English adjective: make-believe | |||
1. | make-believe imagined as in a play | ||
Samples | The make-believe world of theater. Play money. Dangling their legs in the water to catch pretend fish. | ||
Synonyms | pretend | ||
Similar | unreal | ||
Antonyms | real, existent | ||
English noun: make-believe | |||
1. | make-believe (cognition) imaginative intellectual play | ||
Synonyms | pretence, pretense | ||
Broader (hypernym) | imagery, imagination, imaging, mental imagery | ||
2. | make-believe (act) the enactment of a pretense | ||
Samples | It was just pretend. | ||
Synonyms | pretend | ||
Broader (hypernym) | feigning, pretence, pretending, pretense, simulation | ||