| Main Entry: | pass off |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | give because one does not want it |
Synonyms: |
eject, foist, make a pretense of, palm, palm off, send forth, work off |
Antonyms: |
keep, maintain |
| Main Entry: | foist |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | force upon |
Synonyms: |
compel to accept, fob off, impose, insert fraudulently, palm off, pass off, pull a fast one, ram down one's throat, sneak in |
| Main Entry: | masquerade |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | disguise |
Synonyms: |
attitudinize, dissemble, dissimulate, frolic, impersonate, mask, pass as, pass for, pass off, pose, posture, pretend, revel |
Antonyms: |
reveal, unmask |
| Main Entry: | pose |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | pretend, fake |
Synonyms: |
act, affect, attitudinize, feign, grandstand, impersonate, make believe, make out like, masquerade, pass off, peacock, playact, posture, profess, purport, put on airs, put up a front, sham*, show off*, strike an attitude, take off as |
Antonyms: |
be genuine |
| Main Entry: | posture |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | display an attitude |
Synonyms: |
affect, attitudinize, display, do a bit, do for effect, fake, fake it, make a show, masquerade, pass for, pass off, playact, pose, put on airs, put up a front, show off* |
Antonyms: |
be truthful |
| Main Entry: | pretend |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | fake, falsify |
Synonyms: |
act, affect, allege, assume, be deceitful, be hypocritical, beguile, bluff, cheat, claim, claim falsely, counterfeit, cozen, deceive, delude, dissemble, dissimulate, dupe, fake out, feign, fish*, fool, fudge, hoodwink*, impersonate, jazz, jive, lay claim, let on, make out, malinger, masquerade, mislead, pass off, pass oneself off as, profess, purport, put on*, put up a front, sham*, shuck and jive, simulate, stonewall, sucker, whitewash |
| Notes: | portend means to indicate (events, misfortunes, etc.) as in future or to foreshadow or to bode; pretend means to make believe with the intent to deceive or to give a false appearance of |
Antonyms: |
tell truth |
| Main Entry: | fob off |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | palm off |
Synonyms: |
cheat, deceive, foist, foist off, misguide, misinform, mislead, misrepresent, offload, pass off, rip off, rook, scam, stall, swindle, trick |
| Main Entry: | palm off |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | foist |
Synonyms: |
compel to accept, fob off, impose, insert fraudulently, pass off, pull a fast one, put off, ram down one's throat, sneak in |