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, simulation, dissembling

2. make-believe, pretendadjective

   the enactment of a pretense

   "it was just pretend"

   Antonyms:
   real, existent

   Synonyms:
   pretense, pretence, pretend

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:
   existent, real

   Synonyms:
   pretend

4. make, pretend, make believeverb

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

   "She makes like an actress"

   Antonyms:
   existent, real

   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, make believe, constitute, feign, realize, piddle, profess, ca-ca, build, make

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1. make-believeadjective

   Synonyms:
   feigned, mock, sham, counterfeit, spurious, supposititious, simulated

2. make-believenoun

   Synonyms:
   pretense, simulation, affectation, feint

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. 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.

3. Maya MacGuineas:

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

4. Linda Wasmer Andrews:

   Free play is as good for developing minds as it is for growing bodies, through unfettered play, children interact with their world and stretch their creativity. To watch young children engaged in make-believe play is to be in awe of undiluted imagination.

5. Doris Day:

   My public image is unshakably that of America's wholesome virgin, the girl next door, carefree and brimming with happiness. An image, I can assure you, more make-believe than any film part I ever played.

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