Dictionary of synonyms

Synonyms and antonyms of the word: pretends

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Usage examples:

“Berlin pretends not to realise that, in doing so, it causes difficulties to a country that in theory should be a friend,” said Crosetto, a senior member of Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni’s Brothers of Italy party.

Source: https://cyprus-mail.com/2023/09/24/italy-criticises-germany-for-funding-migrant-charity-groups/

During the festival, she sings a song that pretends to be about environmentalism but is really about sensuality.

Source: https://www.cbr.com/unbelievable-surprising-jokes-on-bobs-burgers/

Farah simply places her phone inside the book and scrolls through social media while she pretends to read in front of her toddler.

Source: https://www.dailymail.co.uk/femail/parenting/article-11913697/Parenting-hacks-Mum-discovers-ultimate-hack-phone-toddlers-hands.html?ns_mchannel=rss&ns_campaign=1490&ito=1490

He pretends to pick up the phone and then dramatically slams the imaginary phone down, ending the fabricated phone call.

Source: https://dailycaller.com/2023/09/09/novak-djokovic-mocks-competitor-ben-shelton/

However, the boycott of Anheuser-Busch and Bud Light, prompted by their controversial partnership with Dylan Mulvaney, a TikTok influencer who pretends to be a girl, defied precedent.

Source: https://pjmedia.com/news-and-politics/matt-margolis/2023/05/25/target-loses-9-billion-in-market-value-after-boycott-n1698079

It was Youngkin who renamed the office, replacing “equity” with “opportunity,” playing to the far-right schematic that pretends that generations of state-sponsored structural inequality can be done away with the stroke of a pen.

Source: https://augustafreepress.com/news/youngkin-defends-dei-is-dead-guy-that-he-hired-away-from-a-richmond-chick-fil-a/

Labour has launched a new attack ad against the prime minister, claiming that “whatever he pretends now, Rishi Sunak was Boris Johnson’s enabler”.

Source: https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/boris-johnson-new-job-report-latest-news-b2359403.html

Liberty quarterback Tyrese Smith (11) pretends to pass the ball to running back Isaiah Lauofo (3) during a game against Bishop Gorman at Bishop Gorman High School on Thursday, Sept. 14, 2023, in Las Vegas.

Source: https://www.reviewjournal.com/nevada-preps/np-football/gorman-takes-control-early-cruises-past-liberty-photos-2905030/

Producers don’t just waste the yearly private concert from a musical artist that the couple on the date pretends is more famous than actually is the case — Griffin Palmer, anyone?

Source: https://nypost.com/2023/02/21/how-wed-breathe-new-life-into-all-star-games/

Sally breaks the news to Tim and he pretends to accept their marriage plans, before luring Elaine into a taxi and taking her hostage, leaving Stephen on the doorstep.

Source: https://www.birminghammail.co.uk/news/showbiz-tv/inside-coronation-streets-elaine-jones-26809479

The “Cuban communist regime pretends that it has nothing to do with this “human trafficking”.

Source: https://time.com/6314093/russia-recruiting-cubans-ukraine-war/

The film follows a bizarre amnesia plot, in which Ana Faris' Kate pretends to be the wife of a wealthy yacht-owning playboy after he falls off his boat and wakes up on a beach unable to remember who he is.

Source: https://screenrant.com/eva-longoria-gabrielle-desperate-housewives-tv-movies/

Things are still awkward between them, but when Christine points out the tension, Spock pretends he hasn't noticed.

Source: https://collider.com/star-trek-strange-new-worlds-season-2-episode-5-recap/

Thousands of illegal immigrants continue flooding the southern US border while the Biden administration pretends everything is fine.

Source: https://biztoc.com/x/0eb95f55fdc6d702?ref=ff

You’ve no doubt heard of the scam where the perpetrator calls up an elderly person and pretends to be their grandchild or some other close relative.

Source: https://www.digitaltrends.com/computing/ai-making-long-running-scam-more-effective/