ruse
- schtick
- sham
- shuffling
- simulation
- stall
- stunt
- subterfuge
- trickery
- veil
- wile
noun as in pretension
noun as in show
noun as in charade
noun as in ignis fatuus
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- apparition
- bubble
- chimera
- confusion
- daydream
- deception
- deja vu
- delusion
- error
- fallacy
- false impression
- fancy
- fantasy
- figment of imagination
- fool's paradise
- ghost
- hallucination
- head trip
- hocus-pocus
- idolism
- ignus fatuus
- image
- invention
- make believe
- mirage
- misapprehension
- misbelief
- misconception
- misimpression
- mockery
- myth
- optical illusion
- paramnesia
- phantasm
- phantasma
- pipe dream
- rainbow
- seeming
- semblance
- trip
- virtual reality
- will-o'-the-wisp
noun as in disguise
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noun as in fake
noun as in feint
noun as in illusion
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noun as in imposture
verb as in dissimulate
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Example Sentences
Mary Makebelieve used to talk most in the nighttime, but her mother talked most in the morning.
One night when Mrs. Makebelieve came home she was very low-spirited indeed.
Mrs. Makebelieve liked to lie in bed until the last possible moment.
Mary ran to her mother moaning like a sick person, but Mrs. Makebelieve did not look at her.
It was only broken by Mrs. Makebelieve, who began to hum a song as she polished the fire grate.
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On this page you'll find 944 synonyms, antonyms, and words related to makebelieve, such as: fabricated, fictional, false, imaginary, make believe, and mythical.
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
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