nnoun.cognitionimaginative intellectual playSynset:pretence pretense
Derivationally Related Form:make-believe
Hypernyms:imagery imagination imaging mental imagery
Inherited Hypernyms:pretenseimaginationrepresentational processbasic cognitive processprocesscognitionpsychological featureabstractionentity
nnoun.actthe enactment of a pretenseSynset:pretend
Derivationally Related Form:pretendmake-believemake believe
Hypernyms:feigning pretence pretending pretense simulation
Inherited Hypernyms:make-believepretensedeceptionfalsificationwrongdoingactivityacteventpsychological featureabstractionentity
adj satadj.allimagined as in a playSynset:pretend
Examples:- the make-believe world of theater
- play money
- dangling their legs in the water to catch pretend fish
Antonyms:real
Derivationally Related Form:make-believe
Inherited Hypernyms:make-believe
Similar to:unreal