Synonyms & related words for pretending

Find synonyms, related words, and the definition of pretending. Dendril is a free visual thesaurus that shows them on an interactive map where stronger matches sit closer to the center — no signup, no ads.

Words related to pretending

Explore words related to pretending — words associated with it, words that go with it, and its nearest matches in meaning. Related words include feigning, pretense, pretends, pretended, imagining, fooling, faking, masquerading. Click any word to make it the center of the map and keep exploring the web of connections.

Where does pretending come from?

The word pretending breaks down into 2 roots of Latin origin: pre-, from Latin prae (“before, in front”); and -tend, from Latin tendo (“stretch”). Explore each root to see other English words built from the same source.