Clues for the word "PRETEND"
We've had 29 crossword clues used for this word, and seen it 98 times in crosswords. It was last seen in Daily American crossword on October 09, 2026.
Definition of pretend
- v. t. - To lay a claim to; to allege a title to; to claim.
- v. t. - To hold before, or put forward, as a cloak or disguise for something else; to exhibit as a veil for something hidden.
- v. t. - To hold out, or represent, falsely; to put forward, or offer, as true or real (something untrue or unreal); to show hypocritically, or for the purpose of deceiving; to simulate; to feign; as, to pretend friendship.
- v. t. - To intend; to design; to plot; to attempt.
- v. t. - To hold before one; to extend.
- v. i. - To put in, or make, a claim, truly or falsely; to allege a title; to lay claim to, or strive after, something; -- usually with to.
- v. i. - To hold out the appearance of being, possessing, or performing; to profess; to make believe; to feign; to sham; as, to pretend to be asleep.
Referring Clues
- Simulated
- Role-play, say
- Make believe
- Feign
- Sham
- Fake it
- Make-believe
- Playact
- Let on
- One-liner, part 5
- Put on pressure to split, film's captured
- Give the impression of being soft and tender, completely bogus
- Make out, as before, you'll minister to
- Put on an act before nurse
- Make as if to nurse in advance?
- Aspire to be a suitor
- Play-act
- Make out, when you minister to beforehand
- Put up a front
- In advance, take care of claim
- Dissemble
- Play nurse first?
- Falsely claim to nurse in advance?
- Fake
- Just imagine
- Act as if
- Nurse in advance, let's suppose?
- What all actors do
- Start of a hypothetical
Last Seen In
- Daily American - October 09, 2026
- Daily Quick - October 06, 2026
- Daily Quick - August 06, 2026
- Mirror Daily - June 14, 2026
- Daily American - May 14, 2026
- Mirror Daily - March 16, 2026
- Mirror Daily - January 25, 2026
- Mirror Daily - December 30, 2025
- Daily American - December 18, 2025
- Daily Quick - December 09, 2025
- Penny Dell Daily - October 17, 2025
- Daily Quick - September 01, 2025
- Mirror Daily - August 28, 2025
- Evening Standard Easy - August 01, 2025
- Mirror Daily - July 31, 2025
- Evening Standard Easy - June 27, 2025
- LA Times - May 28, 2025
- New York Times - May 04, 2025
- Daily Quick - February 22, 2025
- Mirror Daily - November 04, 2024
- Daily American - October 08, 2024
- Daily Quick - October 05, 2024
- Mirror Daily - September 12, 2024
- Mirror Daily - August 15, 2024
- Daily Quick - August 05, 2024
- New York Times - May 31, 2024
- Daily American - May 13, 2024
- Daily American - December 18, 2023
- Daily Quick - December 09, 2023
- Evening Standard Easy - December 08, 2023
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