Antonyms for make believemake be·lieve

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1. pretense, pretence, make-believenoun

   imaginative intellectual play

   Antonyms:
   real, existent

   Synonyms:
   pretend, pretending, pretence, pretext, pretension, pretense, guise, feigning, make-believe, simulation, dissembling

2. make-believe, pretendadjective

   the enactment of a pretense

   "it was just pretend"

   Antonyms:
   existent, real

   Synonyms:
   pretense, pretence, pretend, make-believe

3. make-believe, pretendverb

   imagined as in a play

   "the make-believe world of theater"; "play money"; "dangling their legs in the water to catch pretend fish"

   Antonyms:
   real, existent

   Synonyms:
   pretend, make-believe

4. make, pretend, make believeverb

   represent fictitiously, as in a play, or pretend to be or act like

   "She makes like an actress"

   Antonyms:
   real, existent

   Synonyms:
   earn, create, take in, pass water, dissemble, relieve oneself, score, lay down, pull in, progress to, prepare, get, stool, make up, hit, arrive at, cook, attain, fix, establish, seduce, defecate, urinate, work, wee, puddle, reach, take, have, pee-pee, pretend, shit, stimulate, pee, get to, construct, act, throw, hazard, form, gain, micturate, take a shit, venture, cause, realise, do, give, crap, affect, take a leak, sham, induce, hold, clear, make water, spend a penny, produce, nominate, wee-wee, ready, piss, name, guess, take a crap, draw, bring in, constitute, feign, realize, piddle, profess, ca-ca, build, make

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1. make believe

   Synonyms:
   feign, pretend, simulate, personate, affect

How to use make believe in a sentence?

1. Randi McGinn:

   We’re used to people coming in from out of town to play cowboy who don’t know how to use guns, you don’t hand somebody a gun until you give them safety training… No one should ever die with a real gun on a make-believe movie set.

2. William Hazlitt:

   Man is a make-believe animal - he is never so truly himself as when he is acting a part.

3. Evan Agostini/Invision/AP -RRB- Lopez:

   I do n’t judge anybody. If you want to do Botox and injectables, that’s fine ! But I do n’t want people lying on me and saying, ‘ Oh, she’s trying to make believe that this stuff works,' no, I ’m telling you what I do that works ! Please do n’t call me a liar. I do n’t have to lie about things. I’ve been pretty honest about my whole life.

4. Maya MacGuineas:

   The entire process has become one of missed deadlines, make-believe budgets filled with gimmicks and magic asterisks.

5. Amy Catalano:

   It was amazing, it felt like a movie prop, it looked make-believe almost.

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