| Main Entry: | play-act |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | act |
Synonyms: |
be on, bring down the house, burlesque, characterize, do, do a turn, dramatize, emote, enact, feign, go on, go over, ham it up, ham, impersonate, lay an egg, make debut, mime, mimic, mug, parody, perform, personate, personify, play, play act, play gig, play part, play role, portray, pretend, put it over, rehearse, represent, say one's piece, simulate, star, stooge, strut*, take part, tread the boards |
| Main Entry: | play-act |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | pretend |
Synonyms: |
act, assume the role, counterfeit, dissemble, fake*, feign, imagine, imitate, impersonate, make as if, make believe, make out like, make up, masquerade, mimic, play, playact, portray, pose, purport, put on, put on a front, put on airs, put on an act, represent, reproduce, sham*, simulate, suppose |
| Main Entry: | fool |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | trick, mislead |
Synonyms: |
bamboozle*, bluff, cheat, chicane, con, deceive, delude, diddle, dupe, fake out, flimflam, fox*, gull, hoax, hoodwink*, jive, juke, kid, lead on, make believe, outfox, play a trick on, play-act, pretend, put on, put one over on, scam*, snow*, spoof, suck in, take in*, trifle |
| Main Entry: | make believe |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | make a show of |
Synonyms: |
act as if, act as though, bluff, counterfeit, dream, enact, fake, fantasize, feign, fool, imagine, let on like, make as if, play, play the part, play-act, playact, pretend, pretend, simulate |
Antonyms: |
live reality |