Synonyms for pretending
pre·tend·ing

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1. pretense, pretence, pretending, simulation, feigningnoun

   the act of giving a false appearance

   "his conformity was only pretending"

   Synonyms:
   pretence, pretext, pretension, pretense, guise, feigning, computer simulation, make-believe, simulation, model, dissembling

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1. List of paraphrases for "pretending":

   pretend, faking, shamming, make-believe, claiming

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1. Charles Krauthammer:

   This is a woman, this is a candidate who is going to be the nominee. We all know it, for all of the Bernie momentum stuff. That’s a sideshow. But you have to go through 15, 16 months of a ritual of actually campaigning, there is no campaign. There is not going to be a debate. There isn’t a challenge. So she is stuck for these 15 or so months pretending to be a candidate and what you get are pretend events.

2. Charles Krauthammer:

   They were deliberately deceiving the American people and the Congress, they were pretending otherwise, because in that way, they could portray [Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin] Netanyahu - who gave an accurate assessment - as an alarmist, trying to stir up war.

3. Prince Harry:

   The first time that Meghan and I met up for her to come and stay with me we met up in a supermarket in London pretending as though we didn't know each other.

4. Andrew Zimbalist:

   First, the IOC and the Tokyo organizing committee are in denial. They have never had to cancel an Olympics for anything but a world war, second, they want to control the spin. By pretending that there will be business as usual, they are hoping to keep Olympians in training and Olympic fans in preparation for traveling to Tokyo. If by some good fortune the virus abates and the Olympics are held, they want to make sure the athletes are present and prepared.

5. Carmine Sabia:

   There are two sets of rules and that has to be a glaring fact to anyone even pretending to pay attention to what is happening.