make-believe
noun
[ ˈmeɪkbɪliːv ]
• the action of pretending or imagining that things are better than they really are.
• "she's living in a world of make-believe"
Similar:
fantasy,
pretence,
pretending,
daydreaming,
dreaming,
imagination,
invention,
fancy,
dream,
unreality,
romancing,
fabrication,
play-acting,
charade,
masquerade,
self-deception,
illusion,
delusion,
make-believe
adjective
• imitating something real.
• "he was firing a make-believe gun at the spy planes"
Similar:
imaginary,
imagined,
pretended,
made-up,
fantasy,
fantasized,
fancied,
dream,
dreamed-up,
unreal,
fanciful,
fictitious,
fictive,
mythical,
feigned,
fake,
mock,
sham,
simulated,
pseudo,
false,
spurious,
pretend,
phoney,
play-play,
make-believe
verb
• pretend; imagine.
• "you can make-believe you're swimming out in the crystal clear waters of the Mediterranean"
Similar:
pretend,
fantasize,
indulge in fantasy,
daydream,
build castles in the air,
build castles in Spain,
dream,
imagine,
romance,
fancy,
play-act,
play,
