pretend in WordNet English dictionary

1. behave unnaturally or affectedly
   "She's just acting"
   dissemble  pretend  act 
   
2. make believe with the intent to deceive
   "He feigned that he was ill"; "He shammed a headache"
   feign  sham  pretend  affect  dissemble 
   
3. put forward, of a guess, in spite of possible refutation
   "I am guessing that the price of real estate will rise again"; "I cannot pretend to say that you are wrong"
   guess  venture  pretend  hazard 
   
4. represent fictitiously, as in a play, or pretend to be or act like
   "She makes like an actress"
   make  pretend  make believe 
   
5. state insincerely
   "He professed innocence but later admitted his guilt"; "She pretended not to have known the suicide bomber"; "She pretends to be an expert on wine"
   profess  pretend 
   
6. put forward a claim and assert right or possession of
   "pretend the title of King"
   pretend 
   

1. the enactment of a pretense
   "it was just pretend"
   make-believe  pretend 
   

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