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Synonyms for pretending
The synonym for pretending recorded in this bank is simulation, in the sense "the act of giving a false appearance". Below it sits the sentence that fixes that meaning, the same sentence with the swap made, and the words that only look close.
The synonym for pretending
- simulationnoun, in the sense "the act of giving a false appearance"
One pair, read and signed off by a human before it shipped. The bank records a synonym per sense, so a second one appears here the day pretending is audited in a second meaning.
the act of giving a false appearance
His conformity was only pretending.
The true synonym
simulation
Same sentence, swapped: His conformity was only simulation.
Close but different
Wrong tiles, chosen to be tempting rather than absurd. The reason line above takes the nearest one apart; the rest fail the same sentence for their own reasons.
- cheat
- illusion
- trickery
Where pretending turns up in the game
pretending is the word under test in one puzzle, at Tier 3, Ridgeline. It is never used as a wrong tile elsewhere in the bank, so every board it appears on is a board it can win.
Play pretending
The bank on this page is the bank the game plays from, so pretending reaches you as a board rather than a definition: the sentence first, four tiles, and the meaning after you choose.
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The ring widens as it goes, from actions at Ridgeline outward to the whole bank.
A reason under every answer, not just a right answer
Synonym Stack plays from this exact bank. pretending carries 1 written reason line, and the game shows them the moment a round ends, whichever tile you tapped.