All make as if synonyms

verb make as if

• imitate — to follow or endeavor to follow as a model or example: to imitate an author's style; to imitate an older brother.
• suppose — to assume (something), as for the sake of argument or as part of a proposition or theory: Suppose the distance to be one mile.
• impersonate — to assume the character or appearance of; pretend to be: He was arrested for impersonating a police officer.
• purport — to present, especially deliberately, the appearance of being; profess or claim, often falsely: a document purporting to be official.
• portray — to make a likeness of by drawing, painting, carving, or the like.
• represent — to present again or anew.
• masquerade — a party, dance, or other festive gathering of persons wearing masks and other disguises, and often elegant, historical, or fantastic costumes.
• pose — a movement in which the dancer steps, in any desired position, from one foot to the other with a straight knee onto the flat foot, demi-pointe, or pointe.
• reproduce — to make a copy, representation, duplicate, or close imitation of: to reproduce a picture.
• mimic — to imitate or copy in action, speech, etc., often playfully or derisively.
• act — When you act, you do something for a particular purpose.
• bluff — A bluff is an attempt to make someone believe that you will do something when you do not really intend to do it.
• counterfeit — Counterfeit money, goods, or documents are not genuine, but have been made to look exactly like genuine ones in order to deceive people.
• dream — a succession of images, thoughts, or emotions passing through the mind during sleep.
• fake — to lay (a rope) in a coil or series of long loops so as to allow to run freely without fouling or kinking (often followed by down).
• fantasize — to conceive fanciful or extravagant notions, ideas, suppositions, or the like (often followed by about): to fantasize about the ideal job.
• feign — to represent fictitiously; put on an appearance of: to feign sickness.
• fool — to trick, deceive, or impose on: They tried to fool him.
• imagine — to form a mental image of (something not actually present to the senses).
• play — a dramatic composition or piece; drama.
• pretend — to cause or attempt to cause (what is not so) to seem so: to pretend illness; to pretend that nothing is wrong.
• simulate — to create a simulation, likeness, or model of (a situation, system, or the like): to simulate crisis conditions.
• play-act — to engage in make-believe.
• playact — to engage in make-believe.
• make believe — the style or manner in which something is made; form; build.
• make up — the style or manner in which something is made; form; build.
• put on airs — a mixture of nitrogen, oxygen, and minute amounts of other gases that surrounds the earth and forms its atmosphere.
• dissemble — to give a false or misleading appearance to; conceal the truth or real nature of: to dissemble one's incompetence in business.
• put on — a throw or cast, especially one made with a forward motion of the hand when raised close to the shoulder.
• sham — something that is not what it purports to be; a spurious imitation; fraud or hoax.