feigning
noun
Key Types & categories Parts & wholes Related & opposite
- Word type
- noun
- verb
- adjective
- adverb
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Senses
Sense 1 noun
pretending with intention to deceive
Types & categories
Related & opposite
- pretend derivation
- pretentious derivation
Sense 2 noun
the act of giving a false appearance
his conformity was only pretending
Types & categories
- dissimulation hypernym
- show hyponym
- pretend hyponym
- affectation hyponym
- masquerade hyponym
Related & opposite
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| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | pretend |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | pretentious |
| 1 | hypernym | Types & categories | deception |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | bluff |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | pretext |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | hypocrisy |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | pretend |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | sham |
| 2 | hypernym | Types & categories | dissimulation |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | show |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | pretend |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | affectation |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | masquerade |