pretended

[pri-ten-did] / prɪˈtɛn dɪd /

ADJECTIVE

alleged; imaginary

Synonyms

STRONG

affected assumed avowed bluffing cheating concealed counterfeit covered dissimulated fake falsified feigned lying masked mock pretend professed purported quack sham shammed simulated supposed

WEAK

artificial bogus charlatan factitious false fictitious impostrous imposturous make believe ostensible phony pseudo put on so-called spurious

Antonyms

STRONG

bare exposed genuine open original real revealed true

WEAK

sincere

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Holmes is the former billionaire CEO of Theranos who pretended she’d built a revolutionary blood testing machine to squeeze investors for a few dollars more.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 14, 2026

He then pretended to board the old Air Force One, only to secretly switch planes by hiding in a refueling truck, due to security threats.

From Barron's ● Sep. 9, 2026

Instead, Owens pretended there are numerous holes in the case.

From Salon ● Sep. 8, 2026

In 2024, the Foreign Office confirmed then-foreign secretary Lord Cameron had been the victim of a hoax call in which someone pretended to be former Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko.

From BBC ● Aug. 18, 2026

I pretended to be a silly girl who has nothing better to do after school.

From "The (Mostly) True Story of Cleopatra's Needle" by Dan Gutman

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