make-believe
61make believe — Pretend, feign, appear, seem, act as if, make as if …
62To make believe — make make, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {made} (m[=a]d); p. pr. & vb. n. {making}.] [OE. maken, makien, AS. macian; akin to OS. mak?n, OFries. makia, D. maken, G. machen, OHG. mahh?n to join, fit, prepare, make, Dan. mage. Cf. {Match} an equal.] 1. To… …
63make believe — phrasal pretend, feign …
64make-believe — noun The quality or act of pretending; assuming something is true when in fact one knows it is not …
65make-believe — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) n. fantasy, unreality, fiction, imagination; pretense, feigning, imitation, fakery, deception. adj. made up; feigned, sham, whimsical, imitation, fake, phony. See falsehood. Ant., true, factual. II… …
66make believe — (Roget s IV) v. Syn. feign, simulate, counterfeit; see dream 2 , pretend 1 …
67make believe — pretend; imaginary; use the imagination …
68make-believe — noun the action of pretending or imagining. adjective imitating something real. verb pretend; imagine …
69make-believe — I. n. Sham, feint, pretence, pretext, counterfeit. II. a. Unreal, sham, pretended, counterfeited, mock, clap trap …
70make-believe — n 1. fantasy, fabrication, concoction, invention, creation; figment, fiction, fable; pretense, masquerade, disguise, feigning, pretending; sham, counterfeit, fake, simulation, falsification. adj 2. fictitious, imaginary, made up, unreal,… …