| Main Entry: | play possum |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | pretend to be dead |
Synonyms: |
bluff, pretend to sleep, put up a bluff, roll over and play dead |
| Main Entry: | dissemble |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | disguise, pretend |
Synonyms: |
affect, camouflage, cloak, conceal, counterfeit, cover, cover up, dissimulate, double-talk, doublespeak, dress up, fake, falsify, feign, four-flush, hide, let on, make like, mask, pass, play possum, pussyfoot, put on a false front, put on a front, put on an act, put up a front, put up a smoke screen, sham*, shroud, shuck and jive, signify, simulate, stonewall, whitewash |
| Notes: | dissemble means to conceal, to give a false appearance; disassemble means to take apart |
Antonyms: |
admit, allow |
| Main Entry: | feign |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | pretend |
Synonyms: |
act, affect, assume, bluff*, counterfeit, devise, dissemble, dissimulate, do a bit, fabricate, fake, forge, four-flush, give appearance of, imagine, imitate, invent, make show of, phony up, play, play possum, put on, put on act, put up a front, sham*, simulate, stonewall |
Antonyms: |
be true |
| Main Entry: | sham |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | trick; pull a hoax |
Synonyms: |
act, affect, ape, assume, bluff, copy, counterfeit, create, do a number, fake, fake it, feign, imitate, invent, lie, make like, mislead, mock, play possum, pretend, put on, put up a front, shuck and jive, simulate, sucker |
Antonyms: |
tell truth |
| Main Entry: | put on an act |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | act a part |
Synonyms: |
bluff, fake, feign, invent, let on like, make up, play possum, play the part, pose, pretend, simulate |