pretended
Definitions
Verb
- Make believe with the intent to deceive
- Behave unnaturally or affectedly
- Put forward a claim and assert right or possession of
- Put forward, of a guess, in spite of possible refutation
- Represent fictitiously, as in a play, or pretend to be or act like
- State insincerely
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Sounds Like
Words that sound like the term "pretended".
| # | Word | Syllables | Freq |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | presented | 3 | 82 |
| 2 | projected | 3 | 14 |
| 3 | protested | 3 | 13 |
| 4 | apprehended | 4 | 2 |
| 5 | percolated | 4 | 0 |
| 6 | postdated | 3 | 0 |
| 7 | propounded | 3 | 0 |
| 8 | pussyfooted | 4 | 0 |
Spelled Like
Words that are spelled similarly to the term "pretended".
| # | Word | Syllables | Freq |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | presented | 3 | 82 |
| 2 | extended | 3 | 55 |
| 3 | prevented | 3 | 27 |
| 4 | proceeded | 3 | 25 |
| 5 | tended | 2 | 24 |
| 6 | preceded | 3 | 15 |
| 7 | pretend | 2 | 8 |
| 8 | pretense | 2 | 6 |
| 9 | speeded | 2 | 3 |
| 10 | pretender | 3 | 2 |
| 11 | pretends | 2 | 2 |
| 12 | apprehended | 4 | 2 |
| 13 | comprehended | 4 | 2 |
| 14 | receded | 3 | 2 |
| 15 | pretenses | 3 | 1 |
| 16 | preened | 1 | 0 |
| 17 | pretenders | 3 | 0 |
| 18 | overextended | 5 | 0 |
| 19 | trended | 2 | 0 |
| 20 | resende | 3 | 0 |
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Words that are statistically associated with "pretended" in the same piece of text.
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Words that contain the same consonants as the term "pretended".
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Term
Definitions: 6
Fragments: 1
Sound Alikes: 8
Spelled Like: 20
Words that Follow: 0
Words that Precede: 0
Statistically Associated: 0
Consonant Matches: 0
Freq: The frequency is a relative score of how often the word appears in standard English text.
📰 This Word in the News:
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Man pretended to be heir to Harlem brownstone, then stole it, Manhattan DA says
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