PRETEND

v. 1 feign, profess, represent, allege, make believe, make out Let's pretend that we are royalty Often, he pretends to be me. 2 try, attempt, endeavour, venture, presume, undertake I could not pretend to guess the number of people attending last night's meeting 3 make believe, act or play, play-act, fake, feign, put on an act, dissemble, sham, sail under false colours: Is she serious about wanting you to leave or was she just pretending?