Solvers have encountered “Pretend” before, and these answers represent what typically fits. Each option is based on puzzle completions that used identical or nearly identical clue phrasing.
Answers:
- PLAYACT
- FEIGN
- IMAGINE
- LETON
- ACT
- SHAM
- MAKEBELIEVE
- FAKE
- BLUFF
- UNREAL
- POSE
- ACTASIF
- PUTONANACT
- ACTLIKE
Synonyms and Definitions
PLAYACT
- Synonyms: act, play, roleplay
FEIGN
- Synonyms: affect, assume, dissemble, sham, simulate
IMAGINE
- Synonyms: conceive of, envisage, guess, ideate, opine, reckon, suppose, think
- Definition: Create a mental picture of something that isnt currently existing or happening.
ACT
- Synonyms: act as, behave, bit, deed, do, enactment, human action, human activity, move, number, playact, represent, routine, turn, work
SHAM
- Synonyms: assumed, fake, faker, false, feign, fictitious, fictive, fraud, imposter, impostor, postiche, pretended, pretender, pseud, pseudo, put on, role player, shammer
FAKE
- Synonyms: bastard, bogus, bull, bullshit, cook, counterfeit, falsify, faux, forge, fudge, imitation, juke, manipulate, misrepresent, phoney, phony, simulated, talk through ones hat, wangle
BLUFF
- Synonyms: bluff out, bold, four flush, sheer
UNREAL
- Synonyms: artificial, insubstantial, unsubstantial
POSE
- Synonyms: affectation, affectedness, airs, amaze, baffle, beat, bewilder, dumbfound, flummox, get, gravel, impersonate, lay, mannerism, model, mystify, nonplus, perplex, personate, place, position, posture, present, put, puzzle, set, sit, stick, stupefy, vex