make-believe
Meaning
- noun The quality or act of pretending; acting as if something is true when in fact one knows it is not.
- noun The condition of pretending or imagining that things are better than they really are.
- noun Something imaginary.
- adjective Imaginary; not real; pretend.
He called himself Lord So-and-So, even had his family crest on the wall, but it was all totally make-believe.
Similar words
pretend pretense play unreal pretending fake illusion delusion imaginative imaginary
Word family
make-belief make-beliefs make-believes
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