Make+believe
11make-believe — *pretense, pretension …
12make-believe — make′ believe n. 1) pretense, esp. of an innocent or playful kind; feigning 2) pretended; feigned; imaginary • Etymology: 1805–15 …
13make believe — [v] pretend, dream act as if, act as though, counterfeit, enact, fantasize, feign, fool, imagine, play, playact*, simulate; concepts 12,59 Ant. live reality …
14make-believe — ► NOUN ▪ a state of fantasy or pretence. ► ADJECTIVE ▪ imitating something real; pretend …
15make-believe — [māk′bə lēv′] n. 1. pretense; feigning 2. a pretender adj. pretended; feigned; sham …
16make believe — verb represent fictitiously, as in a play, or pretend to be or act like She makes like an actress • Syn: ↑make, ↑pretend • Derivationally related forms: ↑make believe, ↑pretend (for: ↑pretend …
17make-believe — 1) N UNCOUNT (disapproval) If someone is living in a make believe world, they are pretending that things are better, different, or more exciting than they really are instead of facing up to reality. The man lived in a make believe world… …
18make-believe — /mayk bi leev /, n. 1. pretense, esp. of an innocent or playful kind; feigning; sham: the make believe of children playing. 2. a pretender; a person who pretends. adj. 3. pretended; feigned; imaginary; made up; unreal: a make believe world of… …
19make-believe — 1. noun that was sheer make believe Syn: fantasy, pretense, daydreaming, imagination, invention, fancy, dream, fabrication, play acting, dreaming in technicolor, charade, masquerade, dress up Ant: reality 2. adjective …
20make-believe — I noun 1. imaginative intellectual play • Syn: ↑pretense, ↑pretence • Hypernyms: ↑imagination, ↑imaging, ↑imagery, ↑mental imagery 2. the …
