English verb: make believe | |||
1. | make believe (communication) represent fictitiously, as in a play, or pretend to be or act like | ||
Samples | She makes like an actress. | ||
Synonyms | make, pretend | ||
Pattern of use | Somebody ----s that CLAUSE | ||
Broader (hypernym) | act, play, represent | ||
Narrower (hyponym) | go through the motions | ||
Verb group | affect, dissemble, feign, pretend, sham | ||