Words Like FEIGN

We have put together a list of words that are similar to FEIGN.

15 Alternative Words Similar to feign

1 Sham Verb      Synonym Words Like Sham
2 Pretend Verb      Synonym Words Like Pretend
3 Affect Verb      Synonym Words Like Affect
4 Dissemble Verb      Synonym Words Like Dissemble
5 Simulate Verb      Synonym Words Like Simulate
6 Assume Verb      Synonym Words Like Assume
7 Act Verb      Synonym Words Like Act
8 Belie Verb      Synonym Words Like Belie
9 Misrepresent Verb      Synonym Words Like Misrepresent
10 Feigning Verb-transitive      Form Words Like Feigning
11 Imagine Verb-transitive      Synonym Words Like Imagine
12 Conceal Verb-transitive      Synonym Words Like Conceal
13 Play Verb      Hyponym Words Like Play
14 Mouth Verb      Hyponym Words Like Mouth
15 Bullshit Verb      Hyponym

3 examples of feign

1 to feign a sickness
2 he feigned sleep
3 He shammed a headache

10 definitions of feign

1 To give a mental existence to, as to something not real or actual; to imagine; to invent; hence, to pretend; to form and relate as if true.
2 To represent by a false appearance of; to pretend; to counterfeit.
3 To dissemble; to conceal.
4 make a pretence of
5 make believe with the intent to deceive
6 To give a false appearance of: feign sleep.
7 To represent falsely; pretend to: feign authorship of a novel.
8 To imitate so as to deceive: feign another's voice.
9 To fabricate: feigned an excuse.
10 Archaic To invent or imagine.
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