English noun: pretending | |||
1. | pretending (act) the act of giving a false appearance | ||
Samples | His conformity was only pretending. | ||
Synonyms | feigning, pretence, pretense, simulation | ||
Broader (hypernym) | deceit, deception, dissembling, dissimulation | ||
Narrower (hyponym) | affectation, affectedness, appearance, make-believe, mannerism, masquerade, pose, pretend, show | ||