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adjective
Adopted in order to deceive
Synonyms: pretended, feigned, simulated, assumed, false, calculated, fictitious, fictive, sham
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noun
A joke
Synonyms: show, hoax, pretense, joke, cloak, color, coloring, cover, disguise, disguisement, façade, face, satire, false colors, front, gloss, antic, fraud, guise, mask, masquerade, pretext, fraudulence, semblance, veil, veneer, window dressing, dupery, prank, trick, humbug, caper
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noun
A trick
Synonyms: deception, device, parody, lampoon, spoof, job, sendup, mockery, takeoff, burlesque, travesty, charade, pasquinade
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verb
To deceive
Synonyms: trick, confuse, turn in, mount, confound
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verb
To pretend
Synonyms: feign, sham, gull, dupe, slang, make-believe, befool, cod, fool, take-in, put-one-over, put one across
Antonyms: be truthful
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verb
Increase (one's body weight)
Synonyms: wear, gain, get-into, don, assume
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verb
Apply to a surface
Synonyms: apply
Antonyms: reduce