Contrived
Contrived adjective - Lacking in natural or spontaneous quality.
Make-believe and contrived are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Make-believe" instead an adjective "Contrived".
Make-believe
Make-believe adjective - Not real and existing only in the imagination.
Contrived and make-believe are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Contrived" instead an adjective phrase "Make-believe".
Mutual synonyms
Related pairs
- sham and contrived
- sham and make-believe
- affected and contrived
- affected and make-believe
- artificial and contrived
- artificial and make-believe
- fake and contrived
- fake and make-believe
- phony and contrived
- phony and make-believe
- counterfeit and contrived
- counterfeit and make-believe
- false and contrived
- false and make-believe
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