put a front

Main Entry:
affect [v. uh-fekt; n. af-ekt]
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: 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: feign
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: lie
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: tell an untruth
Synonyms: BS, be untruthful, bear false witness, beguile, break promise, bull*, con, concoct, deceive, delude, dissemble, dissimulate, distort, dupe*, equivocate, exaggerate, fabricate, fake, falsify, fib, forswear, frame, fudge, go back on, invent, make believe, malign, misguide, misinform, misinstruct, mislead, misrepresent, misspeak, misstate, overdraw, palter, perjure, pervert, phony, plant*, prevaricate, promote, put on*, put up a front, snow*, soft-soap, string along, victimize
Notes: to lay is to place something; to lie is to recline
Antonyms: be honest
Main Entry: pose
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: pretend, fake
Synonyms: act, affect, attitudinize, feign, grandstand, impersonate, make believe, make out like, masquerade, pass off, peacock, playact, posture, profess, purport, put on airs, put up a front, sham*, show off*, strike an attitude, take off as
Antonyms: be genuine
Main Entry: posture
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: display an attitude
Synonyms: affect, attitudinize, display, do a bit, do for effect, fake, fake it, make a show, masquerade, pass for, pass off, playact, pose, put on airs, put up a front, show off*
Antonyms: be truthful
Main Entry: pretend
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: fake, falsify
Synonyms: act, affect, allege, assume, be deceitful, be hypocritical, beguile, bluff, cheat, claim, claim falsely, counterfeit, cozen, deceive, delude, dissemble, dissimulate, dupe, fake out, feign, fish*, fool, fudge, hoodwink*, impersonate, jazz, jive, lay claim, let on, make out, malinger, masquerade, mislead, pass off, pass oneself off as, profess, purport, put on*, put up a front, sham*, shuck and jive, simulate, stonewall, sucker, whitewash
Notes: portend means to indicate (events, misfortunes, etc.) as in future or to foreshadow or to bode; pretend means to make believe with the intent to deceive or to give a false appearance of
Antonyms: tell truth
Main Entry: pretend
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: play the part of
Synonyms: act, assume the role, imagine, imitate, impersonate, make as if, make believe, make out like, make up, masquerade, mimic, play, playact, portray, pose, purport, put on a front, put on airs, put on an act, represent, reproduce, suppose
Notes: portend means to indicate (events, misfortunes, etc.) as in future or to foreshadow or to bode; pretend means to make believe with the intent to deceive or to give a false appearance of
Antonyms: be honest
Main Entry: put on
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: pretend
Synonyms: act, affect, assume, bluff, confound, confuse, counterfeit, deceive, don, fake, feign, make believe, masquerade, playact, pose, pull, put on a front, put on an act, sham, simulate, strike, take on, trick
Antonyms: be truthful
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