Synonyms of the word

make-believe

• n. The quality or act of pretending; acting as if something is true when in fact one knows it is not.

feigning

• v. present participle of feign.
• n. Act of one who feigns; fakery; deceit.

imagery

• n. The work of one who makes images or visible representation of objects.
• n. Imitation work.
• n. Images in general, or en masse.
• n. (figuratively) Unreal show; imitation; appearance.
• n. The work of the imagination or fancy; false ideas; imaginary phantasms.
• n. Rhetorical decoration in writing or speaking; vivid descriptions presenting or suggesting images of sensible…

imagination

• n. The image-making power of the mind; the act of mentally creating or reproducing an object not previously…
• n. Particularly, construction of false images; fantasizing.
• n. Creativity; resourcefulness.
• n. A mental image formed by the action of the imagination as a faculty; a conception; a notion; an imagining;…

imaging

• v. present participle of image.
• n. The technique or practice of creating images of otherwise invisible aspects of an object, especially of…
• n. The use of mental images to alter a person's perceptions or behaviors.

pretence

• n. (British spelling) An act of pretending or pretension; a false claim or pretext.
• n. (obsolete) Intention; design.

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.

pretending

• n. The act of imagining; make-believe.
• v. present participle of pretend.

pretense

• n. (US) A false or hypocritical profession.
• n. Intention or purpose not real but professed.
• n. An unsupported claim made or implied.
• n. An insincere attempt to reach a specific condition or quality.

simulation

• n. Something which simulates a system or environment in order to predict actual behaviour.
• n. The process of simulating.
• n. Assuming an appearance which is feigned, or not true.
• n. (soccer) The act of falling over in order to be awarded a foul, when a foul hasn't been committed.

unreal

• adj. fake; not real.
• adj. (slang) larger or more fantastic than typical of real life.