All make-believe synonyms
make-be·lieve
M m adj make-believe
- unreal — not real or actual.
- imaginary — existing only in the imagination or fancy; not real; fancied: an imaginary illness; the imaginary animals in the stories of Dr. Seuss.
- fictional — invented as part of a work of fiction: Sherlock Holmes is a fictional detective.
- simulated — to create a simulation, likeness, or model of (a situation, system, or the like): to simulate crisis conditions.
- fantasy — imagination, especially when extravagant and unrestrained.
- pretend — to cause or attempt to cause (what is not so) to seem so: to pretend illness; to pretend that nothing is wrong.
- dream — a succession of images, thoughts, or emotions passing through the mind during sleep.
- mock — to attack or treat with ridicule, contempt, or derision.
- sham — something that is not what it purports to be; a spurious imitation; fraud or hoax.
- fraudulent — characterized by, involving, or proceeding from fraud, as actions, enterprise, methods, or gains: a fraudulent scheme to evade taxes.
- made-up — concocted; falsely fabricated or invented: a made-up story.
- pretended — Informal. make-believe; simulated; counterfeit: pretend diamonds.
- false — not true or correct; erroneous: a false statement.
- acted — anything done, being done, or to be done; deed; performance: a heroic act.
noun make-believe
- charade — If you describe someone's actions as a charade, you mean that their actions are so obviously false that they do not convince anyone.
- pageant — an elaborate public spectacle illustrative of the history of a place, institution, or the like, often given in dramatic form or as a procession of colorful floats.
- disguise — to change the appearance or guise of so as to conceal identity or mislead, as by means of deceptive garb: The king was disguised as a peasant.
- pretense — pretending or feigning; make-believe: My sleepiness was all pretense.
- imagination — the faculty of imagining, or of forming mental images or concepts of what is not actually present to the senses.
- pretentiousness — characterized by assumption of dignity or importance, especially when exaggerated or undeserved: a pretentious, self-important waiter.
- pretension — the laying of a claim to something.
- playacting — to engage in make-believe.
- dissimulation — the act of dissimulating; feigning; hypocrisy.
- fakery — the practice or result of faking.
- fairy tale — a story, usually for children, about elves, hobgoblins, dragons, fairies, or other magical creatures.