Synonyms of the word

feint

• v. To make a feint, or mock attack.
• adj. (obsolete) Feigned; counterfeit.
• adj. (fencing, boxing, war) (of an attack) directed toward a different part from the intended strike.
• n. A movement made to confuse the opponent, a dummy.
• n. That which is feigned; an assumed or false appearance; a pretense; a stratagem.
• n. (fencing, boxing, war) An offensive movement resembling an attack in all but its continuance.
• n. The narrowest rule used in the production of lined writing paper (C19: Variant of FAINT).

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.

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.

maneuver

• n. A movement, often one performed with difficulty.
• n. (often in the plural) A large training field-exercise of military troops.
• n. An adroit or cunning action; a stratagem.
• v. (transitive) To move (something) carefully, and often with difficulty, into a certain position.
• v. (figuratively, transitive) To guide, steer, manage purposefully.
• v. (figuratively, intransitive) To intrigue, manipulate, plot, scheme.

manoeuvre

• n. British spelling, Canadian, and Irish, South African, Australian and New Zealand spelling of maneuver.
• v. (transitive) British spelling, Canadian, and Irish, South African, Australian and New Zealand spelling…

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.