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Showing words for PRETEND using the English dictionary

7 Letter Words for Pretend

prented, pretend

6 Letter Words for Pretend

denter, entrep, perten, rented, repent, tender, tendre, terned, terpen

5 Letter Words for Pretend

denet, deter, dreep, drent, ender, enter, entre, erept, erned, neper, neter, peert, pened, peter, petre, preed, preen, prent, renet, rente, repen, teend, terne, treed, treen, trend

4 Letter Words for Pretend

deen, deep, deer, deet, dene, dent, depe, depr, dept, dere, dern, detn, dree, eden, ende, ened, entr, ered, erne, eten, need, neep, neer, neet, nerd, nete, peed, peen, peer, pend, pene, pent, pere, pern, pert, pete, pred, pree, pret, rede, reed, reen, reet, rend, rent, rept, retd, rete, teed, teen, teer, tend, tene, tepe, tern, terp, tree

3 Letter Words for Pretend

dee, den, dep, der, det, dpt, edp, een, eer, end, ene, erd, ere, ern, ert, ned, nee, nep, net, pdn, ped, pee, pen, per, pet, pre, prn, pte, red, ree, rep, rnd, rpt, rte, tdr, ted, tee, ten, ter, tpd, trp

Definitions for Pretend

[1] to cause or attempt to cause (what is not so) to seem so: to pretend illness; to pretend that nothing is wrong.
[2] to appear falsely, as to deceive; feign: to pretend to go to sleep.
[3] to make believe: The children pretended to be cowboys.
[4] to presume; venture: I can't pretend to say what went wrong.
[5] to allege or profess, especially insincerely or falsely: He pretended to have no knowledge of her whereabouts.
[6] to make believe.
[7] to lay claim to (usually followed by to ): She pretended to the throne.
[8] to make pretensions (usually followed by to ): He pretends to great knowledge.
[9] Obsolete . to aspire, as a suitor or candidate (followed by to ).
[10] Informal . make-believe; simulated; counterfeit: pretend diamonds.
[11] (when tr, usually takes a clause as object or an infinitive) to claim or allege (something untrue)
[12] (tr; may take a clause as object or an infinitive) to make believe, as in a play you pretend to be Ophelia
[13] (intr foll by to ) to present a claim, esp a dubious one to pretend to the throne
[14] (intr foll by to ) obsolete to aspire as a candidate or suitor (for)
[15] fanciful; make-believe; simulated a pretend gun

Words related to Pretend

fool, feign, purport, assume, impersonate, bluff, profess, imitate, suppose, claim, cheat, fish, whitewash, dupe, beguile, allege, counterfeit, fudge, sham, masquerade

Words nearby Pretend

pretarsal, pretarsus, pretax, preteen, pretence, pretend, pretended, pretender, pretense, pretension, pretensive

Origin of Pretend

1325–75; Middle English pretenden < Latin praetendere to stretch forth, put forward, pretend. See pre-, tend1

Words that may be confused with Pretend

portend, pretend, (see, synonym, study, at, the, current, entry)

Word origin for Pretend

C14: from Latin praetendere to stretch forth, feign, from prae in front + tendere to stretch

Synonyms for Pretend

assume, bluff, feign, fool, impersonate, profess, purport, put on, act, affect, allege, beguile, cheat, claim, counterfeit, cozen, deceive, delude, dissemble, dissimulate, dupe, fish, fudge, hoodwink, jazz, jive, malinger, masquerade, mislead, sham, simulate, stonewall, sucker, whitewash, be deceitful, be hypocritical, claim falsely, fake out, lay claim, let on, make out, pass off, pass oneself off as, put up a front, shuck and jive