dissimulate
verb
dis·sim·u·late (ˌ)di-ˈsim-yə-ˌlāt 
dissimulated; dissimulating
transitive verb
: to hide under a false appearance
smiled to dissimulate her urgency
Alice Glenday
Alice Glendayintransitive verb
: dissemble
a politician's ability to dissimulate
dissimulation
(ˌ)di-ˌsim-yə-ˈlā-shən
noun dissimulator
(ˈ)di-ˈsim-yə-ˌlā-tər
noun 
Synonyms
- dissemble
- let on
- make out
- pretend
See all Synonyms & Antonyms 
Example Sentences
as an actress she had been trained to dissimulate, so she had no trouble hiding her true feelings offstage as well
Word History
Etymology
Middle English, from Latin dissimulatus, past participle of dissimulare, from dis- + simulare to simulate
First Known Use
15th century, in the meaning defined at transitive sense
dissimulating 1 of 2
adjective
as in dissembling
Synonyms & Similar Words
Relevance
- dissembling
- dishonest
- assuming
- insincere
- fake
- phony
- artful
- affected
- false
- artificial
- pretentious
- wary
- cynical
- suspicious
- mistrustful
- guileful
- skeptical
- manipulative
- critical
- worldly
- cultivated
- phoney
- deceptive
- deceitful
- sophisticated
- cosmopolitan
- scheming
- calculating
- hypocritical
- cunning
- civilized
- shifty
- designing
- knavish
- polished
- devious
- cultured
- double-dealing
- sly
- wily
- underhanded
- subtle
- crooked
- worldly-wise
- refined
- two-faced
- slick
- feigned
- shrewd
- crafty
- flattering
- canny
- slippery
- tricky
- unctuous
- foxy
- arch
- mealymouthed
- sycophantic
- smooth
- forced
- strained
- sharp
Antonyms & Near Antonyms
- real
- genuine
- sincere
- naive
- guileless
- artless
- true
- ingenuous
- innocent
- honest
- unaffected
- naïve
- unpretending
- simple
- natural
- simpleminded
- unsophisticated
- unpretentious
- inexperienced
- childlike
- malleable
- unworldly
- impressionable
- persuadable
- spontaneous
- unstudied
- unforced
- dewy-eyed
- wide-eyed
- persuasible
- gee-whiz
dissimulating
2 of 2verb
as in pretending
to take on a false or deceptive appearance as an actress she had been trained to dissimulate, so she had no trouble hiding her true feelings offstage as well Synonyms & Similar Words
- pretending
- dissembling
- posing
- acting
- masquerading
- feigning
- shamming
- making believe
- concealing
- letting on
- playacting
- playing
- camouflaging
- simulating
- disguising
- putting up a front
- faking
- putting on an act
- making a pretense
- making a show
- affecting
- impersonating
- making out
- masking
- counterfeiting
- professing
- feinting
- bluffing
- assuming
- putting on