| Main Entry: |
put on
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| 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 |
| Main Entry: | put-on |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | façade |
| Synonyms: | beard, bluff, cloak, color, coloring, cover, disguise, disguisement, exterior, face, fake*, false colors, false front, front, frontage, gloss, guise, look, mask, masquerade, phony*, pretense, pretext, semblance, show, veil, veneer, window dressing, window-dressing |
| 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: | affix |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | attach or stick |
| Synonyms: | add, annex, append, bind, fasten, glue, hitch on, join, paste, put on, rivet, slap on, subjoin, tack, tack on, tag, tag on |
| Antonyms: | detach, let go, loosen |
| Main Entry: | apply |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | put substance on another |
| Synonyms: | administer, affix, anoint, bestow, cover, fasten, join, lay on, massage, paint, place, put on, rub, smear, spread, touch |
| 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: | caper |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | antic, lark |
| Synonyms: | escapade, gag, gambol, high jinks, hop, hot foot, jest, joke, jump, leap, mischief, monkeyshines, practical joke, prank, put on*, revel, rib, rollick, shenanigan, sport, stunt, tomfoolery*, trick |
| Main Entry: | caprice |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | sudden change of behavior |
| Synonyms: | bee, caper*, changeableness, contrariety, crotchet, fad, fancy, fickleness, fitfulness, fool notion, freak, gag, humor, impulse, inconsistency, inconstancy, jerk, kink, mood, notion, peculiarity, perversity, put on*, quirk, rib, temper, thought, vagary, vein, whim, whimsy |
| Antonyms: | constancy, constant, dependability, steadfastness |