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pretended

Letters that make pretended

d, e, n, p, r, t are letters that make 'pretended'

Words within pretended

rete, re, te, PR, en, tend, ED, DEd, ended, pretend, ten, end, DE, ND, Re, Nd, Pr, Te, ret are words within 'pretended'

pretended is a 9 letter word ending with d
pretended is a 9 letter word starting with p

1 possible definitions for 'pretended'

Pretended as "adopted in order to deceive"

Under this definition, pretended is an adjective and has the following properties:

Synonyms

false, fictive, assumed, fictitious, put on, sham have the same meaning as 'pretended'

Derivatives of pretended

postiche, insincerity, falseness, hollowness, imposter, impostor, faker, shammer, pseud, sham, fiction, fable, fake, fraud, role player, pretender, pseudo, fabrication are derivatives of 'pretended'.

Similar to pretended

counterfeit, imitative are similar to 'pretended'.

Example of pretended used within this context

"an assumed name", "an assumed cheerfulness", "a fictitious address", "fictive sympathy", "a pretended interest", "a put-on childish voice", "sham modesty"