ALL meanings of make-believe
make-be·lieve
M m - noun make-believe pretense, especially of an innocent or playful kind; feigning; sham: the make-believe of children playing. 1
- noun make-believe a pretender; a person who pretends. 1
- adjective make-believe pretended; feigned; imaginary; made-up; unreal: a make-believe world of fantasy. 1
- uncountable noun make-believe If someone is living in a make-believe world, they are pretending that things are better, different, or more exciting than they really are instead of facing up to reality. 0
- uncountable noun make-believe You use make-believe to refer to the activity involved when a child plays a game in which they pretend something, for example that they are someone else. 0
- adjective make-believe You use make-believe to describe things, for example in a play or film, that imitate or copy something real, but which are not what they appear to be. 0
- verb make-believe to pretend or enact a fantasy 0
- noun make-believe a fantasy, pretence, or unreality 0
- noun make-believe (as modifier) 0
- noun make-believe a person who pretends 0
- modifier make-believe of or relating to a fantasy, pretence, or unreality 0
- adjective make-believe imitating or copying something real, but not what it appears to be 0
- noun make-believe to pretend; act a part 0
- noun make-believe pretense; feigning 0
- noun make-believe a pretender 0
- adjective make-believe pretended; feigned; sham 0
- noun make-believe The quality or act of pretending; assuming something is true when in fact one knows it is not. 0