Synonyms of the word feign


FEIGNACT - AFFECT - ASSUME - BELIE - DISSEMBLE - MISREPRESENT - PRETEND - SHAM - SIMULATE

feign

  • v. To make a false copy or version of; to counterfeit.
  • v. To imagine; to invent; to pretend.
  • v. To make an action as if doing one thing, but actually doing another, for example to trick an opponent.
  • v. To hide or conceal.

act

  • n. (countable) Something done, a deed.
  • n. (obsolete, uncountable) Actuality.
  • n. (countable) A product of a legislative body, a statute.
  • n. The process of doing something.
  • n. (countable) A formal or official record of something done.
  • n. (countable) A division of a theatrical performance.
  • n. (countable) A performer or performers in a show.
  • n. (countable) Any organized activity.
  • n. (countable) A display of behaviour.
  • n. A thesis maintained in public, in some English universities, by a candidate for a degree, or to show the…
  • n. (countable) A display of behaviour meant to deceive.
  • v. (intransitive) To do something.
  • v. (obsolete, transitive) To do (something); to perform.
  • v. (intransitive) To perform a theatrical role.
  • v. (intransitive) To behave in a certain way.
  • v. (copulative) To convey an appearance of being.
  • v. To do something that causes a change binding on the doer.
  • v. (intransitive, construed with on or upon) To have an effect (on).
  • v. (transitive) To play (a role).
  • v. (transitive) To feign.
  • v. (mathematics, intransitive, construed with on or upon, of a group) To map via a homomorphism to a group…
  • v. (obsolete, transitive) To move to action; to actuate; to animate.

affect

  • v. (transitive) To influence or alter.
  • v. (transitive) To move to emotion.
  • v. (transitive) Of an illness or condition, to infect or harm (a part of the body).
  • v. (transitive, archaic) To dispose or incline.
  • v. (transitive, archaic) To tend to by affinity or disposition.
  • v. (transitive, archaic) To assign; to appoint.
  • v. (obsolete, transitive) To aim for, to try to obtain.
  • v. (transitive, now rare) To feel affection for (someone); to like, be fond of.
  • v. (transitive, obsolete) To show a fondness for (something); to choose.
  • v. (transitive) To make a show of; to put on a pretence of; to feign; to assume. To make a false display…
  • n. (obsolete) One's mood or inclination; mental state.
  • n. (obsolete) A desire, an appetite.
  • n. (psychology) A subjective feeling experienced in response to a thought or other stimulus; mood, emotion,…

assume

  • v. To authenticate by means of belief; to surmise; to suppose to be true, especially without proof.
  • v. To take on a position, duty or form.
  • v. To adopt a feigned quality or manner.
  • v. To receive or adopt.
  • v. To adopt an idea or cause.

belie

  • v. (transitive, obsolete) To lie around; encompass.
  • v. (transitive, obsolete, of an army) To surround; beleaguer.
  • v. (transitive) To tell lies about; to slander.
  • v. (transitive) To give a false representation of, to misrepresent.
  • v. (transitive) To contradict, to show (something) to be false.
  • v. (transitive, perhaps nonstandard) To be shown false by contradicting (something) that is true; to conceal…
  • v. (transitive, perhaps nonstandard) To show, evince, demonstrate: to show (something) to be present, particularly…
  • v. (obsolete) To mimic; to counterfeit.
  • v. (transitive, obsolete) To fill with lies.

dissemble

  • v. (transitive) To disguise or conceal something.
  • v. (transitive) To feign.
  • v. (transitive) To deliberately ignore something; to pretend not to notice.
  • v. (intransitive) To falsely hide one's opinions or feelings.

misrepresent

  • v. To represent falsely; to inaccurately portray something.

pretend

  • v. To claim, to allege, especially when falsely or as a form of deliberate deception.
  • v. To feign, affect (a state, quality, etc.).
  • v. To lay claim to (an ability, status, advantage, etc.). (originally used without to).
  • v. To make oneself appear to do or be doing something; to engage in make-believe.
  • v. (transitive, obsolete) To hold before, or put forward, as a cloak or disguise for something else; to exhibit…
  • v. (transitive, obsolete) To intend; to design, to plot; to attempt.
  • v. (transitive, obsolete) To hold before one; to extend.

sham

  • adj. Intended to deceive; false.
  • adj. counterfeit; unreal.
  • n. A fake; an imitation that purports to be genuine.
  • n. Trickery, hoaxing.
  • n. A false front, or removable ornamental covering.
  • n. A decorative cover for a pillow.
  • v. To deceive, cheat, lie.
  • v. To obtrude by fraud or imposition.
  • v. To assume the manner and character of; to imitate; to ape; to feign.

simulate

  • v. To model, replicate, duplicate the behavior, appearance or properties of.
  • adj. (obsolete) Feigned; pretended.

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